Roger Lemerre

Football player infobox
playername= Roger Lemerre


fullname = Roger Lemerre
height =
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dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1941|6|18|df=y
cityofbirth = Bricquebec
countryofbirth = France
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
position = Defender (retired)
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1961–1969
1969–1971
1971–1973
1973–1975
clubs = CS Sedan
FC Nantes
AS Nancy
RC Lens
Total
caps(goals) = 213 (24)
069 0(1)
169 0(0)
057 0(0)
508 (25)
nationalyears = 1968–1971
nationalteam = France
nationalcaps(goals) = 006 0(0)
manageryears = 1975-1978 1978-1979 1979-1981 1981-1983 1983-1984
1985-1986
1986-1996
1997
1998
1998-2002
2002-2008 2008-
managerclubs = Red Star FC RC Lens Paris FC RC Strasbourg Espérance
Red Star FC
France military team
RC Lens
France (assistant coach)
France
Tunisia Morocco

Roger Lemerre (born 18 June 1941 in Bricquebec, Manche) is a French football manager and former football player. He has managed the French national side, and is currently manager of Morocco.

His professional playing career spanned 15 seasons, from 1961 to 1975: between 1961 and 1969 he played for Sedan and lose 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, one of which he gained in a 5-0 drubbing by England.

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.

For 10 seasons, he coached the French national military team, with whom he won the World Championships.

In 1997, he finished the season with Lens and saved it from relegation.

He assisted Aimé Jacquet in the French team's 1998 World Cup victory. This paved the way for him to take over as the national coach, winning Euro 2000 in Netherlands/Belgium. However, after the team suffered a stunning first-round exit in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, he was dismissed by the French Football Federation.

Undeterred, Tunisia's national federation soon hired Lemerre to be the manager of their national side. There, he guided them to victory in the African Nations Cup in 2004, and led them to qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He was sacked in February 2008 following the team's exit from the 2008 African Cup of Nations in the quarter-finals. [ [http://jp.soccerway.com/news/2008/February/14/lemerre-sacked-as-tunisia-coach Lemerre sacked as Tunisia coach] ]

Lemerre was named the new head coach of Morocco in May 2008 and will take charge on July 1. [ [http://www.maroc-football.com/actualite.php?langue=EN&article_id=4836 Roger Lemerre takes over as Morocco coach] ]

Career Outline

As player
*1961-1969: Sedan Club Sportif Sedan Ardennes
*1969-1971: FC Nantes
*1971-1973: AS Nancy-Lorraine
*1973-1975: RC Lens

As manager
*1975-1978: Red Star
*1978-1979: Lens
*1979-1981: Paris FC
*1981-1983: RC Strasbourg
*1983-1984: Espérance Tunis
*1985-1986: Red Star
*1986-1996: French military team and French A national side
*1997: RC Lens
*1998-2002: French A national side : 53 games (34 victories) 11 draws et 8 defeats, 106/43

*2002-2008: Tunisian national side
*2008- : Moroccan national side (from July 1)

Honours

As player
*Etoile d'or "France Football": 1966, 1968, 1969

As manager
*Military World Cup champions: 1995
*European Football Championship champion: 2000
*Confederations Cup: 2001
*African Nations Cup: 2004

Private life

Lemerre married in October 2003, without the press knowing.

Links

* French [http://www.sitercl.com/Fichejo/L/lemerrer.htm Profile and pictures of Roger Lemerre]
* [http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/historique.php?id=LEMERRE%20Roger Player profile on French federation site]
* [http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selectionneur.php?id=LEMERRE Coach profile on French federation site]

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