Dominique Fernandez (football manager)

Dominique Fernandez
Personal information
Date of birth 1951 or 1952 (age 73–74)[1]
Place of birth France
Managerial career
Years Team
JS Suresnes
2001–2002 FC Villepinte
2003 Laos
2003–2004 Laos U-23
2004 Hải Phòng F.C.[1]

Dominique Fernandez (born c. 1951–1952) is a French former football coach and scout. He was managing the Laos national football team and Hải Phòng F.C..

Managerial career

Prior to his international managerial career, Fernandez worked extensively in the Île-de-France (Paris) region. He held various positions at Paris FC and Levallois SC. He spent over three seasons as the Sporting Director for FC Villepinte, where he was appointed head coach of the first team (Division d'Honneur Régionale) in 2001, arriving from JS Suresnes where he had also coached.[2] He joined the recruitment department of RC Lens in July 2002, staying until March 2003 when he left for Asia.[3]

Laos

Assuming the role of head coach for the Laos national football team in April 2003, Fernandez was contacted by an official from the Lao Football Federation who informed the French coach that they had been tracking him since 1998 and offered him the job.[3] Adapting quickly to his new role, Fernandez served as head coach of the Laos U23 as well, directing them at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games.[4][5] His contract with the U23 team ended in January 2004.[1]

Haiphong FC

Following his time in Laos, Fernandez moved to Vietnam. In March 2004, he was appointed manager of the Mitsustar Haiphong F.C. U21 team.[6] On April 26, 2004, he was appointed manager of the first team, competing in the V.League 1.[1] During the 2004 season, the club narrowly avoided relegation, finishing 10th out of 12 teams.[7] He was replaced by Luis Alberto for the 2005 campaign.[8][9]

Return to scouting

Fernandez returned to France to join AS Saint-Étienne as a scout in May 2006, a position he held until September 2011. It was during this period that he identified Allan Saint-Maximin when the player was only ten years old and brought him to the Saint-Étienne academy.[10][11]

Later career

Reports in 2011 linked Fernandez to the Haiti national football team. Then-manager Edson Tavares reportedly recommended Fernandez to the Haitian Football Federation to monitor and scout Haitian players based in Europe.[12] This role was later confirmed, as he was officially named a representative of the federation to assist Tavares in assessing players in Europe ahead of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Thép Việt Úc Hải Phòng thay HLV trưởng" (in Vietnamese). VnExpress. 26 April 2004. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Le marché est terminé". leparisien.fr (in French). 19 July 2001. Retrieved 10 December 2025. ...On change tout et on recommence du côté de Villepinte, qui repartira avec un nouvel entraîneur, Dominique Fernandez, qui remplace Jean-Marc Bertoche, remercié. Arrivées : Fernandez (entr., Suresnes, PH)...
  3. ^ a b "Dominique Fernandez sélectionneur du Laos". leparisien.fr (in French). 2 April 2003. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Fernandez s'impose au Laos". 24 September 2003. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Olympic Lào: 'Chúng tôi chỉ cố gắng chơi hết mình'!". TUOI TRE ONLINE (in Vietnamese). 28 November 2003. Retrieved 10 December 2025. Đó là phát biểu của HLV đội tuyển bóng đá Olympic Lào Dominique Fernandez (người Pháp) khi đặt chân đến Hà Nội sáng 27-11. Ông Dominique thú nhận đội bóng của mình không có khả năng tranh hai suất của bảng A vào bán kết khi gặp các đối thủ quá mạnh là VN, Thái Lan và Indonesia.
  6. ^ "Nghiệt ngã". hanoimoi.vn. 19 July 2004. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  7. ^ Hải, M.; Huy, T. (20 June 2004). "HAGL lại vô địch, Thể Công lần đầu xuống hạng". vnexpress.net. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  8. ^ "VFF - CLB Mitsustar Hải Phòng mời lại HLV Brazil Luis Alberto". VFF (in Vietnamese). 13 October 2005. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Khi V.League chán HLV ngoại". vpf.vn. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  10. ^ "Allan St Maximin, le Vert de l'espoir". SOFOOT.com (in French). 23 October 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  11. ^ "A la découverte d'Allan". www.poteaux-carres.com (in French). 17 July 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  12. ^ "Haïti - Football : Haïti - El Salvador le 9 février - HaitiLibre.com : Toutes les nouvelles d'Haiti 7/7". HaitiLibre.com. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  13. ^ "La liste des joueurs expatriés retenus en Présélection Nationale pour les deux premiers". bensonification.wordpress.com (in French). 3 August 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
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