US EditionMarseille appoint former captain Beye as new head coach
Beye returns to Marseille to stabilize the club after a poor run, with the team five points behind third place and aiming for a Champions League spot.
- Olympique de Marseille have appointed their former captain Habib Beye as head coach a little over a week after he was sacked by Rennes following poor results.
- Beye, 48, played for Marseille between 2003 and 2007 and his first game in charge will be against Brest on Friday with the club fourth in Ligue 1, 12 points behind leaders Lens.
- Marseille parted ways with former coach Roberto De Zerbi a week ago after a 5-0 loss to Paris St Germain and an exit from the Champions League.
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After days of chaos, Olympique Marseille presents the successor of Roberto De Zerbi: Habib Beye is the desired solution of Medhi Benatia as coach, who was already away as sports director and has now returned strengthened.
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Habib Beye appointed coach of Marseille
Marseille have appointed their former captain Habib Beye as coach, the club announced on Wednesday, just over a week after he was sacked by their Ligue 1 rivals Rennes. Beye, 48, succeeds Roberto De Zerbi after the Italian left the 1993 Champions League winners early last week in the wake of a 5-0 hammering by bitter rivals Paris Saint-Germain. He takes over a team which lies fourth in France's Ligue 1 with 12 games of the season remaining, five…
The Marseille Olympian announced on Wednesday the appointment of the former Rennes coach and former captain of the Marseille club, replacing Roberto De Zerbi.
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