Malaysia national football team after the Football Association of Malaysia didn't renew former coach K. Rajagopal's contract after it expired in December 2013. He was said to have agreed a MYR5 million annual salary with the FAM. However, the deal fell through when he faced some disagreements with the Football Association of Malaysia. On 30 June 2014, Troussier became manager of CS Sfaxien of Tunisia. On 28 September 2014, Troussier quit CS Sfaxien. In April 2018 he was one of 77 applicants for the vacant Cameroon national team job. Later in 2018, he became a strategic adviser and then officially a technical director of PVF, a Vietnamese football academy. In 2019, referred by PVF, Philippe Troussier became the head coach of Vietnam U19 National Team. Vietnam Football Federation has confirmed that Troussier is the new coach of the Vietnam national football team (as well as youth teams such as U22/U23 and Olympic team), succeeding Park Hang-seo. Honors ASEC Mimosas Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division: 1990, 1991, 1992 FUS Rabat Coupe du Trône: 1995 Japan FIFA Confederations Cup: runner-up 2001 AFC Asian Cup: 2000 Individual AFC Coach of the Year: 2000 Japan Football Hall of Fame: Inducted in 2020 References External links Philippe Troussier – International Matches as Coach at RSSSF 1955 births Living people French Muslims Converts to Islam Footballers from Paris French football managers Association football defenders French footballers Ligue 2 players 1998 FIFA World Cup managers 1999 Copa América managers 2000 AFC Asian Cup managers 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup managers 2002 FIFA World Cup managers 2004 AFC Asian Cup managers AFC Asian Cup-winning managers Angoulême Charente FC players Red Star F.C. players FC Rouen players Stade de Reims players INF Vichy managers Red Star F.C. managers CS Sfaxien managers US Alençon managers FC Ryukyu managers US Créteil-Lusitanos managers Ivory Coast national football team managers Fath Union Sport managers Kaizer Chiefs F.C. managers Zhejiang Professional F.C. managers Nigeria national football team managers Burkina Faso national football team managers South Africa national soccer team managers Japan national football team managers Morocco national football team managers Qatar national football team managers Vietnam national football team managers Olympique de Marseille managers French expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Expatriate football managers in Japan Expatriate football managers in Nigeria Expatriate soccer managers in South Africa Expatriate football managers in China Ligue 1 managers Shenzhen F.C. managers 1998 African Cup of Nations managers French expatriate sportspeople