Bana Tchanilé, sometimes called Tchanilé Bana, (born 1956 or 1957) is a Togolese former football player and manager.
Playing career He began at an unnamed club in Dapaong during the early 1970s, and he then joined his hometown club Sémassi de Sokodé in 1979.
He left to found Réal FC d’Anié on 13 May 1980, and he is last documented there in 1983. While at Réal FC d’Anié, he served as a player-coach, leading the club from the third to the second division.
Coaching career He became the manager of Sahel SC in 1986; his younger brother Tchakala played for the club while Bana Tchanilé was the manager.
He was the manager of Sémassi de Sokodé between 1993 and 1995, where he won three consecutive Togolese Championnat National titles (1993, 1994, 1995).
He has been in charge of the Togo national football team between 2000 and 2002, and the Niger national football team between 2006 and 2007.
On 7 September 2010, Togo allegedly played Bahrain in a friendly losing the match 3–0. However, on 14 September, the Togo FA claimed that a fake team had played against Bahrain.
Bahrain's head coach Josef Hickersberger rated the match as a missed opportunity for his team to prepare for the West Asian Championships starting in September.
Togo's Sport Minister Christophe Tchao said to the Jeune Afrique magazine that nobody in Togo had "ever been informed of such a game". On 20 September 2010, it was revealed that Tchanilé was the culprit and the Togo FA have given him a three-year ban in addition to the two-year ban he got in July 2010 for taking Togo players to play a tournament in Egypt. The match fixing has been linked to Wilson Raj Perumal and the Singaporean match-fixing syndicate allegedly run by Tan Seet Eng.
He ended his coaching career with Sémassi de Sokodé, where he won the 2014 Togolese Championnat National title. He was replaced by Paul Zoungbédé as the manager on 22 March 2015 after the 5–0 loss against Tunisian club CS Sfaxien in the CAF Champions League first round.
Personal life He is the older brother of Tchakala Tchanilé.
Honours
Player Sémassi de Sokodé
Togolese Championnat National: 1979 Coupe du Togo: 1980 Réal FC d’Anié
Togolese Second Division, Northern Zone: 1982–83
Manager Réal FC d’Anié
Togolese Second Division, Northern Zone: 1982–83
Sahel SC
Super Ligue (Niger): 1986, 1987, 1990 Niger Cup: 1986, 1987
Sémassi de Sokodé
Togolese Championnat National: 1993, 1994, 1995, 2014
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