Roger Lemerre

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Roger Lemerre
Personal information
Full name	Roger Lemerre
Date of birth	June 18, 1941 (1941-06-18) (age 66)
Place of birth	Bricquebec, France
Playing position	Defender
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1961-1969 1969-1971 1971-1973 1973-1975	CS Sedan FC Nantes AS Nancy RC Lens
National team
1968-1971	France	6 (0)
Teams managed
1975-1978 1978-1979 1979-1981 1981-1983 1983-1984 1985-1986 1986-1996 1997 1998 1998-2002 2002-2008 2008-	Red Star FC RC Lens Paris FC RC Strasbourg Espérance Red Star FC France military team RC Lens France assistant coach France Tunisia Morocco
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Roger Lemerre (born June 18, 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.^[1]

Lemerre was named the new head coach of Morocco in May 2008 and will take charge on July 1.^[2]

Contents 1 Career Outline 2 Honours 3 Private life 4 Links 5 References

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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

[edit] Private life

Lemerre married in October 2003, without the press knowing.

[edit] Links

• French Profile and pictures of Roger Lemerre
• Player profile on French federation site
• Coach profile on French federation site

Preceded by Berti Vogts

UEFA European Football Championship Winning Coach 2000

Succeeded by Otto Rehhagel

v • d • e RC Lens – Managers De Veen & Harris (1934–35) • François (1935–36) • Galbraith (1936–38) • Buisson, Eisenhoffer & Galbraith (1938–39) • Gailbrath (1939–40) • Beaucourt (1940–42) • Marek (1942–47) • Hibst (1947–50) • Dupal (1950–53) • Marek (1953–56) • Witowski (1957–58) • Michlowsky & Witowski (1957–58) • Michlowsky (1958) • Bigot (1958–62) • Fruchart (1962–69) • Sowinski (1969–78) • Lemerre (1978–79) • Sowinski (1979–81) • Sérafin (1981–82) • Houllier (1982–85) • Marx (1985–88) • Sowinski (1988) • Parisseaux (1988–89) • Redon (1989) • Sowinski (1989) • Husson (1989–90) • Dos Santos (1990–92) • Bergues (1992–96) • Muslin (1996–97) • Lemerre (1997) • Leclercq (1997–99) • Brisson (1999–2000) • Courbis & Tournay (2000–01) • Sénac (2001) • Müller (2001–05) • Gillot (2005–07) • Roux (2007) • Papin (2007–2008) • Wallemme (2008–)

v • d • e RC Strasbourg – Managers Bongard (1928–30) • Riebe (1930–32) • Neureuther (1932–33) • Fischer (1933–34) • Kerr (1934–35) • Blum (1935–38) • Rumblod (1938–39) • Bostelaar (1941–44) • Veinante (1945–47) • Andrup (1947–48) • Veinante (1948–49) • Nicolas (1949–52) • Humpal (1952–55) • Heisserer (1955–56) • Avellaneda (1956–57) • Faczinek (1957–58) • Humpal (1958–60) • Veinante (1960–61) • Jonquet (1961–64) • Frantz (1964–66) • Presch (1966–67) • Hauss (1967–68) • Frantz (1968–70) • Mateo (1970–71) • Csaknady (1971) • Frantz (1971) • Nowotarski (1971–73) • Domergue (1973–74) • Hollink (1974–75) • Frantz (1975–76) • Schilcher (1976) • Schwartz (1976–77) • Gress (1977–80) • Hild (1980–81) • Lemerre (1981–83) • Sundermann (1983–85) • Huck (1985) • Piasecki (1985–86) • Six (1986) • Herbin (1986–87) • Kasperczak (1987–88) • Dogliani (1988) • Banide (1988–89) • Gemmrich (1989) • Specht (1989–91) • Gress (1991–94) • Jeandupeux (1994–95) • Duguépéroux (1995–98) • Girard (1998) • Mankowski (1998–99) • Le Roy (1999–00) • Pouliquen (2000–01) • Hašek (2001–03) • Kombouaré (2003–04) • Duguépéroux (2004–06) • Papin (2006–07) • Furlan (2007-) •

v • d • e France national football team – Managers Batteux (1955–62) • Guérin (1962–1966) • Arribas and Snella (1966) • Fontaine (1967) • Dugauguez (1967–68) • Boulogne (1969–73) • Kovács (1973–75) • Hidalgo (1976–84) • Michel (1984–88) • Platini (1988–92) • Houllier (1992–93) • Jacquet (1993–98) • Lemerre (1998–2002) • Santini (2002–04) • Domenech (2004–)

v • d • e France squad - UEFA Euro 2000 Winners (2nd title) 1 Lama • 2 Candela • 3 Lizarazu • 4 Vieira • 5 Blanc • 6 Djorkaeff • 7 Deschamps • 8 Desailly • 9 Anelka • 10 Zidane • 11 Pirès • 12 Henry • 13 Wiltord • 14 Micoud • 15 Thuram • 16 Barthez • 17 Petit • 18 Leboeuf • 19 Karembeu • 20 Trezeguet • 21 Dugarry • 22 Ramé • Coach: Lemerre

v • d • e France squad - 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Ramé • 2 Sagnol • 3 Lizarazu • 4 Vieira • 5 Gillet • 6 Djorkaeff • 7 Pirès • 8 Desailly • 9 Anelka • 10 Carrière • 11 Wiltord • 12 Coupet • 13 Silvestre • 14 Née • 15 Bréchet • 16 Dacourt • 17 Marlet • 18 Leboeuf • 19 Karembeu • 20 Camara • 21 Dugarry • 22 Robert • 23 Landreau • Coach: Lemerre

v • d • e France squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Ramé • 2 Candela • 3 Lizarazu • 4 Vieira • 5 Christanval • 6 Djorkaeff • 7 Makélélé • 8 Desailly • 9 Cissé • 10 Zidane • 11 Wiltord • 12 Henry • 13 Silvestre • 14 Boghossian • 15 Thuram • 16 Barthez • 17 Petit • 18 Leboeuf • 19 Sagnol • 20 Trezeguet • 21 Dugarry • 22 Micoud • 23 Coupet • Coach: Lemerre

v • d • e Tunisia squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Boumnijel • 2 Essediri • 3 Haggui • 4 Yahia • 5 Jaziri • 6 Trabelsi • 7 Guemamdia • 8 Nafti • 9 Chikhaoui • 10 Ghodhbane • 11 Santos • 12 Mnari • 13 Bouazizi • 14 Chedli • 15 Jaïdi • 16 Nefzi • 17 Ben Saada • 18 Jemmali • 19 Ayari • 20 Namouchi • 21 Saidi • 22 Kasraoui • 23 Melliti • Coach: Lemerre

[edit] References