The Biography
Well hello to ya’ll lookin at my managing history at Paris FC 2000 and what not, I am not sure exactly how to start this but I’m guessing the beginning would be the best place for that. Before I share with you my journey I would like to tell you a little bit about myself. My name is Leroy Dufrane and I come from the state of Louisiana in the great US of A. My family is a long line of Cajuns, living in Louisiana for many generations. The Dufrane family has kept many of the French traditions and all members learn how to speak the language. Now ya’ll may be sayin” wait a minute what is a good ol’ redneck Cajun boy from “the south” doing managing FC Paris 2000, what is he even doing around soccer why does he like it.”. Well when I was around 10 years old I had a choice of football or soccer (Dufrane is American so it will be called soccer) and the soccer coach saw my athletic abilities and turned me onto the great sport and I have played and followed it ever since.
The next thing you might be asking is “why France”, well the answer to that is I am very proud of my Cajun/French background and I decided to follow French soccer instead, plus I can never understand them Brits (no offense). The last thing ya’ll may be saying is “why Paris FC 2000”, well that is because when I turned 16 I knew I wasn’t getting into college and my soccer career was on the rise, so I decided to go to France (with the money my parents have saved) and sign a youth contract with Olympique Lyonnais (the huge team at that point). Well they didn’t want me so I searched around and finally signed a youth contract with FC Rouen. Right before I turned 19 and about to earn a first team call-up, the team had financial difficulties and I had to leave the team. Luckily FC Paris 2000 came back into soccer relevancy and I signed a semi-pro contract with them and was a first team regular. As I turned 22yrs old I unfortunately blew my knee out and was forced to hang up my cleats. Paris FC 2000 weren’t ready to let me go and I signed on as a U18 assistant and rose to assistant coach by the time I was 25. Now the current manager has been fired and they have asked me to take charge and this is where the real story begins.
I apologize that this is a bit lengthy but I felt that there should be a well explained background on this seemingly out of place character.
Please enjoy there should be more up soon.
Well hello to ya’ll lookin at my managing history at Paris FC 2000 and what not, I am not sure exactly how to start this but I’m guessing the beginning would be the best place for that. Before I share with you my journey I would like to tell you a little bit about myself. My name is Leroy Dufrane and I come from the state of Louisiana in the great US of A. My family is a long line of Cajuns, living in Louisiana for many generations. The Dufrane family has kept many of the French traditions and all members learn how to speak the language. Now ya’ll may be sayin” wait a minute what is a good ol’ redneck Cajun boy from “the south” doing managing FC Paris 2000, what is he even doing around soccer why does he like it.”. Well when I was around 10 years old I had a choice of football or soccer (Dufrane is American so it will be called soccer) and the soccer coach saw my athletic abilities and turned me onto the great sport and I have played and followed it ever since.
The next thing you might be asking is “why France”, well the answer to that is I am very proud of my Cajun/French background and I decided to follow French soccer instead, plus I can never understand them Brits (no offense). The last thing ya’ll may be saying is “why Paris FC 2000”, well that is because when I turned 16 I knew I wasn’t getting into college and my soccer career was on the rise, so I decided to go to France (with the money my parents have saved) and sign a youth contract with Olympique Lyonnais (the huge team at that point). Well they didn’t want me so I searched around and finally signed a youth contract with FC Rouen. Right before I turned 19 and about to earn a first team call-up, the team had financial difficulties and I had to leave the team. Luckily FC Paris 2000 came back into soccer relevancy and I signed a semi-pro contract with them and was a first team regular. As I turned 22yrs old I unfortunately blew my knee out and was forced to hang up my cleats. Paris FC 2000 weren’t ready to let me go and I signed on as a U18 assistant and rose to assistant coach by the time I was 25. Now the current manager has been fired and they have asked me to take charge and this is where the real story begins.
I apologize that this is a bit lengthy but I felt that there should be a well explained background on this seemingly out of place character.
Please enjoy there should be more up soon.
