Angélique Roujas

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Angélique Roujas
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-09-15) 15 September 1974 (age 47)
Place of birth Château-du-Loir, France
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1996  [fr]
1996–2001 La Roche ESOF
National team
1995–2001 France 51 (14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Angélique Roujas (born 15 September 1974 in Château-du-Loir) is a French former women's international footballer who played as a forward. She was a member of the France women's national football team. She was the general manager of FC Metz from 2014 to 2019.

Personal life[]

Roujas is from Château-du-Loir (now part of Montval-sur-Loir).[1] She was worked as a physical education teacher (EPS in French).[2]

Career[]

Roujas started playing regional football. After playing for a few months, she was signed by  [fr] in 1993.[2] In 1996, she signed for La Roche ESOF,[2][3] who had just been promoted to Division 1 Féminine.[4]

Roujas made 51 appearances for France between 1995 and 2001,[5]: 214  and competed at UEFA Women's Euro 1997 and UEFA Women's Euro 2001.[3] In a Euro 1997 match against Russia, Roujas scored a hat-trick as France won 3–0.[6] She also scored in a 1–1 draw against Spain.[5]: 25  Roujas was joint top scorer at the tournament, alongside Italy's Carolina Morace and Norway's Marianne Pettersen.[7][a] She retired after Euro 2001 for personal reasons.[2]

From 2004 to 2014, Roujas was head of the CNFE Clairefontaine, the French women's football national training centre.[2][8] From 2014 to 2019, Roujas was the general manager of FC Metz.[1] Whilst general manager, she helped set up a regional training network, to encourage local footballers to join the FC Metz first team.[9] She particularly focused on getting girls between the ages of 6 and 13 into football.[10]

Notes[]

  1. ^ UEFA have misspelt Roujas' surname as Rouhas in the source.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "FC Metz : Angélique Roujas quitte son poste de manager général". Le Républicain Lorrain (in French). 26 August 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Angélique Roujas assure la relève". Le Parisien (in French). 2 March 2006. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "2001 UEFA Women's Championship". .rsssf.com. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Quand les championnes dormaient à la maison..." Ouest-France (in French). 22 June 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Gaillard, Claire (2019). Dans les coulisses avec les Bleues: L'histoire du foot au féminin (in French).  [fr]. ISBN 9782017055365.
  6. ^ "Our Lionesses are taking women's football to new heights". Evening Standard. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  7. ^ "UEFA Women's EURO facts and figures". UEFA. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  8. ^ "D1 (5/12) - Le FC METZ doit trouver sa place" (in French). Footo Feminin. 13 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Football : Metz et Algrange bientôt séparés pour la bonne cause". Le Républicain Lorrain (in French). 24 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  10. ^ "FC Metz-Algrange : Angélique Roujas, tête pensante". Moselle Sport (in French). 12 November 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

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