Sandrine Roux
{{Short description|French footballer (born 1966)}}
{{Use British English| date=June 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
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|name = Sandrine Roux
|image = Sandrine Roux Vannes 2018.jpg
|alt = Headshot of a grey-haired women with a yellow sash, with a football ground in the background
|caption = Roux in 2018
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|12|22|df=y}}
|birth_place = Montreuil, Paris, France
|position = Goalkeeper
|years1 = 1980–1999
|clubs1 = {{ill|VGA Saint-Maur|fr|VGA Saint-Maur Football Féminin}}
|caps1 = ?
|goals1 = ?
|years2 = 1999–2001
|clubs2 = Lyon
|caps2 = ?
|goals2 = ?
|nationalyears1 = 1983–2000
|nationalteam1 = France
|nationalcaps1 = 71
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|club-update = 18:13, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
|nationalteam-update = 18:13, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
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Sandrine Roux (born 22 December 1966) is a French former footballer, who played for the national team between 1983 and 2000. At club level, she played for {{ill|VGA Saint-Maur|fr|VGA Saint-Maur Football Féminin}} and Olympique Lyonnais Féminin. Roux played as a goalkeeper.
Personal life
Roux was born in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris. She started playing football in 1974, during which time she had to hide her long hair under a cap.{{cite book| last=Prudhomme-Poncet| first=Laurence| title= Histoire du football féminin au XXe siècle| date=2003| ISBN=2-7475-4730-2}} 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.{{cite web| url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/entry/quand-une-ancienne-footballeuse-jouait-avec-une-licence-de-garcon_fr_5d07587fe4b0dc17ef0c97c4| title=Sandrine Roux, ex-joueuse de foot, raconte avoir joué avec une licence de garçon| language=fr| last=Tourbe| first=Léo| work=HuffPost| date=17 June 2019| accessdate=17 April 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618141010/https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/entry/quand-une-ancienne-footballeuse-jouait-avec-une-licence-de-garcon_fr_5d07587fe4b0dc17ef0c97c4| archive-date=18 June 2019| url-status=live}}
Career
Roux started her career playing for {{ill|VGA Saint-Maur|fr|VGA Saint-Maur Football Féminin}}. She played for VGA Saint-Maur from 1980 until 1999, and won Division 1 Féminine titles with them in 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, and 1990.{{cite web| url=https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/6898-roux-sandrine/fiche.html| title=Sandrine Roux| language=fr| publisher=French Football Federation| accessdate=17 February 2021| archive-date=3 February 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203223930/https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/6898-roux-sandrine/fiche.html| url-status=live}} She later played for Olympique Lyonnais Féminin, from 1999 until 2001.
Roux made her debut for France in 1983.{{cite news| url=https://www.europe1.fr/sport/mondial-de-foot-feminin-on-peut-gagner-il-faut-que-tous-les-facteurs-soient-au-vert-assure-sandrine-roux-3902270| title=Mondial de foot féminin : "On peut gagner, il faut que tous les facteurs soient au vert", assure Sandrine Roux| language=fr| work=Europe 1| date=2 June 2019| accessdate=5 June 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605211956/https://www.europe1.fr/sport/mondial-de-foot-feminin-on-peut-gagner-il-faut-que-tous-les-facteurs-soient-au-vert-assure-sandrine-roux-3902270| archive-date=5 June 2019| url-status=live}} She competed at the UEFA Women's Euro 1997, and played internationally until 2000.{{cite web| url=https://www.footdelles.com/sandrine-roux-lobservatrice-en-chef/| title=Sandrine Roux, l'observatrice en chef| language=fr| publisher=Foot d'Elles| date=16 November 2016| accessdate=5 June 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605211956/https://www.footdelles.com/sandrine-roux-lobservatrice-en-chef/| archive-date=5 June 2019| url-status=live}} She made 71 appearances for the national team.
Roux retired from football in 2001. In the same year, she became goalkeeping coach for France U-17. She later worked as an assistant coach for France U-20 at the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.{{cite news| url=https://www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/news/meet-the-multi-faceted-gilles-eyquem-2855630| title=Meet the multi-faceted Gilles Eyquem| work=FIFA| date=28 November 2016| accessdate=5 June 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605211956/https://www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/news/meet-the-multi-faceted-gilles-eyquem-2855630| archive-date=5 June 2019| url-status=live}}
In 2019, Roux worked as a commentator for the Canal+ coverage of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.{{cite news| url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Medias/Actualites/Coupe-du-monde-2019-la-totale-sur-canal/1016332| title=Coupe du monde 2019 : la totale sur Canal+| language=fr| work=L'Équipe| date=7 May 2019| accessdate=5 June 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507150518/https://www.lequipe.fr/Medias/Actualites/Coupe-du-monde-2019-la-totale-sur-canal/1016332| archive-date=7 May 2019| url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- {{FFF player|6898-roux-sandrine}}
- {{FFF female|110085890-sandrine-roux|archive=20160304062129}}
{{France squad UEFA Women's Euro 1997}}
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Category:France women's international footballers
Category:Women's association football goalkeepers
Category:Footballers from Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis
Category:Olympique Lyonnais Féminin players
Category:French women's footballers
Category:20th-century French sportswomen
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