(FILES) Genoa's French coach Patrick Vieira looks on prior to the international club friendly football match between Rennes and Genoa at the Roazhon Park stadium in Rennes, western France on August 9, 2025. Senegal have appointed France's 1998 World Cup winner Patrick Vieira as head coach, the country's football federation announced on August 18, 2026, succeeding Pape Thiaw who was dismissed after the recent World Cup. (Photo by JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP via Getty Images)