NEWSROOM (ADV) – Patrice Carteron was named Raja Casablanca’s new coach Wednesday, the Moroccan club said in a statement.
Carteron, former Rennes player, Saint-Etienne and Lyon, succeeds the Spaniard Juan Carlos Garrido, sacked Monday because of the “technical malfunctions” that the club knows, had announced the club.
Patrice Carteron, 48, has signed a one-year renewable contract, the Moroccan club said Wednesday on its Facebook page, without further details.
Winner of the C1 in 2015 on the bench of the Congolese Mazembe All Powerful, Carteron had been removed from office last November by the Cairo club Al-Ahly after a series of poor performance. The club had lost in the final of the African Champions League against Esperance Tunis.
Rival of Wydad Casablanca, Raja is one of the most successful Moroccan clubs, finalist of the 2013 World Cup of Clubs holding the title of the CAF Cup 2018 and three-time winner of the African Champions League .
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