Breton roots, taste for power, passion for football… Five things to know about Noël Le Graët

Boss of the food group that bears his name, mayor of Guingamp, president of En Avant, leader of the largest sports federation in the country… Noël Le Graët, 81, has known many lives.

At the mere mention of the name of Noël Le Graët, an entire region invites itself because he has tied his destiny to it from the start and has become one of its ambassadors. He has never cut himself off from his roots, and in particular from his anchorage in Guingamp.

Throughout his mandates, the French team, male and female, have been at the heart of the concerns of the President of the French Football Federation. And with the coach of the Blues, Didier Deschamps, Noël Le Graët formed a bit of the perfect couple.

At the head of the French Football Federation, Noël Le Graët will have seen three Presidents of the Republic pass by, whose attention he has been able to capture. Portrait of a man as skilful in the conquest as in the exercise of power.

Not really gifted with the ball himself, Noël Le Graët, before being a decision-maker, a boss, a personality, is a simple enthusiast, a lover of this unpredictable round ball.