An nada Hervé Renard a matsayin babban koci na Tunisia bayan da Gaggawar Carthage suka sha kashi 5-1 a hannun Sweden a wasansu na farko a rukuni na FIFA Kofin Duniya 2026 — lamarin da ya sa Tunisia ta zama kasa ta farko a tarihi da ta kori kocinta bayan wasan farko kawai na matakin karshe na Kofin Duniya.

Hukumar ta ayi aiki da sauri mai ban mamaki, tana korar Sabri Lamouchi da kuma nada Renard a cikin yan kwanaki bayan faduwar Rukuni F a Monterrey. Renard ya tabbatar da cewa bai bukata wanda ya gamsar da shi ba: "Lokacin da hukumar ta tuntube ni, ban yi shakka ko sakan daya ba. Kalubale ne wanda bai da sauqi, amma kalubale ne mai karfafa zuciya."

Tseren lokaci

Tunisia na da hanya ta lissafi ta fita daga Rukuni F, godiya ga tsarin da ya fadada zuwa kungiyoyi 48 na wannan Kofin Duniya. Sai dai, Renard kusan ba shi da dan wasa yarda ga kuskure lokacin da zai zauna a benci a kan Japan Lahadin (04:00 BST). Dole ne ya karfafa tsaron da yanzu ya karbi kwallaye goma a wasanni biyu na kwanan nan — ciki har da rashin 5-0 a wasan shiri da Belgium.

Renard ya gaya wa 'yan wasansa su dage kai su mai da hankali kan abin da ke gaba. "Kuna nan don wakiltar kasar ku, Tunisia. Girmamawa ce, wajibai ne," in ji shi. "Muna bin kanmu aiki mai kyau sosai."

Daga mai tsafta zuwa koci na Kofin Duniya

Hanyar Renard zuwa saman duniyar kocin wasa ba ta kasance madaidaiciya ba kwata-kwata. Bayan ya yi ritaya daga wasa yana da shekara 29, ya yi aiki na tsaftace a ginin flats a kudu maso gabas na Faransa yana kuma horar da SC Draguignan — yana tashi da karfe 2:30 da dare, kammala ayyukan tsafta kusa da rana, sannan ya tafi horo da yamma.

"Aiki ne na jiki kuma ina alfahari da na yi shi," ya gaya wa BBC Sport Africa a 2019. "Ita ce mafi kyawun makaranta da zan iya samu. Dole ne ka shiga gazawa da lokuta masu wahala amma suna sa ka zama mai karfi."

Ya sami takardar shedar kocin wasa a lokacin waɗancan shekarun, kuma ya yaba wa wannan lokaci da ba shi mahangar da ta yi masa hidima a duk tsawon aikinsa.

Koci mafi yawan kyautuka a Afirka

Renard ya kasance koci na kaɗai da ya lashe Africa Cup of Nations tare da ƙungiyoyi biyu daban-daban — ya jagoranci Zambia zuwa nasara mai ban mamaki a kan Ivory Coast a 2012, sannan ya jagoranci Ivory Coast zuwa kambun shekaru uku bayan haka. Ya kuma jagoranci Morocco a Kofin Duniya 2018 kuma ya tsara cin nasara mai ban mamaki na Saudi Arabia a kan Argentina a matakin rukuni a 2022, duk da cewa Lionel Messi ya ci kwallo da wuri don wadanda za su zama zakaru.

Yana da shekara 57, Renard ya shiga kungiya ta musamman — tare da Bora Milutinovic, Carlos Alberto Parreira, da Guus Hiddink — na horar da kasashe uku daban-daban a Kofin Duniya uku a jere. Sai dai, ya kasa zuwa yanzu ya jagoranci kowane bangare sama da matakin rukuni a matakin karshe.

Ɗan jarida mai rubutun wasannin Zambia Nkweto Tembwe, wanda ya rufe Renard a lokacin kasancewarsa tare da Chipolopolo, ya bayyana shi a matsayin "mai fafutikar aiki" da "gwani na dabarun wasa." "Yana karanta abubuwa da yawa don ya tabbatar yana tare da abubuwan da suke faruwa. Yana nazarin abokan gaba kamar yana karatu don jarrabawa," Tembwe ya gaya wa BBC Sport Africa.

Koci da ake nema kullum

An danganta Renard da manyan mukamai na Afirka a lokuta da dama, ko da yake samuwarsa da bukatun albashi sun hana tattaunawa a lokuta da dama. Ivory Coast ta nemi dawo da shi a lokacin Africa Cup of Nations 2023, amma Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Faransa ta hana sakin sa. Jami'in kwallon kafa na Najeriya daga baya ya bayyana bukatunsa na kudi a matsayin "mai wuce gona da iri har ya kusan zama abin al'ajabi" lokacin da Super Eagles suka nemi daukar sa a 2024.

Tunisia ta zama ƙungiya ta biyar ta ƙasa ta Afirka da Renard ya jagoranta, bayan Angola, Zambia, Ivory Coast, da Morocco. Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin mataimaki ga Claude le Roy tare da Ghana a 2008.

Bayan ya fuskanci Japan a wasannin cancantar Kofin Duniya a lokacin kasancewarsa tare da Saudi Arabia, Renard zai zana kan wannan kwarewa don ƙoƙarin jagorantar Gaggawar Carthage zuwa matakin karshe na cin ko wanda ya fita a karon farko a tarihinsu.