French coach Hervé Renard has been appointed to take charge of Tunisia after the country’s football federation parted ways with coach Sabri Lamouchi following the team’s 5-1 defeat to Sweden at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The Tunisian Football Federation announced on Monday that it had struck a deal with the 56-year-old to lead the Carthage Eagles until the end of the World Cup.
“The president of the Tunisian Football Federation, Moez Nassari, announced that an official agreement had been reached with French coach Hervé Renard for him to take charge of the national football team until the end of the 2026 World Cup,” Tunisian public broadcaster Télévision Tunisienne reported.
Renard brings a plethora of expertise in African football and on the international level.
The Frenchman made headlines at the 2022 World Cup after leading Saudi Arabia to a shock 2-1 victory over eventual champions Argentina in the group stage.
His African coaching career began in Zambia in 2008, where he led the Chipolopolo to the quarterfinals of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations before returning for a second stint in 2011. That choice paid off when he led Zambia to their first ever AFCON triumph in 2012.
Renard sealed his position in African football history when he took command of Côte d’Ivoire in 2014, leading the Elephants to victory in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, becoming the first coach to win the tournament with two separate countries.
In 2016, he was named Morocco’s head coach, and he guided the Atlas Lions to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, breaking a 20-year hiatus from football’s grandest stage.
Following Morocco’s shocking elimination from the 2019 AFCON, Renard resigned before taking over Saudi Arabia, where he orchestrated one of the greatest surprises in World Cup history against Argentina in Qatar.
The Carthage Eagles play Japan in their next Group F match on Saturday before facing the Netherlands in their final group game.
