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Alain Giresse is the coach of Tunisia after only nine months of work.
The departure of the former French international was announced Wednesday by the Tunisian Football Federation, which said in a brief statement that it was a mutual decision.
This decision comes a month after guiding Tunisia to the semifinals of the Africa Cup of Nations.
He is the 13th coach of the CAN to leave his post this year.
Giresse was named in December and helped Tunisia to reach the last four Egyptian teams, while they had won only one match in the tournament aside from penalties.
Tunisia drew for its three group matches and needed a shootout to beat Ghana in the last 16 games before beating Madagascar 3-0 in the quarter-finals.
Tunisia lost to Senegal in the semi-finals after extra time, before losing to Nigeria in third place.
It was the fifth time that the French coach trained a country in the Nations Cup after being again at the head of Gabon (2010), Mali (2012), Senegal (2015) and Mali (2 years old). ).
The 67-year-old has also been a club coach in Morocco after two stays in Toulouse and a brief tenure as head of Paris St Germain.
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