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4 unusual facts about Philippe Troussier


Age fraud in association football

Following the game, Japan's French manager Philippe Troussier quipped that he saw one of Nigeria's U-17 players enter a taxi "with his wife and two children", implying that Nigeria had fielded over-age players.

Philippe Troussier

Troussier is widely believed to be the first-choice replacement as coach of the 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.

Xiang Jun

By the 2011 Chinese Super League season Xiang Jun would return to Shenzhen and the clubs new manager Philippe Troussier would give him a significantly larger role within the club, however by the end of the season the club were relegated.

Yuan Lin

After kindly making a tactical suggestion to new manager Philippe Troussier during a pre-season friendly, Yuan Lin was constantly dropped out of teamsheet possibly as an set-up example to establish youngsters refreshingly into the 1st team, despite the defensive line clearly needs an experienced commanding-veteran to stop the ball leaking through heavily.



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