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Roger Lemerre

Roger Lemerre
Morocco vs Gabon, Roger Lemerre, March 28 2009.jpg
Personal information
Full name Roger León Maurice Lemerre-Desprez
Date of birth (1941-06-18) 18 June 1941 (age 75)
Place of birth Bricquebec, France
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1969 Sedan 213 (24)
1969–1971 Nantes 69 (1)
1971–1973 Nancy 65 (0)
1973–1975 Lens 57 (0)
Total 404 (25)
National team
1968–1971 France 6 (0)
Teams managed
1975–1978 Red Star
1978–1979 Lens
1979–1981 Paris
1981–1983 Strasbourg
1983–1984 Espérance Tunis
1985–1986 Red Star
1986–1996 France (Army team)
1997 Lens
1998 France (assistant coach)
1998–2002 France
2002–2008 Tunisia
2008–2009 Morocco
2009–2010 Ankaragücü
2012–2013 CS Constantine
2013–2014 Étoile du Sahel
2016 Sedan
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Roger Lemerre (French pronunciation: ​[ʁɔʒe ləˈmɛʁ]; born 18 June 1941 in Bricquebec, Manche) is a French association football manager and former football player. During his managerial career, he was in charge of three national teams: the French, Tunisian and Moroccan national football teams. He also managed numerous clubs in France, Tunisia, Turkey and Algeria. He was most recently in charge of CS Sedan Ardennes.

His professional playing career spanned 15 seasons, from 1961 to 1975: between 1961 and 1969 he played for Sedan and lost the Cup in 1965, before moving to Nantes (1968–1971), Nancy (1971–1973) and Lens (1973–1975). He won 6 caps for France between 1968 and 1971.

Between 1975 and 1978, he was the coach of Red Star from Saint-Ouen, and then went back to RC Lens for a season as coach, before moving to Paris FC for two seasons. In the 1983–1984 season, he ran Espérance Sportive de Tunis in Tunisia. On his return to France, he again took up his post as Red Star manager.


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