Angélique Roujas

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.

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

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 Le Mans FC 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][lower-alpha 1] 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. "FC Metz : Angélique Roujas quitte son poste de manager général". Le Républicain Lorrain (in French). 26 August 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  2. "Angélique Roujas assure la relève". Le Parisien (in French). 2 March 2006. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  3. "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. Gaillard, Claire (2019). Dans les coulisses avec les Bleues: L'histoire du foot au féminin (in French). Hachette Pratique. 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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