![]() Florent Ibengé in 2016
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Jean-Florent Ikwange Ibengé | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 4 December 1961 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Léopoldville, Republic of the Congo | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Al-Hilal Club (manager) | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1979–1980 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | ||||||||||||||||
1985–1993 | Excelsior Roubaix | ||||||||||||||||
1993–1998 | US Boulogne | ||||||||||||||||
1998–2003 | ES Wasquehal | ||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | ES Wasquehal | ||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | SC Douai | ||||||||||||||||
2012 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||||||||||||
2014–2019 | DR Congo | ||||||||||||||||
2014–2021 | Vita Club | ||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | RS Berkane | ||||||||||||||||
2022– | Al-Hilal Club | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jean-Florent Ikwange Ibengé (born 4 December 1961) is a Congolese football coach and former player who manages Sudanese club Al-Hilal.
He was born in Léopoldville on 4 December 1961. [2]
Ibengé played as a centre-back for Tennis Borussia Berlin, Excelsior Roubaix, US Boulogne and ES Wasquehal. [1]
He spent his early coaching career in France, managing ES Wasquehal and SC Douai. [1]
He was manager of Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua from April to May 2012, and of Congolese team Vita Club from February 2014. [2]
He became manager of the DR Congo national team in August 2014, combining this role with his job at Vita Club. [3]
He led DR Congo to the 2016 African Nations Championship title in February 2016. [4]
In March 2017, he announced that he intended to step down as national team manager in 2018. [5] He resigned in August 2019. [6] After that, he returned to AS Vita Club. [7]
In July 2021 he became manager of Moroccan club RS Berkane. [8] In June 2022 he became manager of Sudanese club Al-Hilal Club. [9]
In November 2022, Ibenge won the Sudan Cup after Al-Hilal defeated Al Ahli Khartoum in the final winning via a 4–3 penalty shoot-out after the match had ended in a goalless draw after extra time. [10] [11]
Following the start of the 2023 Sudan conflict, Ibengé voiced his plans to set up a base camp for Al-Hilal players in Cairo, Egypt, and expressed hopes that the team would continue to play in the Arab Club Champions Cup. [12] In April 2023, Ibengé and his family fled to France via Djibouti. [12]
DR Congo
AS Vita Club
RS Berkane
Al-Hilal
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![]() Florent Ibengé in 2016
[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Jean-Florent Ikwange Ibengé | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 4 December 1961 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Léopoldville, Republic of the Congo | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Al-Hilal Club (manager) | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1979–1980 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | ||||||||||||||||
1985–1993 | Excelsior Roubaix | ||||||||||||||||
1993–1998 | US Boulogne | ||||||||||||||||
1998–2003 | ES Wasquehal | ||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | ES Wasquehal | ||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | SC Douai | ||||||||||||||||
2012 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||||||||||||
2014–2019 | DR Congo | ||||||||||||||||
2014–2021 | Vita Club | ||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | RS Berkane | ||||||||||||||||
2022– | Al-Hilal Club | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jean-Florent Ikwange Ibengé (born 4 December 1961) is a Congolese football coach and former player who manages Sudanese club Al-Hilal.
He was born in Léopoldville on 4 December 1961. [2]
Ibengé played as a centre-back for Tennis Borussia Berlin, Excelsior Roubaix, US Boulogne and ES Wasquehal. [1]
He spent his early coaching career in France, managing ES Wasquehal and SC Douai. [1]
He was manager of Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua from April to May 2012, and of Congolese team Vita Club from February 2014. [2]
He became manager of the DR Congo national team in August 2014, combining this role with his job at Vita Club. [3]
He led DR Congo to the 2016 African Nations Championship title in February 2016. [4]
In March 2017, he announced that he intended to step down as national team manager in 2018. [5] He resigned in August 2019. [6] After that, he returned to AS Vita Club. [7]
In July 2021 he became manager of Moroccan club RS Berkane. [8] In June 2022 he became manager of Sudanese club Al-Hilal Club. [9]
In November 2022, Ibenge won the Sudan Cup after Al-Hilal defeated Al Ahli Khartoum in the final winning via a 4–3 penalty shoot-out after the match had ended in a goalless draw after extra time. [10] [11]
Following the start of the 2023 Sudan conflict, Ibengé voiced his plans to set up a base camp for Al-Hilal players in Cairo, Egypt, and expressed hopes that the team would continue to play in the Arab Club Champions Cup. [12] In April 2023, Ibengé and his family fled to France via Djibouti. [12]
DR Congo
AS Vita Club
RS Berkane
Al-Hilal
{{
cite web}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
link)