Former players
Goalkeepers
- Fabrice Catherine
- Aurélien Hérisson
- Andreas Isaksson
- Patrice Luzi
- Florent Petit
- Simon Pouplin
- Christophe Revault
Defenders
- Lucien Aubey
- Adailton
- Carlos Bocanegra
- Guillaume Borne
- Grégory Bourillon
- Amadou Coulibaly
- Elderson Uwa Echiejile
- Erik Edman
- Rod Fanni
- Jacques Faty
- Petter Hansson
- Maxime Le Marchand
- Gilbert Manier
- John Mensah
- Mario Melchiot
- Prince Oniangue
- Abdeslam Ouaddou
- Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé
- Yoann Pivaty
- Alain Rochat
- Laszlo Sepsi
- Arthur Sorin
- Djimi Traoré
Midfielders
- Cédric Barbosa
- Bruno Cheyrou
- Étienne Didot
- Papakouli Diop
- Yoann Gourcuff
- Junichi Inamoto
- Cyril Jeunechamp
- Kim Källström
- Felix Katongo
- Stéphane Mbia
- Arnold Mvuemba
- Jimmy Nirlo
- Olivier Sorlin
Forwards
- Ismaël Bangoura
- Jimmy Briand
- Emerson
- Julian Esteban
- Alexander Frei
- Asamoah Gyan
- Youssouf Hadji
- Yohann Lasimant
- Damien Le Tallec
- Hicham M’Laab
- Olivier Monterrubio
- Benjamin Moukandjo
- Daniel Moreira
- Stéphane N’Guéma
- Mickaël Pagis
- Moussa Sow
- Olivier Thomert
- John Utaka
- Sylvain Wiltord
Staff technique
- André Amitrano
- Laszlo Bölöni
- Landry Chauvin
- Guy Lacombe
- Christophe Lollichon
- Alain Ravera
- Philippe Redon
- Joaquim Rolao Preto
- Christian Schmidt
- Michel Sorin
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Goalkeepers' trainer, former goalkeeper himself, André Amitrano has joined Stade Rennais in November 2007, to replace Christophe Lollichon gone to Chelsea. Amitrano who met Pierre Dréossi when he was playing for AS Cannes has made all his career on the Côte d'Azur with only a break in Guingamp where he followed Alain Ravera. When he arrived for the second time in Britanny, he took in charge of the goalkeepers of Rennes' professional team. In June 2009, he followed Guy Lacombe to Monaco.
Papakouli Diop, 20 year-old young Senegalese, arrived in Brittany in 2004 after playing a few years in his native country. Endowed with strong athletic potential and technical skills, Diop made Landry Chauvin and his reserve team happy during a few years before joining the professional squad in 2006. After his debut with the first team during the first round of Ligue 1, Papakouli is finally sent out on loan to Tours FC, in Ligue 2, to gain more top level playtime. Not really used at the start of the season, then badly injured, he made an average season with his new club. Stade Rennais then decided not to extend his contract and let him go free after the 2006-2007 season. The young Senegalese player then decided to stay in Tours, and 6 months later left for Spain.
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