Dussuyer makes come-back as Guinea’s head coach

Frenchman Michel Dussuyer has been named Guinea coach, returning for a third stint in charge of the national team, the country’s football federation has said.

Dussuyer is a veteran of the African coaching circuit and managed Guinea from 2002-04 and 2010-15. He was also twice Benin coach and had a stint in charge of the Ivory Coast from 2015-17.

The 65-year-old former goalkeeper has coached at six different Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, taking Guinea to the quarter-finals in 2004 and 2015.

Dussuyer will be Guinea’s third coach this year after they fired former Arsenal and Paris St Germain striker Kaba Diawara following a World Cup qualifier defeat by Mozambique in June.

Charles Paquille was coach for this month’s opening two matches of the 2025 Cup of Nations qualifying campaign, which saw Guinea get off to a poor start, losing away to the Democratic Republic of Congo and at home to Tanzania.

They next play two matches against Ethiopia in the Cup of Nations preliminaries on Oct. 11 and 14. Both games will be played in the Ivory Coast because Ethiopia and Guinea do not have a stadium that has been passed fit to host internationals.