Hans Heiniger

Hans Heiniger

Personal information
Date of birth	1940 or 1941 (age 83–84)[1]
Managerial career
Years	Team
1987–1992	Gambia
2000	Djoliba AC
2002–2003	Madagascar

Hans Heiniger (born 1940/1941) is a Swiss football coach who has managed a number of teams in Africa.

Career

Heiniger has coached in the Gambia, Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Mali and Madagascar.^[1]

He coached the Gambian national team between 1987 and 1992, their first ever foreign manager.^[2]

In Mali he managed Djoliba AC, leading them to 2nd place in the Malian Première Division,^[1] before being sacked in August 2000.^[3] In August 2002 he became the new manager of the Madagascar national side.^[1][4] He left the position in July 2003, and was replaced by Rodolphe Rakotoarisoa.^[5]

References

1. "Mit kesser Lippe" (in German). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 1 September 2002. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
2. Sulayman Bah (4 November 2016). "STEVE: Changing Coaches not Solution for Gambia". Foroyaa. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
3. "Mali: Swiss Coach of Djoliba Sacked". All Africa. 24 August 2000. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
4. "Madagascar unveil Heiniger as new coach". Madagasikara. 20 August 2002. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
5. "Madagascar appoint coach". BBC Sport. 8 July 2003. Retrieved 8 February 2019.