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Claude Le Roy

クロード・ル・ロワ　/　くろーど・る・ろわ

Association football player from France

February 6, 1948 (age 78)　・　Bois-Normand-près-Lyre, Eure, France

Eure
association football player
association football coach
writer

My Take

Claude Le Roy strikes me as football's great adventurer. Born in a tiny village in France's Eure, he made his name not at home but across Africa, leading the national teams of Cameroon, Senegal and Ghana. He could have settled into a comfortable European career, yet he kept choosing the heat and chaos of the continent, and I find that restless spirit irresistible. The fact that he was also a writer and a color commentator tells me he had the words to match the work, a genuine intellect of the game. An Aquarius who crossed borders with curiosity and warmth, Le Roy earns my fullest applause as a true romantic of the sport.

Overview

Claude Le Roy (French pronunciation: [klod lə ʁwa]; born 6 February 1948) is a French football manager and former player, who gained prominence at international level as coach to the Cameroon, Senegal and Ghana national teams.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Claude Le Roy
Name (Japanese): クロード・ル・ロワ
Reading: くろーど・る・ろわ
Born: February 6, 1948 (age 78)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Rat
Origin: Bois-Normand-près-Lyre, Eure, France
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player / association football coach / writer / color commentator

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

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Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AF

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