Having just left Ivory Coast, Troussier turned his adventures to South Africa (leading Kaizer Chiefs) and then Morocco (FUS Rabat, 1 title), before becoming the head coach of the Nigerian team in 1997.
Despite the success of bringing the ticket to the 1998 World Cup, Troussier was still fired by the Nigeria Football Federation to choose Bora Milutinovic – who had previously attended the World Cup with 3 different teams (Mexico [1986]Costa Rica [1990]America [1994]) – led the team to attend a football festival in France.
This gives Troussier a new impetus. He quickly found a new job, bringing Burkina Faso to the semi-finals of the African Championship for the first time (CAN 1998).
Then, he joined South Africa to attend the 1998 World Cup. Right in the first World Cup, the team won 2 points, ranked 3rd in the group with hosts France, Denmark and Saudi Arabia.
The 1-1 draw with Denmark of stars Peter Schmeichel, brothers Michael Laudrup and Brian Laudrup, Thomas Helveg… was an excellent performance, helping Troussier receive many compliments.
Captain Troussier’s ship left Africa for Asia, where he spent four years leading the Japanese team and then managing Qatar.
In 2004, Troussier returned to France when he docked at Marseille but failed.
The missionary returns to Africa with a destination in Morocco. returned to Japan with the Ryukyu Club and continued to China at a time when football in this country received many big contracts.
In between two cycles of working with Chinese football, Troussier had a short time coaching in Tunisia with CS Sfaxien club.
In 2018, he was one of 77 candidates for the position of head coach of Cameroon. At that time, Sven-Goran Eriksson was selected but the parties could not reach an agreement, and then Clarence Seedorf took the job.
Arrival Vietnam In 2018, Troussier mainly worked on youth football, which included national under-19 lead time. The Covid-19 pandemic interrupted his work.
With experience and knowledge accumulated for 4 decades, the 67-year-old military leader has certain supports to help young Vietnamese football gradually become more professional.