Pierre Geoffroy

French manager
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Pierre Geoffroy
Personal information
Date of birth (1939-02-27)27 February 1939
Place of birth Reims, France
Date of death October 14, 1994(1994-10-14) (aged 55)
Managerial career
Years Team
1968-1980 Reims
1971-1978 France

Pierre Geoffroy (September 5, 1939 – October 14, 1994) was a French sports journalist and coach.

Biography

Pierre Geoffroy was a sports journalist for L'Union, who placed an advertisement in July 1968, looking for female football players to organize a football match as part of the newspaper fair.[1][2] This section led to formation of Stade de Reims Féminines.[3] He was the first France women's national football team coach in the first FIFA sanctioned women's international against the Netherlands on April 17, 1971.[4] He coached France at the 1971 Women's World Cup.[5]

Personal life

Geoffroy was married to French footballer Maryse Lesieur.[6]

References

  1. ^ "FOOTBALL - MAGAZINE. Les Pionnières de Reims ou les débuts du foot féminin en France". www.dna.fr.
  2. ^ "VIDÉO. Coupe du monde féminine de football : au temps glorieux des Pionnières de Reims". www.lunion.fr. June 7, 2019.
  3. ^ "MAGAZINE. Les Pionnières de Reims ou les débuts du foot féminin en France". www.leprogres.fr.
  4. ^ "17 avril 1971 : Il était une fois les Bleues". www.fifa.com.
  5. ^ "GRAND FORMAT. "Qui va gagner : les blondes ou les brunes ?" Entre machisme et débrouille, la drôle de Coupe du monde féminine 1971". Franceinfo. June 6, 2019.
  6. ^ "À jamais les premières". SOFOOT.com. 5 February 2018.
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France women's national football team – managers
  • Geoffroy (1971–78)
  • Coché (1978–87)
  • Mignot (1987–97)
  • Loisel (1997–2007)
  • Bini (2007–13)
  • Bergeroo (2013–16)
  • Echouafni (2016–17)
  • Diacre (2017–23)
  • Renard (2023–)


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