Eric Roy (footballer)

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Eric Roy
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Roy with Nice in 2002
Personal information
Full name Eric Serge Armand Roy
Date of birth (1967-09-26) 26 September 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth Nice, France
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Brest (manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1992 Nice 86 (4)
1992–1993 Toulon 34 (2)
1993–1996 Lyon 111 (9)
1996–1999 Marseille 77 (10)
1999–2000 Sunderland 27 (0)
2001 Troyes 6 (0)
2001–2002 Rayo Vallecano 12 (0)
2002–2004 Nice 52 (2)
Total405(27)
Managerial career
2010–2011 Nice
2023– Brest
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eric Serge Armand Roy (born 26 September 1967) is a French football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Ligue 1 side Brest. [2]

Contents

Early life

Eric Serge Armand Roy [3] was born on 26 September 1967 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes. [4]

Playing career

Roy began playing professional football with OGC Nice.[ citation needed ]

During his spell in England with Sunderland, he scored once, in a 5–0 win over Walsall in the League Cup. [5]

Coaching and management career

Nice

After retiring, in September 2005 Roy was hired as director of marketing, communication and public relations at his last club OGC Nice. [6] In September 2008, he changed position to director of development and public relations. One year later, he was promoted as sporting director. In March 2010, he was appointed manager of Nice, alongside of a coach holding the professional trainer diploma, which Roy didn't. In addition to his function as sports director, Roy would receive a salary over 13 months of €17,500 in addition to bonuses. [7] He stepped down from the position in November 2011 by mutual agreement while retaining his duties as sports director.

Sacking and prosecution

After a phone call in May 2012 for a prior interview, he was officially dismissed for serious misconduct on 11 June 2012. At the end of the dismissal letter, Roy was accused of having made a 12-day trip to Argentina with an unlicensed agent despite opposition from management and without prior preparation. [7] Contesting the reasons for his dismissal, the employee applied to the Nice Labor Court, which by judgment in June 2013, said that the dismissal had no real and serious cause and condemned the employer for payment of the sums of €22,159 in addition to paid leave relating thereto as a reminder of salary, €97,500 in addition to paid vacation relating thereto as compensation in lieu of notice, €113,750 in severance pay, €37,573 in addition to paid vacation relating to it match and classification bonuses, €90,000 in addition to paid holidays relating thereto as maintenance bonus, €300,000 as damages for unfair dismissal, €3,000 on the basis of the provisions of article 700 of the code of civil procedure besides whole costs. [7]

OGC Nice appealed against that judgment, arguing, first, that Roy should not have received his second remuneration as supervisor from November 2011 to the extent that it was agreed that he would give up, from this date, the daily management of the first team to occupy only its function of sports director. Nice considered, secondly, that the dismissal was perfectly regular, even in the absence of prior referral to the Legal Commission of the Professional Football League, and this insofar as its employee was not covered by the charter professional football, but the collective agreement for administrative and similar football staff (CCPAAF). Thirdly, the Club considered that the dismissal of Roy was perfectly justified in view of his insubordination and his lack of loyalty.

The case ended with Nice paying Roy nearly €300,000 for a wrongful dismissal. [8]

Lens

On 30 September 2017, he was appointed sporting director of RC Lens. [9] He left the position in April 2019. [10]

Watford

In December 2019, Roy took the role of sporting director at Premier League club Watford. [11]

Brest

On 3 January 2023, Roy became the manager of Ligue 1 side Stade Brestois 29. [12]

TV

In 2012, he became a consultant for the sports channel beIN Sports where he was a consultant in the program Le Club from Monday to Thursday at 7 p.m. and Friday during the pre-match and the post-match of the Ligue 1 games with Florian Genton. He left the position in 2017. [13]

From 2019, he became a consultant for France Télévisions. He was a commentator on the matches of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue with Kader Boudaoud (until December 2019) and later Fabien Lévêque. [13]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 14 April 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamFromToRecord
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Nice 9 March 201015 November 2011702225236983−14031.43
Brest 3 January 2023Present552615147755+22047.27
Total125484037146138+8038.40

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References

  1. ↑ "Eric Roy: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Official: Ligue 1 Side Nice Sack Coach Didier Olle-Nicolle – Goal.com". Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "ESR Consulting". Verif.com (in French). Retrieved 4 July 2022.
    "Eric Roy". Verif.com (in French). Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Eric Roy". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Walsall 0 Sunderland 5 (Agg: 8-2)". Sporting Life. 21 September 1999. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
  6. ↑ Eric Roy quitte l'OGC Nice, france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr, 15 June 2012
  7. 1 2 3 Le licenciement de l'ancien directeur sportif de l'OGC Nice était abusif, avosports.fr, 16 June 2014
  8. ↑ L1 : Nice condamné à verser 689 000 euros à Eric Roy, son ex-entraîneur, lemonde.fr, 18 June 2013
  9. ↑ RC LENS Éric Roy nommé manager sportif de Lens, lavoixdunord.fr, 30 September 2017
  10. ↑ OFFICIEL - Eric Roy quitte le RC Lens, goal.com, 10 April 2019
  11. ↑ "News: Sporting Director Appointment Confirmed". WatfordFC. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  12. ↑ "Eric Roy nouvel entraîneur de Brest (officiel)" [Eric Roy new coach of Brest (official)] (in French). L'Équipe. 3 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  13. 1 2 Éric Roy nouveau consultant de France Télévisions, lequipe.fr, 2 October 2019
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