Guy Roux

A native of Colmar, Guy was the son of Marcel Roux, a young Aspirant officer from the military school of Saint-Maixent, transferred to the 152nd infantry regiment (known as the "red devils of 15/2"), and Alice Lorry, daughter of a former market gardener who became a merchant supplier of vegetables to the Army. He played for Auxerre between 1954 and 1957 and became player-manager of the then Division d'Honneur (fourth level) club in 1961 to become its living legend and symbol. In 1970, Auxerre got promoted to the Division 3 League, and Roux retired as a player. In 1974, Auxerre got promoted again, this time to Division 2. With Roux in charge, the team made it to a Coupe de France final in 1979 and progressed to Division 1 in 1980. The team then went further to clinch the Division 1 title in 1995–96 and win the Coupe de France four times (1993–94, 1995–96, 2002–03, 2004–05). Among Auxerre's honours under Roux are also an Intertoto Cup triumph and the 1992–93 UEFA Cup semi-final. Roux retired in 2000, but returned the next year. Guy Roux was a prominent member of the union of professional coaches called UNECATEF; in particular, he was its secretary general from 1977 to 2000.. Thus was born a strong friendship between Roux and Michel Hidalgo, who had previously had an important role at the UNFP, that is to say for the benefit of professional players. Roux has always had a great admiration for Alf Ramsey, coach of the famous England team at the World Cup in 1966. Guy Roux, like…

Manager

Auxerre

Division 1: 1995–96 Coupe de France: 1993–94, 1995–96, 2002–03, 2004–05 Division 2: 1979–80 Division d'Honneur de Bourgogne: 1969–70 UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1997 Coppa delle Alpi: 1985, 1987 Individual

Ligue 1 Manager of the Year: 1995–96 UEFA President's Award: 2000 Orders

Knight of the Legion of Honour: 1999 Officer of the Legion of Honour: 2008