Angélique Roujas
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 September 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Château-du-Loir, France | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1996 | Le Mans FC | ||
| 1996–2001 | La Roche ESOF | ||
| International career | |||
| 1995–2001 | France | 51 | (14) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Angélique Roujas (born 15 September 1974) 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.
Personal life
[edit]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
[edit]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][a] 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "FC Metz : Angélique Roujas quitte son poste de manager général". Le Républicain Lorrain (in French). 26 August 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Angélique Roujas assure la relève". Le Parisien (in French). 2 March 2006. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ a b "2001 UEFA Women's Championship". .rsssf.com. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- ^ "Quand les championnes dormaient à la maison..." Ouest-France (in French). 22 June 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ a b Gaillard, Claire (2019). Dans les coulisses avec les Bleues: L'histoire du foot au féminin (in French). Hachette Pratique. ISBN 9782017055365.
- ^ "Our Lionesses are taking women's football to new heights". Evening Standard. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "UEFA Women's EURO facts and figures". UEFA. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "D1 (5/12) - Le FC METZ doit trouver sa place" (in French). Footo Feminin. 13 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Football : Metz et Algrange bientôt séparés pour la bonne cause". Le Républicain Lorrain (in French). 24 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "FC Metz-Algrange : Angélique Roujas, tête pensante". Moselle Sport (in French). 12 November 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
External links
[edit]- Angélique Roujas at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Angélique Roujas at the French Football Federation (archived 2018-10-24) (in French)
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