Romain Molina Expose Of French Football

Well, the game of football is by far the most famous sport across the globe. The feeling of watching your best team win a match, your best player scoring a goal, conjuring a beautiful pass, making an inch-perfect tackler or making a logic-defying save is unparalleled. However, like everything else in our lives, there is a dark side to the game, or should we say too dark. French investigative journalist Romain Molina is one of the best when it comes to exposing the dark underbelly of football. And his latest expose has sent shockwaves across France and the wider football world.

The football world has, in recent months, experienced several issues that have stained its mage. These include the Mason Greenwood alleged assault case and the domestic violence case against Ryan Giggs. Footballers have repeatedly proved that they are not good role models.

Molina’s recent article reveals chilling details of underage players being sexually abused. According to Molina, these incidents were deliberately suppressed by the French Football Federation (FFF). Molina also said that complaints like these had been reported since 1980 but to no avail. 

Molina’s report highlights two names in particular. The first is Angelique Roujas, a former French national player who was the head of the women’s section at Clairefontaine, the national training centre. The second is David San Jose, a non-football educator at Clairefontaine. 

Roujas had been at the centre of several complaints over the years. She was removed from the post by FFF in 2013 due to sexual harassment complaints. Meanwhile, San Jose was dismissed in 2020 after misbehaving with a 13-year-old. 

Here’s all you need to know about Romain Molina’s expose. 

Romain Molina expose 

Molina published his findings on his website Josimar. He started the report by targeting FFF President Noel Le Graet. The 81-year-old chief of French football has sued the magazine So Foot. The magazine had reported on allegations of sexual misconduct against him. 

The French media have heavily criticised the FFF’s attempt to suppress complaints of sexual misconduct. However, a former FFF board member told Josimar on the condition of anonymity that the culture at the football association encourages these matters to be swept under the carpet.

Most of these incidents of alleged sexual harassment occurred at Clairefontaine.

Molina’s report focused on Roujas and San Jose….