{{short description|Swiss football manager}}
{{Infobox football biography | name = Raoul Savoy | fullname = | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1973|5|18}} | birth_place = Sainte-Croix, Switzerland | height = | currentclub = Chad (manager) | manageryears1 = 2002–2003 | manageryears2 = 2003–2005 | manageryears3 = 2005–2006 | manageryears4 = 2006 | manageryears5 = 2006–2007 | manageryears6 = 2007–2008 | manageryears7 = 2009–2011 | manageryears8 = 2011–2012 | manageryears9 = 2012 | manageryears10 = 2013 | manageryears11 = 2013 | manageryears12 = 2014–2015 | manageryears13 = 2015 | manageryears14 = 2017–2019 | manageryears15 = 2021–2024 | manageryears16 = 2025– | managerclubs1 = Tonnerre Yaoundé | managerclubs2 = COD Meknes | managerclubs3 = SCC Mohammédia | managerclubs4 = IR Tanger | managerclubs5 = Ethiopia | managerclubs6 = Swaziland | managerclubs7 = MC Oujda{{cn|date=June 2021}} | managerclubs9 = MC Oran | managerclubs10 = MC El Eulma | managerclubs11 = FC Sion II | managerclubs12 = Central African Republic | managerclubs13 = Gambia | managerclubs14 = Central African Republic | managerclubs15 = Central African Republic | managerclubs16 = Chad }} '''Raoul Savoy''' (born 18 May 1973) is a Swiss football coach who is the manager of the Chad national team.
==Career== In 2012, he spent for the first time in Algeria managing MC Oran and in 2013 MC El Eulma.<ref>{{cite web |title=Raoul Savoy a new coach of MC Oran |url=http://www.elmoudjahid.com/fr/actualites/24986 |work=elmoudjahid.com |publisher=El-Moudjahid |accessdate=March 8, 2012}}</ref>
On 15 May 2015, Raoul was appointed the manager of Gambia national football team.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bah |first=Momodou |date=14 May 2015 |title=Raoul Savoy unveiled to local media as coach of the Gambia |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32739283 |access-date=18 July 2015 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref> He quit in December 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35039292|title=Raoul Savoy says he quit as The Gambia boss and was not sacked|work=BBC Sport |date=8 December 2015|publisher=}}</ref>
In February 2017, he was one of a number of managers on the shortlist for the vacant Rwanda national team manager role.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38973499|title=Samson Siasia and Winfried Schafer on Rwanda coach shortlist|date=14 February 2017|accessdate=15 February 2017|author=Oluwashina Okeleji|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> He later became manager of Central African Republic staying until March 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43473972|title=CAR's coach Raoul Savoy says football is 'unifying the country'|work=BBC Sport |date=21 March 2018|publisher=}}</ref> In August 2021, he was reappointed as head coach of Central African Republic for a third stint.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.africatopsports.com/2021/08/23/centrafrique-officiel-raoul-savoy-nomme-selectionneur-pour-la-troisieme-fois/ |title=Centrafrique : Officiel ! Raoul Savoy nommé sélectionneur ... pour la troisième fois |publisher=Africa Top Sports |language=fr |date=23 August 2021 }}</ref>
On 24 October 2024, the Central African Ministry of Sport sacked Savoy as the Central African Republic national team manager. In return, he demanded the government to pay his unpaid salaries of 160,000 euros.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Domia-leu |first1=Rolf Steve |title=Football: divorce douloureux entre la Centrafrique et son sélectionneur Raoul Savoy |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique-foot/20241105-football-divorce-douloureux-entre-la-centrafrique-et-son-s%C3%A9lectionneur-raoul-savoy |website=rfi.fr |publisher=Radio France Internationale |access-date=10 November 2024}}</ref>
In August 2025, Savoy was appointed as manager of Chad.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 August 2025 |title=Chad: Raoul Savoy appointed as head coach of the senior national team |url=https://foot-africa.com/en/news/chad-raoul-savoy-appointed-as-head-coach-of-the-senior-national-team-821442/ |access-date=2025-10-12 |website=Foot Africa |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life== Born in Switzerland, Savoy is of Spanish descent.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://planetsport.ch/fr/blog/post/football-et-voyage-episode-1-raoul-savoy-le-vaudois-qui-a-parcouru-toute-l-afrique | title=Football et voyage, épisode 2 - Raoul Savoy le Vaudois qui a parcouru toute l'Afrique |language=fr}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.eurosport.fr/football/raoul-savoy_prs306358/person.shtml Raoul Savoy profile - ''eurosport.fr''] * [https://www.sofoot.com/raoul-savoy-roger-milla-venait-me-donner-des-conseils-456150.html Raoul Savoy Interview] * [https://www.laregion.ch/suisse-on-ne-veut-de-moi/ Raoul Savoy Interview with Laregion.ch]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Savoy, Raoul}} Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:Swiss football managers Category:Swiss people of Spanish descent Category:COD Meknès managers Category:SCC Mohammédia managers Category:IR Tangier managers Category:Ethiopia national football team managers Category:Eswatini national football team managers Category:MC Oran managers Category:MC El Eulma managers Category:FC Sion non-playing staff Category:Central African Republic national football team managers Category:Gambia national football team managers Category:Chad national football team managers Category:Expatriate football managers in Cameroon Category:Expatriate football managers in Morocco Category:Expatriate football managers in Ethiopia Category:Expatriate football managers in Eswatini Category:Expatriate football managers in Algeria Category:Expatriate football managers in the Central African Republic Category:Expatriate football managers in the Gambia Category:Expatriate football managers in Chad Category:Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Cameroon Category:Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Category:Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Algeria Category:Swiss expatriate sportspeople in the Gambia Category:Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Eswatini Category:Swiss expatriate sportspeople in the Central African Republic Category:Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Ethiopia Category:Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Chad