Alain Djeumfa
Personal information
Full name Alain Djeumfa Defrasne[1][2]
Date of birth (1972-07-30) 30 July 1972
Place of birth Bangou, Cameroon
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Managerial career
Years Team
2003–2004 PWD Bamenda
2005–2006 Aigle Royal Menoua
Fovu Club
Botafogo FC
Canon Yaoundé
New Star de Douala
2019–2022 Cameroon Women

Alain Djeumfa Defrasne (born 30 July 1972) is a Cameroonian football manager, most recently the head coach of the Cameroon women's national team.

Career

Djeumfa earned his UEFA coaching license in Hennef, Germany, and began his managerial career at PWD Bamenda. He helped the team to finish second in the 2003 Cameroonian Premier League and qualify for the 2004 CAF Confederation Cup. At Aigle Royal Menoua, he helped the team finish second in 2005 and qualify for the 2006 CAF Champions League. He has also been the coach at Fovu Club, Botafogo FC, Canon Yaoundé and New Star de Douala.[3]

Later, Djeumfa began to work as the fitness coach for the Cameroon women's national team. On 26 January 2019, he was appointed as the team's head coach heading into the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France, replacing Joseph Ndoko.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Alain Djeumfa at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ FIFA.com. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ - Coaches - {coach_hint} - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  3. 1 2 Chountsa, Achille (29 January 2019). "Alain Defrasne Djeumfa: Quatre mois pour relever le défi" [Alain Defrasne Djeumfa: Four months to take up the challenge] (in French). Le Quotidien Le Jour. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  4. ↑ Enow, Njie (29 January 2019). "Alain Djeumfa to take charge of Cameroon's women's team at World Cup". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Djeumfa replaces Ndoko as Cameroon coach". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 27 January 2019. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.


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