He will return to Ligue 1. Blésois Ahmed Kantari, who became a coach after his successful career as a central defender, was inducted by FC Nantes as Antoine Kombouaré's deputy this Monday, December 30, 2024.
The former Moroccan international, who ended his playing career at Valenciennes FC in 2019 after starting it in 2006 at PSG, subsequently passing through Strasbourg, Brest, Lens and Toronto, will therefore not have waited a long time to find a bench after his dismissal by the VAFC on November 26.
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He played under Antoine Kombouaré at PSG and Lens
The 39-year-old technician, who saved the northern club in the second division during the 2022-2023 financial year during a short interim period before not achieving such a feat the following season, in fact paid eighth place last month in National at the end of the thirteenth day. But it will therefore bounce back among the Canaries, who are experiencing a hectic winter transfer window while they are stuck in 14e place in the ranking (fourteen points in fifteen days, one point more than the first jump-off).
Because if the management of the Yellow and Green maintained the Kanak Antoine Kombouaré at the head of the Nantes team following the failures of the Sergio Conceiçao and Habib Beye tracks, it made changes in the Nantes staff before the resumption of the training this Monday, December 30.
While the native of Blois, who played with the PSG reserve and at RC Lens under the command of Antoine Kombouaré, replaced Guillaume Marie, Olivier Blondel, until then coach of the reserve goalkeepers at Olympique Lyonnais, took the place of Willy Grondin. An arrival to be compared to that of Anthony Lopes, who will replace Alban Lafont in the cages, who lost his place as No. 1 and who should also leave the banks of the Erdre.
For Ahmed Kantari and FC Nantes, first meeting in 2025 on the Lille lawn this Saturday January 4, before the reception at the Beaujoire of AS Monaco, Friday January 10.
