Patrice Carteron

Mali national team on 12 July 2012, he was named as the head coach of Mali, where he led the African nation to a FIFA rank as high as 21. Mali also finished third in the African Cup of Nations during his tenure.

Mazembe On 22 May 2013, he agreed to take charge of Congolese champions TP Mazembe, signing a two-year contract. Mazembe confirmed that Carteron would become their new head coach, while continuing his duties with Mali. With Mazembe, Carteron led the club to two league titles and one African Champions League title.

On 7 January 2016, Carteron left TP Mazembe as his contract had run out.

Wadi Degla After leaving Mazembe, Carteron took over at Wadi Degla in the 2016–17 season. The team won 20 of their 30 matches during Carteron's tenure.

Al-Nassr In 2017, Carteron moved on to Al-Nassr, where he led the club to a third-place finish in the Saudi Professional League, thus qualifying for the Asian Champions League.

Phoenix Rising On 22 May 2017, United Soccer League club Phoenix Rising announced Carteron would take over head coaching duties, and would join the club as early as the first week of June.

Al Ahly On 12 June 2018, the nab team Al Ahly officially announced the signing of Carteron to take the seat of the manager for two years.

Following Al Ahly's loss at the 2018 CAF Champions League Final and the team's knockout from the Arab Club Champions Cup, he was sacked on 23 November 2018.

Raja CA Carteron was appointed coach of three times CAF Confederation Cup winner Raja CA on 30 January 2019. Two months later, he won the African Super Cup against Espérence de Tunis, the second in Raja's history.

Zamalek On 3 December 2019, Carteron was revealed as the new manager of Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek, succeeding Milutin Sredojević.

He won the CAF Super Cup 2020 against Espérence de Tunis, the fourth in Zamalek's history. After six days he won the 2019–20 Egyptian Super Cup against Al Ahly, the fourth in Zamalek's history, winning two one-match trophies in a one-week span. On 13 June 2020, he renewed his contract with Zamalek for one more season until 2020–21.

On 15 September 2020, Carteron announced his departure from the club putting an end to this spell in his managerial career.

Prior to his resignation, Carteron claimed that his decision was due to personal reasons; however, the sudden resignation was both surprising and shocking to Zamalek's board and fans, a few days after a 1–0 win over El Entag El Harby, since the club had only one month before their semi-final matches against Raja CA in the 2019–20 CAF Champions League. Hence, the club's president Mortada Mansour offered him either to improve his contract to match any counter offer, or to stay until Zamalek complete the CAF Champions League campaign. Eventually, Carteron mentioned that his decision to leave was already taken, and that Zamalek still have time to prepare for their upcoming matches, then he would pay the release clause immediately. Later on, Mortada Mansour accused Carteron of lying regarding that he had not an offer already, and that Al-Taawoun's president, Muhammad Al-Qasim, was trying to sabotage Zamalek.

Al-Taawoun On 16 September 2020, Saudi club Al-Taawoun announced the signing of Carteron. On 18 September, he managed his first match with Al-Taawoun in a 1–0 defeat against Persepolis, followed by another heavy defeat 6–0 against Sharjah in the 2020 AFC Champions League. Later on, he won his first match with Al-Taawoun against Al-Duhail 1–0 to reach the round of 16 of the Champions League.

Return to Zamalek On 12 March 2021, Zamalek appointed Carteron as manager for the second time. On 24 August 2021, he led Zamalek to secure their 13th league title after a 2–0 win over El Entag El Harby.

Al-Ettifaq On 4 March 2022, Al-Ettifaq announced the signing of Carteron to lead the first football team until the end of the 2021–22 season. A few days earlier, Mortada Mansour, president of Zamalek club, had announced the termination of the contract with Carteron by mutual consent.

On 26 February 2023, Carteron and Al-Ettifaq agreed to end their contract mutually.

Umm Salal On 16 June 2023, Carteron became the head coach of Qatar Stars League club Umm Salal.

Sepahan In November 2024, Carteron was appointed head coach of the Iranian club Sepahan after signing a two-year contract.

Return to Umm Salal In June 2025, Carteron was reappointed as head coach of Qatari side Umm Salal.

Wydad AC Carteron served as head coach of Botola Pro side Wydad AC for a month before being sacked by late April 2026 following a five-match winless streak.

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenure Team From To P W D L Win % Cannes 10 March 2008 30 June 2009 Dijon 1 July 2009 24 May 2012 Mali 12 July 2012 25 May 2013 TP Mazembe 26 May 2013 7 January 2016 Wadi Degla 16 January 2016 7 November 2016 Al-Nassr 29 January 2017 4 June 2017 Phoenix Rising 5 June 2017 11 June 2018 Al Ahly 12 June 2018 23 November 2018 Raja CA 30 January 2019 10 November 2019 Zamalek 3 December 2019 15 September 2020 Al-Taawoun 16 September 2020 12 March 2021 Zamalek 12 March 2021 28 February 2022 Al-Ettifaq 4 March 2022 26 February 2023 Umm Salal 16 June 2023 19 November 2024 Sepahan 27 November 2024 25 June 2025 Umm Salal 1 July 2025 22 January 2026 Wydad AC 24 March 2026 30 April 2026 Total

Honours Player Lyon UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1997

Saint-Étienne Ligue 2: 2003–04

Manager TP Mazembe Linafoot: 2012–13, 2013–14 CAF Champions League: 2015

Raja CA CAF Super Cup: 2019

Zamalek Egyptian Premier League: 2020–21 Egyptian Super Cup: 2019 CAF Super Cup: 2020

Umm Salal Qatari Stars Cup: 2023—24

Sepahan Iranian Super Cup: 2024