Bana Tchanilé

Bana Tchanilé
Personal information
Place of birth Sokodé, Togo[1][2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1989 Sémassi de Sokodé
International career
Togo
Managerial career
1993–1995 Sémassi de Sokodé
2000–2002 Togo
2006–2007 Niger
2014–2015 Sémassi de Sokodé
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bana Tchanilé, sometimes called Tchanilé Bana,[a] is a Togolese former football player and manager who spent his entire playing career with Sémassi de Sokodé.[1]

Club career

He played for his hometown[1] club Sémassi de Sokodé between 1977 and 1989. He won five Togolese Championnat National titles (1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983) and two Coupe du Togo titles (1980, 1982),[5][6] and also reached the semi-finals of the 1984 African Cup of Champions Clubs with the club.[7]

International career

He represented the Togo national team during the 1980s.

Coaching career

He began his coaching career as the manager of Sémassi de Sokodé between 1993 and 1995, where he won three consecutive Togolese Championnat National titles (1993, 1994, 1995).[5]

He has been in charge of the Togo national football team between 2000 and 2002, and the Niger national football team between 2006 and 2007.[2]

On 7 September 2010, Togo allegedly played Bahrain in a friendly losing the match 3–0. However, on 14 September, the Togo FA claimed that a fake team had played against Bahrain.

Bahrain's head coach Josef Hickersberger rated the match as a missed opportunity for his team to prepare for the West Asian Championships starting in September.[8]

Togo's Sport Minister Christophe Tchao said to the Jeune Afrique magazine that nobody in Togo had "ever been informed of such a game".[9] On 20 September 2010, it was revealed that Tchanilé was the culprit and the Togo FA have given him a three-year ban in addition to the two-year ban he got in July 2010 for taking Togo players to play a tournament in Egypt.[10] The match fixing has been linked to Wilson Raj Perumal and the Singaporean match-fixing syndicate allegedly run by Tan Seet Eng.[11]

He ended his coaching career with Sémassi de Sokodé, where he won the 2014 Togolese Championnat National title.[1] He was replaced by Paul Zoungbédé as the manager on 22 March 2015 after the 5–0 loss against Tunisian club CS Sfaxien in the CAF Champions League first round.[12]

Personal life

He is the older brother of Tchakala Tchanilé.[13]

Honours

Player

Sémassi de Sokodé

Manager

Sémassi de Sokodé

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Attributed to multiple sources[2][3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "SFC (Sokodé): Titre 2014 – Bana Tchanilé, le dernier sacre du club le plus titré du championnat". Sémassi de Sokodé. Facebook. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Tchanile Bana » Profile". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
  3. ↑ Wordsworth, Araminta (5 October 2010). "The twisted tale behind Togo's fake soccer team". National Post. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
  4. ↑ "Togo: Tchanilé Bana s'excuse pour le match truqué à Bahreïn". RFI (in French). 21 September 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Togo - List of Champions". RSSSF.
  6. 1 2 "Togo - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.
  7. ↑ "African Club Competitions 1984". RSSSF.
  8. ↑ "Togolese coach suspended over fake match". BBC News. 20 September 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  9. ↑ 'Fake' Togo football team at Bahrain match being investigated, BBC News, 15 September 2010
  10. ↑ Fake mastermind behind fake Togo team revealed!, Yahoo, 20 September 2010, archived from the original on 26 September 2010
  11. ↑ Buncombe, Andrew (29 March 2013). "Dan Tan: the man who fixed football". The Independent. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  12. ↑ "Paul Zoungbédé remplace Tchanilé Banna à la tête de Sémassi". news.alome.com. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  13. ↑ "Tchanile Tchakala appointed new Togo coach". BBC Sport. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
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