Patrice Neveu

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| name = Patrice Neveu

| image = Patrice Neveu 2.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|3|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Pré-Saint-Évroult, France

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| position = Defender

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| clubs1 = Angoulême CFC

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| clubs2 = ES La Rochelle

| manageryears1 = 1991–1998

| managerclubs1 = Vendée Fontenay Foot

| manageryears2 = 1998–1999

| managerclubs2 = Angoulême CFC

| manageryears3 = 1999

| managerclubs3 = Niger

| manageryears4 = 1999–2001

| managerclubs4 = CO Médenine

| manageryears5 = 2003

| managerclubs5 = Zhuhai Anping

| manageryears6 = 2004–2006

| managerclubs6 = Guinea

| manageryears7 = 2007

| managerclubs7 = Ismaily

| manageryears8 = 2008–2010

| managerclubs8 = DR Congo

| manageryears9 = 2010

| managerclubs9 = Smouha{{Cite web|url=http://arabia.eurosport.com/article/2553149-%D8%A5%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81%D9%88-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8-%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AD%D8%A9|title=Sport news, live streaming & results}}

| manageryears10 = 2012–2014

| managerclubs10 = Mauritania

| manageryears11 = 2015–2016

| managerclubs11 = Haiti

| manageryears12 = 2018

| managerclubs12 = Laos

| manageryears13 = 2018–2019

| managerclubs13 = Horoya AC

| manageryears14 = 2019–2023

| managerclubs14 = Gabon

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Patrice Neveu (born 29 March 1954{{cite web|url=http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/foot/competitions/entraineurs/072/entraineur_9.asp|title=Patrice NEVEU|access-date=2008-04-22|publisher=RFI|language=fr}}) is a French football coach and former player.{{Cite web|url=http://afriquefoot.rfi.fr/20180618-oeil-patrice-neveu-le-capitaine-homme-exemplaire|title = L'œil de Patrice Neveu: Le capitaine, un homme exemplaire|date = 18 June 2018}}

Playing career

Neveu enjoyed a short playing career in France with Angoulême CFC and ES La Rochelle.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Neveu has managed both club and national sides. He began his career in France with club sides Vendée Fontenay Foot and Angoulême CFC, before becoming manager of the Niger national side in 1999. He then returned to club football in Tunisia with CO Médenine in 1999. In December 2001, Neveu came to Chinese club Dalian Shide and served as coach of its youth academy where he was mainly in charge of a youth team made up of foreign teenage players signed from Cameroon,{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/1175750.stm|title=Chinese to sign young Cameroon players|access-date=2014-04-15|date=2001-02-17|publisher=BBC}}{{cite web|url=http://sports.163.com/06/1008/10/2STFQV8000051C8M.html|title=(In Chinese) Patrice linked with China Olympic Football Team|access-date=2014-04-15|date=2006-10-08|publisher=Beijing Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013143/http://sports.163.com/06/1008/10/2STFQV8000051C8M.html|archive-date=2016-03-05|url-status=dead}} a project which later proved a failure.{{cite web|url=http://www.southcn.com/weekend/city/200308210013.htm|title=(In Chinese) A report on the cub lions of Dalian Shide|access-date=2014-04-15|date=2003-08-21|publisher=Southern Weekly}} In December 2002, Neveu was appointed manager of Dalian Sidelong, which was then Dalian Shide's reserve team and was competing in the second-tier league. Soon later in January 2003, Dalian Sidelong was sold out, moved to the city of Zhuhai and renamed Zhuhai Anping, in an effort to remove its affiliation with Dalian Shide, as is required by the Chinese Football Association.{{cite web|url=http://sports.sohu.com/56/91/news205749156.shtml|title=(In Chinese) Dalian Sidelong sold to Zhuhai Anping|access-date=2014-04-15|date=2003-01-15|publisher=Titan Sports}} Neveu nevertheless maintained his managerial position at the new club,{{cite web|url=http://www.southcn.com/sports/china/5/3/200303130124.htm|title=(In Chinese) Zhuhai Anping holds pre-season press conference|access-date=2014-04-15|date=2003-03-13|publisher=southcn.com}} and went on to lead the team to finish the season in 8th position, before he left the club at the end of the year. In 2004, Neveu returned to international level with the Guinea national side, that he managed from 2004 to 2006.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/6143606.stm|title=Neveu confirms Guinea exit|access-date=2008-04-22|date=2006-11-13|publisher=BBC}} He then managed Ismaily in Egypt from February to August 2007.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/6342577.stm|title=Neveu takes charge of Ismaili|access-date=2008-04-22|date=2007-02-08|publisher=BBC}}{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/6932081.stm|title=Ismaili sack Neveu|access-date=2008-04-22|date=2007-08-05|publisher=BBC}} He became manager of the DR Congo national side in April 2008.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/7317116.stm|title=Neveu confirmed as DRC coach|access-date=2008-04-22|date=2008-04-22|author=Patrice Chitera|publisher=BBC}} Neveu rejected calls in October 2008 from player Shabani Nonda for him to resign following some poor performances by the national side.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/7686328.stm|title=Neveu rejects call to resign|access-date=2008-10-23|date=2008-10-23|author=Patrice Chitera|publisher=BBC}}

In October 2008, Neveu was named among a five-man shortlist for the vacant job as the manager of the Rwandan national side.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15462154.stm|title=Rwanda name five-man shortlist to be new coach|access-date=26 October 2011|date=26 October 2011|publisher=BBC Sport}}

On 9 August 2014, Naveu left his position of manager of Mauritanian national side.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28683023|title = Mauritania sack coach Neveu|work = BBC Sport}}

He became the coach of the Haiti national team in December 2015,{{cite web|url=http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16114-haiti-football-patrice-neveu-new-national-coach.html |title=Haiti - Football : Patrice Neveu, New National Coach |editor=Press |date=20 December 2015 |publisher=HaitiLibre |access-date=24 December 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://m.guardian.co.tt/sport/2015-12-24/haiti-appoints-new-coach-copa-qualifier-vs-tt |title=Haiti Appoints New Coach Before Copa Qualifier vs T&T |editor=Fuentes, Shaun |date=24 December 2015 |publisher=Trinidad Guardian |access-date=24 December 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083427/http://m.guardian.co.tt/sport/2015-12-24/haiti-appoints-new-coach-copa-qualifier-vs-tt |url-status=dead }} leaving the role in December 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.football365.fr/haiti-patrice-neveu-dit-stop-2867548.html|title = Haïti : Patrice Neveu dit stop|date = 27 December 2016}}

In December 2017 he was linked with the vacant Benin national team manager's job.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42385132|title=Benin begin search for new coach|work=BBC Sport}}

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}}

In September 2018, he temporarily became the manager of Laos,{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.vn/football/asian-football/aff-suzuki-cup/24878/doi-dau-dt-viet-nam-tai-aff-suzuki-cup-dt-lao-bo-nhiem-hlv-tung-du-copa-america/|title=Đối đầu ĐT Việt Nam tại AFF Suzuki Cup, ĐT Lào bổ nhiệm HLV từng dự Copa America|work=Lao Football Federation|language=vi|publisher=Fox Sports|date=19 September 2018|access-date=1 November 2018|archive-date=19 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919132443/https://www.foxsports.com.vn/football/asian-football/aff-suzuki-cup/24878/doi-dau-dt-viet-nam-tai-aff-suzuki-cup-dt-lao-bo-nhiem-hlv-tung-du-copa-america/|url-status=dead}} before being replaced by Singaporean coach V. Sundramoorthy.{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-sg/news/sundramoorthy-leads-laos-fight-aff-championship/1fdp9cb44rzkh1a3yhjqzqtokx|title=Sundramoorthy leads Laos fight in AFF Championship|author=Ooi Kin Fai|publisher=Goal.com|date=10 October 2018|access-date=1 November 2018}} In November 2018 he became manager of Horoya AC.{{Cite web|url=http://www.horoyaac.com/2018/11/02/patrice-neveu-contrat-signe-pour-deux-ans/|title = Patrice NEVEU : Contrat signé pour deux ans !|date = 2 November 2018}} He was replaced with Didier Gomes on 20 March 2019.[https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/47637400 Guinea's Horoya replace Patrice Neveu with Didier Gomes], bbc.com, 20 March 2019

On 24 March 2019, he was then appointed as manager of Gabon's national team.[https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48379405 Gabon name French coach Patrice Neveu], bbc.com, 24 March 2019 He left the role in late 2023.{{cite web | url=https://www.lechorepublicain.fr/chartres-28000/sports/revenu-du-gabon-le-selectionneur-bonnevalais-patrice-neveu-interesse-par-chartres_14399839/ | title=Football - Revenu du Gabon, le sélectionneur bonnevalais Patrice Neveu se dit intéressé par Chartres | date=7 November 2023 }}