Gonzalo Quesada returns to Paris! The former Argentinian scrum or halfback, 46, is the new head coach of the Stade Français where he was a player (2004-2005) and of which he was the coach in the past (2013-2017) , as the club announced on Friday evening.
Bien i Bienvenido a casa Gonza!
It is with great pleasure and great pride that the Stade Français Paris announces the return of its Head Coach, Gonzalo Quesada, winner of the TOP 14 in 2015 and the European Challenge in 2017. # SFParis
"It is with immense pleasure and great pride that the Stade Français Paris announces the return of Gonzalo Quesada, winner of the Top 14 in 2015 and of the European Challenge in 2017. Our club in the capital will count on great experience and enthusiasm of his new head coach to start a new cycle and reconnect with sporting success. Former player, then coach of the Stade Français Paris, Gonzalo knows perfectly the culture of the club and the requirements of the Top 14. His return is a new strong sign of the ambition of Stade Français Paris for the seasons to come, "said the press release.
The coaching staff will therefore be composed next season of Gonzalo Quesada and the duo Laurent Sempéré-Julien Arias. The latter two finished last season at the head of the team after the departure of the South African Meyer in November 2019.
The Argentinian trail mentioned last September…
When the Parisians accumulated the poor results at the beginning of last season, the club leaders already had the idea of separating from Heyneke Meyer.
The Parisian-Today in France thus wrote last September: “Very dissatisfied with the results (13th in the Top 14) and the proposed game, President Wild is looking for a replacement for the South African manager Heyneke Meyer. According to our information, the latter could play his head this Sunday, September 29, during the coming of Clermont at the Jean-Bouin stadium, if the Parisian players, turned up against his authoritarian methods, are again swept away, as in Lyon or Bordeaux . "
Our newspaper also mentioned the Quesada track at that time. "The name of Gonzalo Quesada returns with insistence to succeed him, wrote our title, even if the Argentinian is for the moment linked with the frankness of the Jaguares in Argentina. Quesada, who coached the Parisian team from 2013 to 2017 and led it to the title of champion of France in 2015, has kept an apartment in the capital and an intact rating with the players. "
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It was therefore necessary to wait nine months to see Quesada land on the Paris side.