| Intro | Football coach |
| Is |
Athlete Football player Association football player Sports official Association football manager |
| From | Mauritius |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 5 July 1959 |
| Age: | 61 years |
| Star sign | Cancer |
Akbar Patel is a Mauritian football coach who manages the national side, a job he took up for the fourth time in October 2018.
Career
Patel led the Mauritian national side to the 2003 Indian Ocean Games title. Patel was also appointed caretaker manager of the national side in August 2007, before being appointed as full manager in March 2009. He returned to the national side in October 2018 for the fourth time.