Camillo Vaz

Camillo Vaz
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-09-26) 26 September 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Youth career
Years Team
Racing Club de France
Managerial career
2009–2012 Paris Saint-Germain Féminine
2021–2022 GPSO 92 Issy

Camillo Vaz (born 26 September 1975)[1] is a French football coach who was most recently the manager of Division 2 Féminine side GPSO 92 Issy from 2021 to 2022. From 2009 to 2012, he was the manager of Paris Saint-Germain Féminine.

Personal life

Vaz is from Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France.[1] He is of Portuguese origin,[2] and is married, with two children.[1] As a youngster, Vaz played football for Racing Club de France.[1] He has also worked as a sports teacher.[3]

Career

From 2009 to 2012, Vaz managed Paris Saint-Germain Féminine.[4][5] During that time, PSG won the 2009–10 Challenge de France,[4][5] after beating Montpellier HSC 5–0 in the final.[5] PSG also came second in the 2010–11 Division 1 Féminine,[6][7] finishing behind Olympique Lyonnais Féminin.[8] PSG qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League,[5] the first time in their history that they had qualified for the tournament.[9] They reached the round of 16 before being eliminated by Eintracht Frankfurt.[1] Whilst Vaz was manager of PSG, the club was taken over by Qatar Sports Investments.[8] Vaz signed Brazilian footballer Kátia Cilene Teixeira from Division 1 Féminine champions Lyon.[2] Vaz was supportive of more women managing Division 1 Féminine clubs; in the 2011–12 season, only three of the 12 Division 1 Féminine teams were managed by women.[10] Vaz left PSG in 2012, after the club failed to qualify for the 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League, and were knocked out in the semi-finals of the 2011–12 Coupe de France Féminine.[11] He was replaced by Farid Benstiti, who had been managing the Russia women's national football team.[12]

In 2014, Vaz released a book Football Féminin about his experience of coaching women's football teams.[13] He later worked as a coach at Sciences Po in Paris.[1]

In February 2021, Vaz was announced as the manager of Division 1 Féminine side GPSO 92 Issy, replacing Yacine Guesmia [fr].[4][5] Vaz had to deal with players' discontent at the dismissal of Yacine Guesmia after five years in charge,[14][15] and general unhappiness with the club's management. Many players boycotted Vaz's first training session in protest; some players considered refusing to play in GPSO 92 Issy's next match, but all players then agreed to play.[16] His first match in charge of GPSO 92 Issy was against PSG.[4][5] Issy were 11th out of 12 teams in Division 1 Féminine when Vaz arrived.[14] Issy were initially relegated to Division 2 Féminine at the end of the 2020–21 season,[17] but the French Football Federation later reprieved Issy, meaning that they would compete in the 2021–22 Division 1 Féminine.[18] Issy were relegated to Division 2 Féminine for the 2022–2023 season,[19] and Vaz left the team in July 2022.[20]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Camillo Vaz, nouvel entraîneur des Chouettes : la pédagogie comme vertu !" (in French). GPSO 92 Issy. 26 February 2021. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Interview de Camille Vaz, l'entraîneur des filles du PSG". PSG Mag (in French). 14 February 2011. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Coupe du monde féminine : un jeu en pleine évolution". Libération (in French). 27 June 2019. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d "GPSO 92 Issy : Camillo Vaz, nouvel entraîneur des Chouettes !". L'Équipière (in French). 22 February 2021. Archived from the original on 22 February 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "#D1Arkema – GPSO 92 ISSY change d'entraîneur". Footo Feminin (in French). 22 February 2021. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Une saison chargée en prévision pour le PSG". Footo Feminin (in French). 1 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  7. ^ "D1 : Camillo Vaz devrait remplacer Yacine Guesmia à la tête du GPSO 92 Issy". Coeurs de Foot (in French). 21 February 2021. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Peas prepared for Parisian challenge". The42. 28 September 2011. Archived from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  9. ^ "psg respect peamount". Irish Independent. 28 September 2011. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Sport : pourquoi les femmes n'entraînent-elles jamais les hommes ?". L'Obs (in French). 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Foot – PSG : Camillo Vaz quitte le PSG". Femmes de Sport (in French). 7 June 2012. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  12. ^ "LE RECRUTEMENT DU PSG SE CONJUGUE (AUSSI) AU FÉMININ". Le Figaro (in French). 17 July 2012. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Camillo Vaz : "Certaines choses sont spécifiques au foot féminin"". Foot d'Elles (in French). 8 January 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  14. ^ a b "Camillo Vaz (GPSO 92 Issy) : "Il faudra prendre le temps que ça prend"" (in French). 25 February 2021. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  15. ^ "CAMILLO VAZ (EX-PSG) PREND LES RÊNES DU GPSO 92 ISSY". Actu Foot (in French). 22 February 2021. Archived from the original on 22 February 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Football : Grève des joueuses, entraîneur limogé, boycott du derby, la situation se tend à Issy". Le Parisien (in French). 23 February 2021. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Football. D1F : Paris et Lyon s'attendent, Issy descend, le récap de la 21e journée". Ouest-France (in French). 21 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  18. ^ "#D1Arkema - L'AS SAINT-ETIENNE promue en D1, ISSY repêché". Footo Féminin (in French). 13 July 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  19. ^ "J22 : SOYAUX MAINTENU, ISSY EN D2". French Football Federation (in French). 1 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  20. ^ "Camillo Vaz quitte le GPSO 92 Issy" (in French). GPSO 92 Issy. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2023.