But…
However, it will also be noted that, if you want to go to the World Cup, you must go through the qualifying process. And Troussier has never helped any team qualify.
In the 1990s of the last century, he went to Africa and made a name here with the nickname “White Witch”. But the fact is that he did not help the Ivory Coast team qualify for the 1994 World Cup.
In Nigeria, although the national team qualified for the 1998 World Cup, Troussier only led 4 matches.
He and the South African team attended the 1998 World Cup, but in fact, the person who brought them to the finals in France was Jomo Sono.
Also in 1998, Japan chose Troussier to replace Takeshi Okada with the goal of improving performance after the World Cup in France. However, after a bad start with a defeat at the 1999 Copa America, the Japanese media reacted quite negatively, leading to him turning to lead the U20 teams (at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship – runners-up) and U23 (at the 2000 Olympics – into the quarterfinals).
Most of the squad he worked with was called up to the 2000 Asian Cup and won the championship. With that success, Troussier confidently entered the 2022 World Cup and led Japan to the round of 16, the best achievement in the history of this national football.
Of course, it should also be remembered that Japan participates as a co-host, so it does not have to play in the qualifiers.
In 2003, Troussier was appointed to lead the Qatar team in the hope of repeating the success it had with Japan. Initially, his reign went smoothly with a successful 2004 Asian Cup qualifying campaign. He continued his strategy of using young players as well as some naturalized players.
However, Qatar disappointed in the final round – finishing bottom of the table, and after a disappointing start to the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, Troussier was sacked.
He also had a short period to lead the Moroccan team but left after 2 months because he did not share the same opinion with the leader of the Football Federation of this country.
With this information, if VFF decides to choose Troussier, the way he works in Japan may be an option, especially when he is familiar with Vietnamese youth football.