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7 stade toulousain 5 february 1954 1993 & ndash ; 1977 & ndash ; 1979 france -lrb- 0 -rrb- guy novès 2014.jpg wing guy novès novès in 2014 stade toulousain head coach toulouse , france 1.80 m ftin on 1975 & ndash ; 1988 stade toulousain 78 kg stlb on guy novès

guy novès

guy novès -lrb- born 5 february 1954 -rrb- is a former french rugby union footballer and current long-serving coach of stade toulousain .
born in toulouse , novès , who played on the wing , was capped seven times for the france national team .
he played with stade toulousain from 1975 to 1987 and was a member of the team that won the bouclier de brennus in 1985 and 1986 .
novès returned to stade toulousain as head coach in 1993 .
during his tenure as coach , toulouse have won the french championship ten times , the heineken cup four times -lrb- 1996,2003,2005,2010 -rrb- , and the french cup twice .
he was one of the candidates tipped to replace bernard laporte at the end of the 2007 rugby world cup , but that position went to marc lievremont .
novès will take over from philippe saint-andré as the coach of the french national team on 1 november 2015 .
