Thierry Froger (born 21 March 1963) is a French football coach and former player who is the head coach of APR FC.
Playing career Froger played club football for Le Mans, Lille and Grenoble.
Coaching career In January 2013, Froger replaced Stéphane Le Mignan at the head of the Vannes Olympique Club in National. Upon taking office, he failed in his attempt to bring the club back to Ligue 2 before finishing 17th the following season. Following this relegation, the club filed for bankruptcy and he left office. He bounced back at the Créteil-Lusitanos on 7 January 2015, taking over from resigned Philippe Hinschberger with the goal of keeping the club in Ligue 24. The club finished the season in 14th place with 45 points. After a good start to the 2015–16 season, the club was fourth at the end of the 9th round, he went on to have 7 defeats in 9 games including an elimination in the 7th round of the Coupe de France. On 4 December, Froger was laid off. On 5 December 2020 USMA agreed with former club coach Thierry Froger to lead him for one season after a consultation with Yahia and some lead players.
At the beginning of the 2021–22 Djibouti Premier League season, Froger was hired by AS Arta/Solar7 as head coach. Led by Froger, the team won the Premier League and the Djibouti Cup in 2022.
Froger was appointed head coach of Rwandan club APR FC in July 2023, having agreed a one-year contract.
Managerial statistics
TeamNatFromTo Record PWDLWin % Le Mans FC 1 January 1994 30 June 1997LOSC Lille 1 July 1997 15 September 1998LB Châteauroux 16 September 1999 30 June 2003FC Gueugnon 23 February 2004 30 June 2005Stade Reims 1 July 2005 30 June 2007Togo 14 June 2010 2 March 2011Nîmes Olympique 2 March 2011 25 May 2012Vannes OC 29 December 2012 5 January 2015US Créteil 7 January 2015 7 December 2015TP Mazembe 15 February 2017 21 March 2017USM Alger 19 June 2018 14 March 2019USM Alger 5 December 2020 7 March 2021Arta/Solar7 31 January 2022 15 November 2022 Career total
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