Paul Put

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|5|26|df=y}}

|birth_place = Merksem, Belgium

|currentclub = Uganda (manager)

|manageryears1 =

|managerclubs1 = Geel

|manageryears2 = 2001–2003

|managerclubs2 = Lokeren

|manageryears3 = 2004–2005

|managerclubs3 = Lierse

|manageryears4 = 2006

|managerclubs4 = Mouscron

|manageryears5 = 2008–2011

|managerclubs5 = Gambia

|manageryears6 = 2012–2015

|managerclubs6 = Burkina Faso

|manageryears7 = 2015–2016

|managerclubs7 = Jordan

|manageryears8 = 2016–2017

|managerclubs8 = USM Alger

|manageryears9 = 2017–2018

|managerclubs9 = Kenya

|manageryears10 = 2018

|managerclubs10 = Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard

|manageryears11 = 2018–2019

|managerclubs11 = Guinea

|manageryears12 = 2020–2021

|managerclubs12 = Saif SC

|manageryears13 = 2021–2023

|managerclubs13 = Congo

|manageryears14 = 2023–

|managerclubs14 = Uganda

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Paul Put (born 26 May 1956) is a Belgian football coach who manages the Uganda national team.

Career

Put was manager of the Gambian national team between 2008{{cite news |url=http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/2008/5/21/gfa-finally-sign-coach-paul-put |title=GFA Finally Sign Coach Paul Put |newspaper=The Point |location=Gambia |date=21 May 2008 |access-date=17 February 2016}} and 2011,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/15572532|title=Gambia begin search for new coach after sacking Put|date=3 November 2011|publisher=BBC Sport}} before being appointed as manager of Burkina Faso in March 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17499129|title=Former Gambia coach Put handed reins at Burkina Faso|date=24 March 2012|publisher=BBC Sport}} He had previously managed Belgian club sides Geel, Lokeren and Lierse, before being banned for three-years by the Royal Belgian Football Association for his alleged involvement in the Ye Zheyun match-fixing scandal.{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3929/africa/2012/03/23/2987333/belgian-paul-put-named-burkina-faso-coach|title=Belgian Paul Put named Burkina Faso coach|date=23 March 2012|author=Kingsley Kobo|publisher=Goal.com}}

Put left his role as Burkina Faso manager in February 2015,{{Cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201502111550.html |title=AllAfrica.com: Burkina Faso: Paul Putt Parts with Burkina Faso |access-date=15 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310064702/http://allafrica.com/stories/201502111550.html |archive-date=10 March 2015 |url-status=dead }} before becoming manager of Jordan in June 2015.{{Cite web |url=http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/voetbal/buitenland/1.2368702 |title=Jordanië stelt Paul Put aan als bondscoach |access-date=16 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415220328/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/voetbal/buitenland/1.2368702 |archive-date=15 April 2016 |url-status=dead }} Following a two-week suspension by the Jordan Football Association on 20 December 2015,{{cite web |url=http://www.jfa.com.jo/JfaNewsDetails.aspx?NID=7458&lang=en |title=Jordan FA temporarily suspends National Team head coach Paul Put |access-date=20 May 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510154253/http://www.jfa.com.jo/JfaNewsDetails.aspx?NID=7458&lang=en |archive-date=10 May 2017 }} Put resigned his position as manager of the Jordan national team in January 2016.{{cite web|url=http://sports.yahoo.com/news/belgian-put-resigns-jordan-coach-005121212--sow.html|title=Belgian Put resigns as Jordan coach|website=sports.yahoo.com|access-date=17 June 2019}} He was shortlisted for the Guinea national team job in July 2016.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36739307|title=Put and Rohr on Guinea coach shortlist|work=BBC Sport|date=7 July 2016|access-date=17 June 2019}}

On 30 October 2016, he was announced as manager of Algerian club USM Alger, on a two-year contract.{{cite web |url=http://lagazettedufennec.com/filinfo/usm-alger-belge-paul-put-nouvel-entraineur/ |title=USM Alger : le Belge Paul Put nouvel entraineur |website=lagazettedufennec |date=31 October 2016 |access-date=2 July 2017}} In February 2017 he was one of a number of managers on the shortlist for the vacant Rwanda national team manager role.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38973499|title=Samson Siasia and Winfried Schafer on Rwanda coach shortlist|date=14 February 2017|access-date=15 February 2017|author=Oluwashina Okeleji|publisher=BBC Sport}} He became the manager of the Kenyan national team in November 2017,{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42038311|title=Kenya name Paul Put as new coach of Harambee Stars|work=BBC Sport|date=18 November 2017|access-date=17 June 2019}} before resigning in February 2018.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43114834|title=Paul Put resigns as coach of Kenya's Harambee Stars|work=BBC Sport|date=19 February 2018|access-date=17 June 2019}}

He became manager of Chinese club Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard later that month, signing a three-year contract.{{cite web|url=https://www.nation.co.ke/sports/football/Paul-Put-gets-Sh20m-deal-in-China/1102-4317634-dgwg3jz/index.html|title=Paul Put lands lucrative deal with Chinese side|website=Daily Nation|access-date=17 June 2019}} In March 2018 he was appointed manager of the Guinea national team.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43260137|title=Belgian Paul Put appointed as new Guinea coach|work=BBC Sport|date=2 March 2018|access-date=17 June 2019}} He was sacked in July 2019,{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49005336|title=Africa Cup of Nations: Guinea sack coach Paul Put amidst air of "mistrust"|work=BBC Sport|date=16 July 2019}} and received a lifetime ban by the Guinea Football Federation in August 2019.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49381615|title=Guinea federation bans former coach Paul Put for life|work=BBC Sport|date=17 August 2019}}

On 1 October 2019, Put was appointed sporting director of Wydad Casablanca.[https://www.africatopsports.com/2019/10/01/paul-put-nomme-directeur-sportif-du-wydad-casablanca/ PAUL PUT NOMMÉ DIRECTEUR SPORTIF DU WYDAD CASABLANCA], africatopsports.com, 1 October 2019

In October 2020, he was appointed by Bangladeshi top flight club Saif SC as their new head coach. {{Cite web|last1=October 27|first1=ক্রীড়া প্রতিবেদক|last2=PM|first2=2020 at 6:04|title=বিতর্কিত অতীত জেনেই নতুন কোচ আনছে সাইফ স্পোর্টিং|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/sports/football/বিতর্কিত-অতীত-জেনেই-নতুন-কোচ-আনছে-সাইফ-স্পোর্টিং|access-date=31 October 2020|website=www.prothomalo.com|language=bn}}{{Cite web|title=সব জেনেও পল পুটকে আনছে সাইফ|url=https://m.mzamin.com/article.php?mzamin=248645|access-date=31 October 2020|website=m.mzamin.com}}{{Cite web|title='বিতর্কিত' পল পুটই সাইফের নতুন কোচ {{!}} banglatribune.com|url=https://www.banglatribune.com/sport/news/649794/%E2%80%98%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E2%80%99-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%87-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%9A|access-date=31 October 2020|website=Bangla Tribune|language=bn}} He resigned in February 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/538137/Saif-coach-Paul-Put-resigns|title=Saif coach Paul Put resigns|website=Daily Sun}}

He became manager of Congo in May 2021.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/africa/57282273|title=Put is new coach of Congo men's football team|work=BBC Sport}} He became manager of Uganda in 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/football/ex-kenya-coach-paul-put-to-lead-uganda-cranes-4421684|title=Ex-Kenya coach Paul Put to lead Uganda Cranes|date=2 November 2023|website=Nation}}

References

External links

[https://www.rtbf.be/sport/dossier/trajectoires/detail_d-ennemi-public-n-1-a-entraineur-adule-paul-put-se-livre-pour-la-premiere-fois?id=9017604 Paul Put Interview]

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