Sandrine Roux

Sandrine Roux (born 22 December 1966)^[1] is a French former footballer, who played for the national team between 1983 and 2000. At club level, she played for VGA Saint-Maur [fr] and Olympique Lyonnais Féminin. Roux played as a goalkeeper.

Sandrine Roux

Roux in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	(1966-12-22) 22 December 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Montreuil, Paris, France
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1999	VGA Saint-Maur [fr]	?	(?)
1999–2001	Lyon	?	(?)
International career‡
1983–2000	France	71	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:13, 17 February 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:13, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Personal life

Roux was born in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris.^[1] She started playing football in 1974, during which time she had to hide her long hair under a cap.^[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.^[3]

Career

Roux started her career playing for VGA Saint-Maur [fr].^[4] 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.^[1] She later played for Olympique Lyonnais Féminin,^[4] from 1999 until 2001.^[1]

Roux made her debut for France in 1983.^[5] She competed at the UEFA Women's Euro 1997,^[5] and played internationally until 2000.^[4] She made 71 appearances for the national team.^[1]

Roux retired from football in 2001.^[5] In the same year, she became goalkeeping coach for France U-17.^[4] She later worked as an assistant coach for France U-20 at the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.^[4][6]

In 2019, Roux worked as a commentator for the Canal+ coverage of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[7]