Vahid Halihodžić (73) ended his coaching career a few days ago, returning to his Nantes in a difficult mission to save the first league status of the club where he spent years as a player and managed it once in his coaching career.
The mission was unsuccessful, and Halilhodžić’s last scenes from the lawn were those in which clashed with hooligans who support his club. Nantes said goodbye to Vaha with thanks for everything.
Let us remind you, the match of the last, 34th round of the French championship between Nantes and Toulouse it was interrupted in the 22nd minute after Nantes fans stormed the pitch. Even before that match, Nantes had no chance of staying in Ligue 1, and scenes of the interruption filled social networks.
At odds with his fans
After the fans enter the field, the head referee Stephanie Frappart she sent the players of both teams to the locker rooms. However, the local coach Halilhodžić he stayed at the edge of the field and got into a verbal altercation with fans approaching him. The situation soon became tense after Halilhodžić started threatening fans with his finger. The security guards, who are the former coach of Dinamo, had to intervene dragged off the field, it says Index.hr.
Halilhodžić at the beginning of March returned from retirement to try to save Nantes from relegation. It is about the club for which he played from 1981 to 1986 and with which he won the title of French champion in 1983. In a rich coaching career, he led him during 2018 and 2019, and now unsuccessfully tried to save his fall.
How this farewell to Halilhodžić looked like, Nantes announced on their social networks. The players prepared a barricade for him that led him to the center of the stadium playing field where there were thousands of people. Halilhodžić thanked them and waved them off with tears in his eyes.
Légende.
Merci pour toutes ces années au Club, Vahid Halilhodžić. 🫂
Le FC Nantes ne vous oubliera jamais, Coach. pic.twitter.com/FAdsh8D411— FC Nantes (@FCNantes) May 19, 2026
“Legend. Thank you for all these years at the club, Vahide Halilhodžić. Coach, Nantes will never forget you,” the video reads.
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