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unusual facts about French football



AC Arles-Avignon

Arles-Avignon currently plays in Ligue 2, the second division in French football, having suffered relegation to the league after playing in Ligue 1 in the 2010–11 season.

Jean-Christophe Bahebeck

Ahead of the 2010–11 season, Bahebeck was promoted to the club's reserve team in the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth level of French football.


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AC Arles-Avignon

In the 1970s, Arles reached the second division of French football and, in its inaugural appearance in the 1970–71 season, finished 13th in its group.

Anelka

Claude Anelka (born 1968), French football manager, brother of Nicolas Anelka

Claude Roy

Claude Le Roy (born 1948), French football manager and former player

Étoile Filante

Étoile Filante Bastiaise (or ÉF Bastia for short) - French football club based in Biguglia on the island of Corsica

Gauthier Mahoto

He also attended the French Football Federation's INF Clairefontaine academy.

Gervais Martel

Gervais Martel (born 20 November 1954 in Oignies) is a French businessman and president of French football club RC Lens having served in this role since 24 August 1988.

Gigi Becali

In 2012, Gigi Becali refused to sign French football player Florent Sinama-Pongolle on the basis that he was of black skin colour, even though Romanian football player Bănel Nicoliță, who played with him at the French club Saint-Etienne, said that the player was very talented.

Guy Roux

During his period at the helm the team established itself as a powerhouse in French football and became known worldwide as an academy for top players, since it was the club where football stars such as Eric Cantona, Laurent Blanc, Basile Boli, Alain Goma, Djibril Cissé, Philippe Mexès and Teemu Tainio won themselves a name being spotted and their talent further developed by Roux.

Hinduism in France

Vikash Dhorasoo, a member of the French Football World Cup squad in 2006.

Jacques Rousselot

Jacques Rousselot (born 6 December 1949 in Pont-Saint-Vincent) is a French businessman and the president of French football club AS Nancy having served in this role since 1994.

Jean-Philippe Toussaint

The 2006 book La mélancolie de Zidane (Paris: Minuit, 2006) is a lyrical essay on the headbutt administered by the French football player Zinedine Zidane to the Italian player Marco Materazzi during the 2006 World Cup final in Berlin.

Julien Faubert

He is nicknamed " Le TGV " or "The Express Train" from his time in French football.

Linda Evangelista

In 1999, she became pregnant by French football player Fabien Barthez.

Luke Kerr

Whilst working for FIFA as an Instructor and on the professional beach soccer circuit as a coach Luke has worked in close partnership with many stars of the game such as Spanish footballer Joaquín Alonso, French coach Henri Emile, Brazilian coaches Gustavo "Gugga" Zloccowick and Marcelo Mendes and French football icon Eric Cantona.

Michaël Niçoise

Michaël Joseph Niçoise (born 19 September 1984 in Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis) – commonly known as Dawood Nicoise – is a French football player from Guadeloupe, who is currently playing for Putrajaya SPA F.C. in the Malaysia Premier League.

Newfel Ouatah

Ouatah's the cousin of French football player Karim Benzema, Newfel's and Karim's families are from the same town in Algeria (Ath Djellil).

Paul Essola

Paul-Hervé Essola Tchamba (born December 13, 1981 in Douala, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian/French football player who currently playing for Beijing Baxy F.C. in China League One.

Pouliquen

Yvon Pouliquen (born 1962), French football manager and former footballer

Puel

Claude Puel (born 1961), French football manager and former player

Robert Louis-Dreyfus Trophy

The Robert Louis-Dreyfus Trophy (French: Trophée Robert Louis-Dreyfus) is an annual summer tournament hosted by Olympique de Marseille since 2010, dedicated to Robert Louis-Dreyfus, a majority shareholder of the French football team, who died on July 4, 2009, following a long battle with leukemia.

Stade Beaucairois

Stade Beaucairois is a French football club based in Beaucaire, Languedoc-Roussillon.

Thuram

Yohann Thuram-Ulien (born 1988), French football player, who currently plays for Troyes.

Vince Hernandez

Vincent Fernandez, a French football goalkeeper who currently plays for LB Châteauroux.

Yoshimi Ogawa

She is also the owner of the French football team Grenoble Foot 38.