Personal information | |||
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Full name | Roger León Maurice Lemerre-Desprez | ||
Date of birth | 18 June 1941 | ||
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.