Richard Déziré

Richard Déziré (born 24 September 1972) is a French football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Early career Born in Mont-Saint-Aignan, Seine-Maritime, After a season with US Quevilly, in which Déziré kept the team in the CFA, he quit.

Déziré returned to Raon during the 2006–07 season, but was unable to prevent their relegation back to the CFA. He stayed for a further five years, and led the team to two appearances in the last 32 of the Coupe de France. He left at the end of the 2011–12 season,

In June 2015, Déziré signed a two-year contract as manager of CFA2 club Le Mans. After four-and-a-half years, during which he led the team through three consecutive promotions, from the fifth tier back to Ligue 2, Déziré was dismissed on 23 February 2020 with the team second bottom of the table.

In December 2020, Déziré was appointed manager of Créteil until the end of the 2020–21 season. On 24 February 2021, exactly two months after his appointment, Déziré was sacked following a just one league victory, and seeing his side knocked out of the Coupe de France.

In May 2021, he was announced as manager of SO Cholet.