Florent Ibengé

Florent Ibengé
Personal information
Full name Jean-Florent Ikwange Ibengé
Date of birth (1961-12-04) 4 December 1961
Place of birth Léopoldville, Republic of the Congo
Club information
Current team
DR Congo (manager)
Teams managed
Years Team
2012 Shanghai Shenhua
2014 Vita Club
2014– DR Congo

Jean-Florent Ikwange Ibengé (born 4 December 1961) is a Congolese football coach who manages the national team.

Early and personal life

He was born in Léopoldville on 4 December 1961.[1]

Coaching career

He was manager of Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua from April to May 2012, and of Congolese team Vita Club from February 2014 to November 2014.[1]

He became manager of the DR Congo national team in August 2014, initially combining this role with his job at Vita Club.[2]

He led DR Congo to the 2016 African Nations Championship title.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  2. "Florent Ibenge appointed new DR Congo coach". BBC Sport. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  3. "CHAN 2016: DR Congo are champions after victory over Mali". BBC Sport. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
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