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.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1974-09-15) 15 September 1974 (age 48) | ||
Place of birth | Château-du-Loir, France | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1996 | Le Mans FC [fr] | ||
1996–2001 | La Roche ESOF | ||
National team | |||
1995–2001 | France | 51 | (14) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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]
Roujas started playing regional football. After playing for a few months, she was signed by Le Mans FC [fr] 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]
UEFA Women's Championship top scorers | |
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France squad – UEFA Women's Euro 1997 | ||
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France squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2001 | ||
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