Former France captain Patrick Vieira on Sunday took over as coach of Strasbourg within the French Ligue 1 on a three-year contract, the US-owned membership introduced. Vieira, 47, succeeds Frederic Antonetti, who was dismissed early final week after Strasbourg completed fifteenth in Ligue 1, two locations and 5 factors above the relegation zone. “I welcome Patrick Vieira, whom I know from the French national team; I am very happy to welcome him to Strasbourg,” stated Marc Keller, the Strasbourg president and a former France midfielder in a press release on the membership web site.

“He corresponds to the profile we were looking for: a manager with international experience, and who also has a good knowledge of Ligue 1 and its young players.”

The Alsace membership is beneath new possession, with The BlueCo consortium, led by Chelsea proprietor Todd Boehly and US-based Clearlake Capital, shopping for a majority stake on June 22.

Vieira performed 107 occasions for France captaining his nation 21 occasions and successful the World Cup in 1998 and the Euros in 2000. A midfielder he performed for AC Milan, Arsenal, Juventus, Inter and eventually Manchester City, the place he began his teaching profession.

He has been head coach at New York City FC, Nice and Crystal Palace.

He stated he was “particularly happy” to take over at Strasbourg.

“I know the history and the identity of this club, the fervour it arouses, the importance it has for its region, which is a place of football and passion,” stated Vieira.

“It is exciting as a coach to be able to build something while relying on the values that have defined the strength of the club.”

Vieira had been with out a membership since he was fired by Palace in March.

In his first season he led the membership to twelfth place in 2021-2022 however was sacked this spring with the membership simply above the relegation locations and on a 12-game winless run.

Palace had didn’t handle a shot heading in the right direction in every of his final three Premier League video games, the primary occasion of that occuring for the reason that statistic was first recorded in 2003-04.

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