:Pierre Lechantre

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| name = Pierre Lechantre

| image = Pierre Lechantre.jpg

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| caption = Lechantre in 2012

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|4|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lille, France

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1955–1964

| youthclubs1 = Lambersart

| youthyears2 = 1964–1970

| youthclubs2 = Lille

| years1 = 1970–1975

| clubs1 = Sochaux

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| years2 = 1975–1976

| clubs2 = Monaco

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| years3 = 1976–1979

| clubs3 = Laval

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| years4 = 1979–1980

| clubs4 = Lens

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| years5 = 1980–1981

| clubs5 = Marseille

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| years6 = 1981–1983

| clubs6 = Reims

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| years7 = 1983–1986

| clubs7 = Red Star

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| years8 = 1986–1989

| clubs8 = Paris FC

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| manageryears1 = 1987–1992

| managerclubs1 = Paris FC

| manageryears2 = 1992–1995

| managerclubs2 = Le Perreux

| manageryears3 = 1999–2001

| managerclubs3 = Cameroon

| manageryears4 = 2002–2003

| managerclubs4 = Qatar

| manageryears5 = 2003

| managerclubs5 = Al-Ahli

| manageryears6 = 2003–2004

| managerclubs6 = Al-Siliya

| manageryears7 = 2005–2006

| managerclubs7 = Mali

| manageryears8 = 2006–2007

| managerclubs8 = Al Rayyan

| manageryears9 = 2007–2008

| managerclubs9 = MAS Fès

| manageryears10 = 2009–2010{{Cite web |url=http://www.footafrica365.fr/infos-pays/tunisie/article_404942_championnat-de-tunisie-Club-Africain-Lechantre-vire.shtml |title=Championnat de tunisie : Club Africain : Lechantre viré - Tunisie - FootAfrica 365, toute l'actualité du foot |access-date=11 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411044525/http://www.footafrica365.fr/infos-pays/tunisie/article_404942_championnat-de-tunisie-Club-Africain-Lechantre-vire.shtml |archive-date=11 April 2010 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.eurosport.fr/football/majeri-remplace-lechantre_sto2283496/flashnews.shtml |title=Majeri remplace Lechantre - Ligue I Pro (Tunisie) - 2009-2010 - FOOTBALL - Eurosport |access-date=11 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411041752/http://www.eurosport.fr/football/majeri-remplace-lechantre_sto2283496/flashnews.shtml |archive-date=11 April 2010 }}

| managerclubs10 = Club Africain

| manageryears11 = 2010

| managerclubs11 = CS Sfaxien

| manageryears12 = 2012–2013[http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetails.aspx?pid=953 Al Arabi fire Lechantre after three games] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130416171607/http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetails.aspx?pid=953 |date=16 April 2013 }} QSL.com.qa. 30 September 2012.

| managerclubs12 = Al Arabi

| manageryears13 = 2015

| managerclubs13 = Al-Ittihad Club Tripoli

| manageryears14 = 2016

| managerclubs14 = Congo

| manageryears15 = 2018

| managerclubs15 = Simba

| medaltemplates = {{medalSport|Men's football}}

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Pierre Lechantre (born 2 April 1950) is a French football coach and former player. He won the 2000 African Cup of Nations with the Cameroon national team.

Career

On 27 April 2012, Lechantre was named as the head coach of Senegal, but failed to reach a final agreement with the Senegalese Football Federation on the terms of his contract.{{cite news|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/89/africa/2012/05/10/3093727/newly-appointed-pierre-lechantre-steps-down-as-senegal-coach|title=Newly appointed Pierre Lechantre steps down as Senegal coach|publisher=goal.com|date=10 May 2012|access-date=11 May 2012}}

In April 2018 he was one of 77 applicants for the vacant Cameroon national team job.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43869356|title=77 applicants for vacant Cameroon coaching position|date=23 April 2018|access-date=27 April 2018|author=Oluwashina Okeleji|publisher=BBC Sport}}