Hervé Renard

Hervé Renard
Renard as Morocco manager at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Hervé Jean-Marie Roger Renard
Date of birth (1968-09-30) 30 September 1968
Place of birth Aix-les-Bains, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Saudi Arabia (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1990 Cannes 87 (0)
1991–1997 Stade de Vallauris 105 (2)
1997–1998 Draguignan 23 (1)
Total 215 (3)
Managerial career
1999–2001 Draguignan
2004 Cambridge United
2004 Nam Dinh
2005–2007 Cherbourg
2008–2010 Zambia
2010 Angola
2011 USM Alger
2011–2013 Zambia
2013–2014 Sochaux
2014–2015 Ivory Coast
2015 Lille
2016–2019 Morocco
2019–2023 Saudi Arabia
2023–2024 France Women
2024– Saudi Arabia
Medal record
Men's football
Africa Cup of Nations
Representing  Zambia (as manager)
Winner2012
Representing  Ivory Coast (as manager)
Winner2015
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hervé Jean-Marie Roger Renard (born 30 September 1968) is a French professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Saudi Arabia.

Renard has previously been the manager of Zambia national team, with whom he won the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations; he also won the competition in 2015 with the Ivory Coast, becoming the first coach to win two Africa Cup of Nations with different teams. In addition, he coached Morocco at the 2018 World Cup. From 2019 to 2023, he was the manager of Saudi Arabia before he became manager of the France women's team ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. In October 2024, he returned to Saudi Arabia for the second time.