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Soccer-Brest Coach Eric Roy Dead at 58 | Sports-Games

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Eric Roy, the 58-year-old Brest coach, has died after a three-and-a-half-year battle with pancreatic cancer, having led the team to a historic third-place finish in Ligue 1.

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Sad news from France. Eric Roy, coach of Erstliga club Stade Brest, passed away at the age of 58, as his family reported on Instagram. He lost the fight against an insidious illness. With his club he succeeded in historical matters. For three and a half years Roy, as his family reports, suffered from pancreatic cancer. On Wednesday he lost the fight against the severe illness. "Over the whole time he has lived with a force that still impresses u…

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Éric Roy, who coached French club Brest last season, dies at age 58

BREST, France (AP) — Éric Roy, who coached Ligue 1 team Brest last season, has died. He was 58.

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The coach of the Brest, Eric Roy, has died at the age of 58 from pancreatic cancer that he suffered for three years, according to the family of the technician, who last year led the modest club to the Champions League. Former midfielder formed in Nice and who came to play in the Lyons and in the Marseille Olympics, Roy had an atypical coaching career, which began in his first club. But it was not until twelve years later that he sat on another b…

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Stade Brest's coach died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 58.

·Vienna, Austria
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The Hamilton Spectator broke the news in Hamilton, Canada on Wednesday, June 17, 2026.
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