Patrice Neveu: Togo confirm new coach to replace Mouyouma

Togolese Football Federation have confirmed the acquisition of Patrice Neveu as the new coach of the national team, after consulting several candidates with solid experience in top-level football.

The national team’s top position became vacant following the decision to sack coach Thierry Mouyouma following the team’s unconvincing performance during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).

Confirming the acquisition, FTF said in a statement: “This choice is the result of consulting several candidates with solid experience in top-level football.

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“Throughout this process, competence, experience, and strategic vision were central to the evaluation of the profiles. The choice of Patrice Neveu is explained by his technical and tactical skills, his long and rich experience at the highest level, and his in-depth knowledge of the African football landscape.”

Patrice Neveu has coached Guinea national team

The 71-year-old French tactician kicked off in coaching 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 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, a project which later proved a failure.

He has managed Guinea national team, and Ismaily in Egypt from February to August 2007.

He became manager of the DR Congo national side in April 2008. Neveu rejected calls in October 2008 from player Shabani Nonda for him to resign following some poor performances by the national side.

Neveu is expected in Lomé in the coming days to finalise terms of his employment contract.