Sandrine Roux

Sandrine Roux (born 1966) is a French former footballer, who played for the national team between 1983 and 2000. Roux played as a goalkeeper.

Sandrine Roux in 2018.

Personal life

Roux was born in Paris. She started playing football in 1974, during which time she had to hide her long hair under a cap.[1] As a youngstar, she played at Paris FC, which at the time only had a men's team, under the name Stéphane, as women were not allowed to play in the men's team.[2]

Career

Roux started her career playing for VGA Saint-Maur.[3] She later played for Olympique Lyonnais Féminin.[3]

Roux made her debut for France in 1983.[4] She competed at the UEFA Women's Euro 1997,[4] and played internationally until 2000.[3] She made over 70 appearances for the national team.[3]

Roux retired from football in 2001.[4] In the same year, she became goalkeeping coach for France U-17.[3] She later worked as an assistant coach for France U-20 at the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[3][5]

In 2019, Roux worked as a commentator for the Canal+ coverage of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[6]

References
  1. Prudhomme-Poncet, Laurence (2003). Histoire du football féminin au XXe siècle. ISBN 2-7475-4730-2.
  2. Tourbe, Léo (17 June 2019). "Sandrine Roux, ex-joueuse de foot, raconte avoir joué avec une licence de garçon". HuffPost (in French). Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  3. "Sandrine Roux, l'observatrice en chef" (in French). Foot d'Elles. 16 November 2016. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  4. "Mondial de foot féminin : "On peut gagner, il faut que tous les facteurs soient au vert", assure Sandrine Roux". Europe 1 (in French). 2 June 2019. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  5. "Meet the multi-faceted Gilles Eyquem". FIFA. 28 November 2016. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  6. "Coupe du monde 2019 : la totale sur Canal+". L'Équipe (in French). 7 May 2019. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.


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