Sandrine Roux

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Sandrine Roux
Headshot of a grey-haired women with a yellow sash, with a football ground in the background
Roux in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-12-22) 22 December 1966 (age 54)
Place of birth Montreuil, Paris, France
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1999  [fr] ? (?)
1999–2001 Lyon ? (?)
National team‡
1983–2000 France 71 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:13, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:13, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Sandrine Roux (born 22 December 1966)[1] is a French former footballer, who played for the national team between 1983 and 2000. At club level, she played for  [fr] and Olympique Lyonnais Féminin. Roux played as a goalkeeper.

Personal life[]

Roux was born in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris.[1] She started playing football in 1974, during which time she had to hide her long hair under a cap.[2] As a youngstar, she played at Paris FC, which at the time only had a men's team, under the name Stéphane, as women were not allowed to play in the men's team.[3]

Career[]

Roux started her career playing for  [fr].[4] She played for VGA Saint-Maur from 1980 until 1999, and won Division 1 Féminine titles with them in 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 , and 1990.[1] She later played for Olympique Lyonnais Féminin,[4] from 1999 until 2001.[1]

Roux made her debut for France in 1983.[5] She competed at the UEFA Women's Euro 1997,[5] and played internationally until 2000.[4] She made 71 appearances for the national team.[1]

Roux retired from football in 2001.[5] In the same year, she became goalkeeping coach for France U-17.[4] She later worked as an assistant coach for France U-20 at the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[4][6]

In 2019, Roux worked as a commentator for the Canal+ coverage of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Sandrine Roux" (in French). French Football Federation. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  2. ^ Prudhomme-Poncet, Laurence (2003). Histoire du football féminin au XXe siècle. ISBN 2-7475-4730-2.
  3. ^ Tourbe, Léo (17 June 2019). "Sandrine Roux, ex-joueuse de foot, raconte avoir joué avec une licence de garçon". HuffPost (in French). Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Sandrine Roux, l'observatrice en chef" (in French). Foot d'Elles. 16 November 2016. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Mondial de foot féminin : "On peut gagner, il faut que tous les facteurs soient au vert", assure Sandrine Roux". Europe 1 (in French). 2 June 2019. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Meet the multi-faceted Gilles Eyquem". FIFA. 28 November 2016. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Coupe du monde 2019 : la totale sur Canal+". L'Équipe (in French). 7 May 2019. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.

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