Guy Roux is a former French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 football

Football (soccer)

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 player and manager known for being in charge of French side AJ Auxerre

AJ Auxerre

Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise is a French association football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Auxerre plays its home matches at the Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps on the banks of the...

 for the remarkable period of more than forty years and for leading the once humble amateur team to national and worldwide prominence.

A native of Colmar

Colmar

Colmar is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.It is the capital of the department. Colmar is also the seat of the highest jurisdiction in Alsace, the appellate court....

, Roux played for AJ Auxerre between 1952 and 1961 and became manager of the then-Championnat National

Championnat National

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 (third division) club in 1961 to become its living legend and symbol. With Roux in charge the team made it to a Coupe de France

Coupe de France

The Coupe Charles Simon, commonly known as the Coupe de France , is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation...

 final in 1979 and progressed to Ligue 1

Ligue 1

Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....

 in 1980. The team then went further to clinch the Ligue 1 title in 1995-96 and win the Coupe de France four times (1993-94, 1995-96, 2002-03, 2004-05). Among AJ Auxerre's honours under Roux are also an Intertoto Cup triumph and a UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

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 semi-final in 1993.

Roux managed AJ Auxerre between 1961 (initially as a player-coach) and 2005 with a short interruption in 2000-2001. During his period at the helm the team established itself as a powerhouse in French football and became known worldwide as an academy for top players, since it was the club where football stars such as Eric Cantona

Eric Cantona

Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona is a French actor and former French international footballer. He played for Auxerre, Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nîmes and Leeds United before ending his professional footballing career at Manchester United, where he won four Premier League titles in...

, Laurent Blanc

Laurent Blanc

Laurent Robert Blanc is a French association football manager and former player. He is the head coach of the French national team, having replaced Raymond Domenech in the wake of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He was previously the manager of Bordeaux...

, Basile Boli

Basile Boli

Basile Boli is a French former footballer and current television sports presenter.-Career:Although born in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Boli moved to France at an early age and began his career in local youth football in Paris before signing for AJ Auxerre in 1982...

, Alain Goma

Alain Goma

Alain Goma is a retired French footballer who played as a right or central defender.In a 16-year professional career, he played in 196 Ligue 1 games, almost all for Auxerre, adding 147 in the Premier League, namely with Fulham....

, Djibril Cissé

Djibril Cissé

Djibril Aruun Cissé is a French international footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Lazio as a striker. He is noted particularly for his speed and acceleration. Since 2005, he has held the title of Lord of the Manor of Frodsham....

, Philippe Mexès

Philippe Mexès

Philippe Mexès is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Italian Serie A club Milan and for the French national team.-Auxerre:...

 and Teemu Tainio

Teemu Tainio

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 won themselves a name being spotted and their talent further developed by Roux.

After 44 years in charge of the club, Roux retired from managing AJ Auxerre in June 2005 to be replaced by Jacques Santini. He briefly came out of retirement in June 2007 when he signed a 2 year contract with Racing Club de Lens. However he resigned on 25 August 2007 during a 2-1 defeat at Strasbourg after only four matches without a win at the helm.

Managerial Statistics

eam	at	rom	o	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Auxerre AJ Auxerre Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise is a French association football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Auxerre plays its home matches at the Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps on the banks of the...		1961	5 June 2005
Lens RC Lens Racing Club de Lens is a French association football club based in the northern city of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department. Its nickname, sang et or , comes from its traditional colours of red and gold. Their primary rivals are their northern neighbors Lille OSC, whom they contest the Derby du...		5 June 2007	25 August 2007
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