Jean-Paul Rabier, new coach for the Bareas: top class?

Following the visit paid to Madagascar by Joseph Blatter, president of the International Football Federation, the young Andry Rajoelina is longing for a competitive national team. The first step was the quest for a foreign coach, the mission entrusted to the HAT sports minister, Virapin Ramamonjisoa. It is henceforth a done deal. Jean-Paul Rabier is being introduced to the HAT leader. “I notice that president Rajoelina has far reaching ambitions for football and sports in Madagascar “, he said. The French technician noticed the Malagasy authorities’ commitment to develop home based football. “It is encouraging “, he concluded.  

The Bareas’ new coach will be given a 20 months long contract to transform Malagasy football. Jean-Paul Rabier’s leading mission is Madagascar’s qualification for the next African Cup of Nations. The 55 years old French technician has previously dared such odds between 2002 and 2004 with Burkano Faso’s national team. During the year 2004 ACN competition, the Stallions disappointed. After a encouraging draw against Senegal, Jean-Paul Rabier fell through against Mali and Kenya, and exited the first stage. For Madagascar, the objective is only qualification in 2012. 

The Malagasy football federation’s reelected president Ahmad equally stands by Jean-Paul Rabier’s know how. Efforts for the sake of a competitive national team are extending to clubs. National coaches will be trained anew, in order to rise the national championship’s level. The new coach will also be involved in the recovery of young talents. A short-term mission is meant to lay long term basis for national football.  

Jean-Paul Rabier is expatriate worker by definition. In an interview on the football coaches and technical agents’ national union’s website, he declared that” expatriation is a cultural advantage, and equally remains an option for coaches unable to find job on the French territory “. Following some twelve first years with mid divisions’ clubs, he moved abroad when his contract with Anger ended in 2002. The technician confessed to have had no regrets for having enjoyed an interesting experience with the Stallions of Burkina Faso, as well as a thrilling one with MC Algiers of Algeria during half a season.  

Jean-Paul Radier failed short from reaching glory when leading the Qatari club Al Khor to the final stage in 2007. His moderate adventure with the Japanese FC Ryukyu cast him away from the spotlights. In 2010, a small gun country is looking for an international level coach. The nominee is Jean-Paul Rabier, a modest but respectable coach who never turns a job down. This former international player’s career is not as so dazzling. He spent six years with Rennes before ending his career with RC Lens. The Malagasy experience will certainly extend his RÉSUMÉ, for lack of polishing it.