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Roger Lemerre (born June 18, 1941 in Bricquebec, Manche) is a French football manager and former football player. He has managed the French national side, and is currently manager of the Tunisian national side.

His professional playing career spanned 15 seasons, from 1961 to 1975: between 1961 and 1969 he played for Sedan and lose the Cup in 1965, before moving to Nantes (1968-1971), Nancy (1971-1973) and Lens (1973-1975). He won 6 caps for France between 1968 and 1971, one of which he gained in a 5-0 drubbing by England.

Between 1975 and 1978, he was the coach of Red Star from Saint-Ouen, and then went back to RC Lens for a season as coach, before moving to Paris FC for two seasons. In the 1983-1984 season, he ran Espérance Sportive de Tunis in Tunisia. On his return to France, he again took up his post as Red Star manager.

For 10 seasons, he coached the French national military team, with whom he won the World Championships.

In 1997, he finished the season with Lens and saved it from relegation.

He assisted Aimé Jacquet in the French team's 1998 World Cup victory. This paved the way for him to take over as the national coach, winning Euro 2000 in Netherlands/Belgium. However, after the team suffered a stunning first-round exit in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, he was dismissed by the French Football Federation.

Undeterred, Tunisia's national federation soon hired Lemerre to be the manager of their national side. There, he guided them to victory in the African Nations Cup in 2004, and led them to qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He is under contract to stay with the team through 2006.

As player

• 1961-1969: Sedan Club Sportif Sedan Ardennes
• 1969-1971: FC Nantes
• 1971-1973: AS Nancy-Lorraine
• 1973-1975: RC Lens

As manager

• 1975-1978: Red Star
• 1978-1979: Lens
• 1979-1981: Paris FC
• 1981-1983: RC Strasbourg
• 1983-1984: Espérance Tunis
• 1985-1986: Red Star
• 1986-1996: French military team and French A' national side
• 1997: RC Lens
• 1998-2002: French A national side : 53 games(34 victories) 11 draws et 8 defeats, 106/43

• during 2002: Tunisian national side

As player

• Etoile d'or France Football: 1966, 1968, 1969

As manager

• Military World Cup champions: 1995
• European Football Championship champion: 2000
• Confederations Cup: 2001
• African Nations Cup: 2004

Lemerre married in October 2003, without the press knowing.

• French Profile and pictures of Roger Lemerre

	France squad - 2000 European Football Championship (2nd Title)
1 Lama | 2 Candela | 3 Lizarazu | 4 Vieira | 5 Blanc | 6 Djorkaeff | 7 Deschamps | 8 Desailly | 9 Anelka | 10 Zidane | 11 Pirès | 12 Henry | 13 Wiltord | 14 Micoud | 15 Thuram | 16 Barthez | 17 Petit | 18 Leboeuf | 19 Karembeu | 20 Trézéguet | 21 Dugarry | 22 Ramé | Coach: Lemerre

	France squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Ramé | 2 Candela | 3 Lizarazu | 4 Vieira | 5 Christanval | 6 Djorkaeff | 7 Makélélé | 8 Desailly | 9 Cissé | 10 Zidane | 11 Wiltord | 12 Henry | 13 Silvestre | 14 Boghossian | 15 Thuram | 16 Barthez | 17 Petit | 18 Leboeuf | 19 Sagnol | 20 Trézéguet | 21 Dugarry | 22 Micoud | 23 Coupet | Coach: Lemerre

	Tunisia squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Boumnijel | 2 Essediri | 3 Haggui | 4 Yahia | 5 Jaziri | 6 Trabelsi | 7 Guemamdia | 8 Nafti | 9 Chikhaoui | 10 Ghodhbane | 11 Santos | 12 Mnari | 13 Bouazizi | 14 Chedli | 15 Jaïdi | 16 Nefzi | 17 Ben Saada | 18 Jemmali | 19 Ayari | 20 Namouchi | 21 Saidi | 22 Kasraoui | 23 Melliti | Coach: Lemerre