Yves Deroff

Born in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, Deroff spent two years at the INF Clairefontaine academy, between 1992 and 1994. He played club football for Nantes, Strasbourg, Guingamp and Angers. He won Ligue 1 once (2001) and the Coupe de France twice with Nantes (1999 and 2000). He also won the Coupe de la Ligue with Strasbourg in 2005. Deroff suffered a double-broken leg as a result of a violent tackle by Patrick Blondeau in a league match against Marseille on 29 May 1999, preventing Deroff from playing for six months. Whilst at Guingamp, then in Ligue 2, Deroff played in the 2009 Coupe de France Final in which they beat Rennes. Deroff won the 1997 UEFA European Under-18 Championship with France.