Gaston Tchangana

Gaston Tchangana

Personal information
Place of birth	Republic of the Congo
Managerial career
Years	Team
2001	Congo
2005–2006	Congo
2007–2008	Congo

Gaston Tchangana is a Congolese football manager.^[1] He has been in charge of the Congo national team three times.

Career

He had a brief period in charge of the Congo national team in 2001 before being replaced by Noël Minga after a FIFA World Cup qualifying defeat against Tunisia.^[1] In 2005, he succeeded Christian Létard as Congo manager, initially alongside former national team captain Célestin Mouyabi, after Létard criticised the Congolese Football Federation.^[1] Tchangana was replaced by Noël Tosi the following year,^[2][3] but returned for a third stint in charge in 2007 after Tosi was dismissed.^[4][5] Congo failed to qualify for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations and he was replaced by Ivica Todorov.^[6]

References

1. "Congo name coaches". BBC Sport. 23 March 2005. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
2. "Congo name new coach". BBC Sport. 12 July 2006. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
3. "Noel Tosi: I've got Africa in my blood". FIFA. 6 September 2006. Archived from the original on March 10, 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
4. "Congo fire French coach". BBC Sport. 18 April 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
5. "Congo sack French coach". FIFA. 19 April 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2012.^{[dead link‍]}
6. "Todorov appointed Congo coach". BBC Sport. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2012.