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An experienced man in the French football, Pierre Dréossi played near to 500 games in the French First and Second divisions (for 10 european games) in a 16 years long playing career. After signing his first professional contract with Lille in 1976, the young centre back left his home region to join the FC Sochaux. He then played for Nice, Paris Saint Germain and Cannes, where he ended his career as a player to become the Academy’s coach. He went on to manage the professional team for one and a half season in the first division, before going back to his first team, Lille, and become the Director of Sport. In 2002, Dréossi arrived at the Stade Rennais along with the new president Emmanuel Cueff, as the general manager, with the mission to help the club progress and reach its objectives. After four years of continuous progress, he was rewarded by Francois Pinault and the club’s management, and given full power on the sports sector. Along with his position as a general manager, he was given the reins of the professional team in June 2006. He remained the position for a season and a half, qualifying the Stade Rennais for the UEFA Cup in 2007. However, he had to step down in December 2007, following a streak of 9 games without winning (including 8 defeats). Pierre Dréossi then returned to his functions as a general manager only, a position he still occupies now.

A former player for SC Bastia, Jean-Marie De Zerbi was involved, early in his career, in the Corsican club’s epopee in the 1977-1978 Uefa Cup (losing in final against the PSV Eindhoven). At the end of a relatively modest career as a player, De Zerbi reconverted in the insurance business, to finally come back to football as Frédéric Antonetti’s assistant at Bastia’s Academy. From then, the two men remained together in all occasions, except when Antonetti went to spend a year coaching in Japan.

Born in Brittany (Cotes d’Armor), Christophe Revel had a rather unusual career. As a player, he travelled from Guingamp to Vannes, via Beveren (Belgium) and the Stade Rennais, where he played for the Amateur and Regional team as well as with the professionals. The highlight of his playing career his certainly the ascencion of Vannes, where he went from the CFA (4th division) to Ligue 2 and a Coupe de la Ligue final in 2009. A goalkeeper coach in Rennes’ Academy between 2003 and 2005, Revel came back in Summer 2009, this time to coach the professionals.

A young physio, Nicolas Dyon aimed to make a career as a footballer. Trained in Louhans Cuiseaux and Dijon, a bad injury ended up his dream of professional football. He then decided to pursue studies, in order to become a physio. In 1999, aged 21, he took charge of the young players at Saint Etienne’s Academy. After a short spell in Qatar, he came back to Forez and met Frédéric Antonetti. From then on, he has remained part of Antonetti's coaching team, following him to Nice, and then to the Stade Rennais.

An historical figure of the Stade Rennais, this pure-bred Rennes man made his way as one of the best goalkeepers to ever play for the club. Winner in the 1973 Gambardella Cup, along with Jean-Luc Arribart and Christian Gourcuff, he quickly became the first choice as a keeper in the professional team. The team’s financial difficulties force him to leave for Bastia, where he won a Coupe de France, made his way to the UEFA Cup final and received his first and only cap with France. Back in Rennes, he remains with the club in first and second division, before eventually retiring in 1992. Since, he has been employed as a goalkeepers coach for several years before being replaced by Christophe Lollichon in 2003. He then went on to supervise the recruitment team.

A former professional player, having notably played for the Girondins de Bordeaux, Éric Guérit first aimed to reconvert as a manager, a function he first experienced for 7 matchs, while still a player for Bordeaux. A team-mate of Pierre Dréossi in Cannes, Guérit was called in January 2007 by the Stade Rennais manager, and since holds a position as a Scout in Rennes’ staff.

Before becoming a scout, Marcel Campagnac was known as a good striker. Trained in Lille where he played alongside Pierre Dréossi, he then went on playing for several Division 2 teams, even becoming the league’s top goalscorer in 1980-1981. At the end of his career, he managed regional teams, before joining his “longtime friend”, Pierre Dréossi, in Lille. When Dréossi left to Rennes, he naturally followed him, to hold a position as a scout in Rennes’ staff.

Announced as a «Sporting Gamble» by Frédéric de Saint-Sernin, Emerson’s experience in the French League turned a real disaster. Virtually unknown in Europe, the Brazilian striker had been terrorising defences in Japan and Qatar, scoring impressive numbers of goals throughout his career. Aged 28, he arrived in France to try and prove his value in a club where Brazilians had never managed to find success. Emerson was not to be the one. Joining a squad with high attacking potential, he never managed, or was not given the chance, to put himself up as a first eleven player. Quickly bored of waiting for his opportunity, he left back to Qatar only 4 months after his arrival, having only played 6 games as a substitute.

A 2003 Gambardella Cup winner, Stéphane N’Guema’s early career was plagued by numerous injuries. A really unfortunate situation, as the youngster had been the good surprise of the early 2003-2004 season. He then experienced real difficulties to come back to his best and the professional team, only grabbing rare appearances for three seasons At the end of a perfectly blank 2006-2007 season, he was released on a free transfer and signed a contract with Istres, then playing in National (3rd league)

At his arrival in Rennes, Youssouf Hadji joined Laszlo Bölöni, who had offered him his first games in the French first league with Nancy. Rarely included in the starting eleven, Mustapha Hadji’s little brother started his Rennes career on a high, scoring three goals for his first three games (including one in the 2005/2006 UEFA Cup). Despite his visible envy, he never managed to convince neither Laszlo Bölöni nor Pierre Dréossi, the latter leaving him on the substitute bench on a regular basis during the 2006-2007 season. In 2007, he was transferred back to his first club, Nancy, where he got back on track after being repositioned at centre forward by Pablo Correa. In four and a half seasons, he scored close to forty goals for the Lorrains. At the end of August 2011, when the Rennes management failed to transfer Turkish striker Mevlüt Erding, Youssouf Hadji finally returned to Brittany, where he signed a new two years contract. A “comeback” in which he will hope to make up for his first failed spell with the “Rouge et Noir”