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Richard Towa
Cameroonian footballer
Richard Towa (born 16 November 1969) is a Cameroonian professional manager and former footballer. He currently manages Elite One club Colombe Sportive du Dja.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1969-11-16) 16 November 1969 (age 54) | ||
| Place of birth | Douala, Cameroon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1986 | Unité de Douala | ||
| 1986–1988 | Colombe de Sangmelima | ||
| 1988–1991 | Panthère de Bangangté | ||
| 1991–1992 | Fortuna Köln | ||
| 1992–1994 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||
| International career | |||
| Cameroon | 13 | (0) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2004 | Fortuna Düsseldorf (youth) | ||
| 2004–2008 | Alemannia Aachen II | ||
| 2008 | KFC Uerdingen 05 | ||
| 2008–2010 | KFC Uerdingen 05 (youth) | ||
| 2010 | Sportfreunde Siegen (assistant coach) | ||
| 2010–2012 | Cameroon U17 | ||
| 2012–2015 | Les Astres FC (Director of Sport) | ||
| 2015–2018 | Cameroon U23 | ||
| 2018 | Dragon Club | ||
| 2018–2019 | Feutcheu | ||
| 2019–2021 | Union Douala | ||
| 2022 | Gokulam Kerala | ||
| 2023– | Colombe Sportive du Dja | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He played 13 matches for the Cameroon and helped them qualify for the 1990 FIFA World Cup, but did not participate due to an injury.
In January 2018, he signed a contract to become manager of Dragon Club.[1] He left in September 2018 to become new manager of Feutcheu FC.[2] In April 2019, he resigned as manager of Feutcheu FC.[3] On 5 December 2019, he was named new manager of Union Douala.[4]
On 5 July 2022, Indian I-League defending champion Gokulam Kerala officially announced that they roped in Towa as their new head coach.[5] He left by mutual consent on 26 December 2022 with the club in 4th place.[6][7]
In November 2023, Towa became the manager of Elite One club Colombe Sportive du Dja.[8]
- "Dragon Appoints U17 Lions Boss As Head Coach". Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- "Elite One: Richard Towa signe un an à Feutcheu FC". Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- "Richard Towa quitte Feutcheu FC". Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- "Richard Towa: Substitution Union sportive of Douala going the "German" way". Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- Ajith Kumar, P. K. (5 July 2022). "Gokulam Kerala signs Cameroonian Richard Towa as new coach". sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- "Gokulam Kerala and coach Towa part ways". sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar. 26 December 2022. Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- "ഗോകുലം കേരള എഫ് സി സ്പെയിൻകാരൻ ഫ്രാൻസെസ് ബോണറ്റിനെ മുഖ്യ പരിശീലകനായി നിയമിച്ചു" [Gokulam Kerala FC appointed Spaniard Francesc Bonet as head coach]. Gokulam Kerala official website (in Malayalam). Kozhikode. 27 December 2022. Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- Richard Towa at WorldFootball.net
- Richard Towa at Alemannia Aachen website
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