He led the Zambian national team to win the African Cup of Nations in 20 12, and led the Ivorian team to win the African Cup of Nations again in 20 15, becoming the first coach in history to lead different teams to win the African Cup of Nations twice.
During his 15 career, the team he played for has been wandering in the league below the third level of Ligue 1. As a defender, he didn't make much money by football. In order to make a living, he had to find a part-time job.
Renard is looking for the most ordinary job, a cleaner. Renard said in the BBC documentary: "I get up at 2: 30 in the morning, work until noon, and then go to training at 5: 00 in the afternoon. I have persisted in this pace of life for 8 years. "
Renard was never ashamed of being a cleaner. Instead, he feels that doing this job can not only keep him in good physical condition, but also enrich himself mentally. He knows very well that as a player, talent probably determines the upper limit, but in other industries and fields, efforts and ways are more important than talent.
Leonard and China Football also have a fate: in 2002-2003, he worked as an assistant coach in Shanghai COSCO (the predecessor of Shaanxi _ Ba, Guizhou Hehe and BeijingerHehe), assisting leroy, a famous coach who is also French.
When I came to the Shanghai COSCO Team in China. He was only 34 years old and had long blond hair. Relying on the foundation of professional athletes and the strong physique of insisting on hard training, Leonard personally retired and led COSCO players to practice their physical fitness. In the words of the team reporter, Leonard's competitive state was even better than that of many national players in his heyday.
But what really made Reina famous was Africa.
Renard's teaching career in Africa;
After leaving China, Leonard first went to the Vietnamese League and then returned to France to coach the lower leagues, but failed to shine. However, his mentor Leroy always thought about him and brought him into the coaching staff when he coached Ghana's national team in 2007. In 2008, Leonard officially became the head coach of Zambia national team.
He led Zambia to reach the quarterfinals for the first time in the 20 10 Africa Cup of Nations after 14.
After that, he chose to become the head coach of Angola. A year later, he returned to Zambia again. 20 12 Africa Cup of Nations, this Zambian national team led by him has passed all the way. In the final, he defeated his arch-rival C? te d 'Ivoire on penalties and won the African Cup of Nations for the first time.
However, Leonard's coaching experience in the five major leagues was not successful. He coached Lille on 20 15, and only got 13 points in 13 games, so he was fired. Since then, he once again took the position of coach of the national team, coached Morocco, and won the World Cup in Russia, which is Morocco's return to the World Cup after 20 years.
Instead of celebrating wildly after winning the championship, they stood in a row and held high a huge banner that read: "1993 Zambian national team members killed in Gabon air crash, you will always be with us, and this champion belongs to you."
From 2065438 to July 2009, Leonard became the head coach of the Saudi national team, successfully entered the Qatar World Cup in 2022, and has won 18 games so far, becoming the foreign teacher who won the most in the history of the Saudi national team.