Former Super Eagles forward John Utaka has been appointed as the new head coach of Montpellier Women's team, Afrosport reports. Utaka takes over from Frederic Mendy and will work alongside Baptiste Merle until the end of the current season. The coaching team will be supported by the club’s sporting director, Jean-Louis Saez. With this appointment, Utaka becomes the only African head coach currently managing in France’s...
Montpellier have appointed Zoumana Camara as their new manager less than 24 hours after the dismissal of Jean-Louis Gasset, Afrosport reports. La Paillade dismissed Gasset having failed to lift them from the bottom of the log after 28 games. The appointment of Zoumana Camara will be his first senior managerial role, having spent over five years as assistant coach at Paris Saint-Germain under Laurent Blanc, Unai...
La Liga giants Sevilla have completed the signing of Akor Adams from French outfit Montpellier on a four-and-a-half-year deal, Afrosport reports. The Nigerian forward moves to the capital city of Andalusia having scored three times and provided three assists in 16 Ligue 1 games this season. The season prior, the 24-year-old found the back of the 10 times in 32 competitive games as Montpellier finished 12th,...
Akor Adams was on target for the first time in 2024 as Montpellier played out a 1-1 draw with Nantes in Ligue 1 on Friday night. The fixture was a battle to avoid relegation and the Nigerian forward put his side ahead on home soil in the second minute via a swift counter attacking move. It was the eighth league goal of the season for Akor...
Akor Adams announced himself in the French Ligue 1 when he netted a brace in a 2-2 draw between Montpellier and Le Harve. The 23-year-year-old Nigerian is a new signing for La Paillade after joining from Norwegian Lillestrom and was instantly brought into the starting XI. Though Montpellier fell behind to Gautier Lloris’s goal in just the fifth minute of play, Michel Der Zakarian’s side were...
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