Angélique Roujas (born 15 September 1974 in

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) is a French former women's international footballer who played as a

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. She was a member of the

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. She was the general manager of

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from 2014 to 2019.

Personal life

Roujas is from

(now part of Montval-sur-Loir). She was worked as a

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teacher (EPS in French).

Career

Roujas started playing regional football. After playing for a few months, she was signed by in 1993. In 1996, she signed for La Roche ESOF, who had just been promoted to

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. Roujas made 51 appearances for

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between 1995 and 2001, and competed at

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and

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. In a Euro 1997 match against

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, Roujas scored a hat-trick as France won 3–0. She also scored in a 1–1 draw against

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. Roujas was joint top scorer at the tournament, alongside Italy's

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and Norway's

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. She retired after Euro 2001 for personal reasons. From 2004 to 2014, Roujas was head of the

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, the French women's football national training centre. From 2014 to 2019, Roujas was the general manager of

. Whilst general manager, she helped set up a regional training network, to encourage local footballers to join the FC Metz first team. She particularly focused on getting girls between the ages of 6 and 13 into football.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Roujas, Angelique 1974 births Living people French women's footballers France women's international footballers Women's association football forwards