- Jimmy Briand
Jimmy Briand (born August 2 1985 in Vitry-sur-Seine, France) is a French football player who plays as a forward. He currently plays for Stade Rennais, and has also played for the French national under-21 team in recent times. He won the Coupe Gambardella in 2003. He received his first call-up to the senior France National Team in May, 2007 for the June Euro qualifiers against Ukraine and Georgia. Briand is being tipped to be one of France's top strikers in the future, …
- Sylvain Wiltord
Sylvain Wiltord (born May 10, 1974 in Neuilly-sur-Marne) is a French football forward whose parents come from Guadeloupe, France. With the French national team, Wiltord has won Euro 2000 and reached the finals of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Wiltord played for Stade Rennais (1992-97), Girondins de Bordeaux (1997-2000), Arsenal F.C. (2000-04), and since 2004 has been a member of Olympique Lyonnais. For France, Wiltord has been capped 90 times, scoring 26 goals.
- Pierre Dréossi
Pierre Dréossi, born 12 October, 1959, in Roubaix, France, is a football manager, currently managing Stade Rennais.
- Daniel Moreira
Daniel Moreira is a French footballer who plays as a striker. He started his career with Valenciennes FC before moving to Guingamp. He finished as the runners-up of the 1997 Coupe de France playing for them. In 1998, he transferred to RC Lens. He won the Coupe de la Ligue with the "Les Sang et Or" in 1999. After spending six years at Stade Félix Bollaert, he was rewarded with a move to Toulouse FC. In the 2005-06 season, …
- Sébastien Puygrenier
Sébastien Puygrenier is a French football (soccer) player. A defender, he currently plays for AS Nancy. Starting his career at Stade Rennais, Puygrenier made his Ligue 1 debut in the 4-1 defeat at Lyon in 2003. He started the next two matches, but these proved to be his last games for the club before joining Nancy on loan for the 2003-04 season. After playing 27 games in Ligue 2 that season, Puygrenier spent a further season on loan at Nancy, …
- Mickaël Pagis
Mickaël Pagis is a French football striker, currently playing for Rennes in Ligue 1. Pagis is 1.81 m tall and weighs 81 kg. Pagis' nickname is "Pagistral", based on his name and the french word "Magistral" (brilliant), and also based on the name of a famous wind and writer in Marseille "Mistral".
- Olivier Thomert
Olivier Thomert is a French football player born on March 28, 1980 in Versailles. He currently plays for Rennes as offensive left midfielder. Thomert is 1 m 87 for 80 kg. He recently signed for Rennes in a swap deal from RC Lens also involving former Rennes captain Olivier Monterrubio.
- Petter Hansson
Petter Hansson ['pɛtɛr 'hɑːnsɔn] (born December 14, 1976 in Söderhamn) is a Swedish footballer who is currently playing in the Frensh Ligue 1 at Stade Rennes. He started his career at Söderhamns FF and was transderred to Halmstads BK in 1998. He made his Allsvenskan debut on 4 October 1998 versus AIK. Petter Hansson became a popular player at Halmstads BK, mainly because his fighting spirit and a strong will to win a match.
- Simon Pouplin
Simon Pouplin (born on May 28 1985 in Cholet, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France) is a French football (soccer) player, currently on the books at Stade Rennais. He is currently first-choice goalkeeper at Rennes, after the departure of Swedish international Andreas Isaksson. In 2005, Pouplin signed his first professional contract with the club, signing up with the Breton club for three years. He made his debut in the 2003/4 Ligue 1 season.
- Frédéric de Saint-Sernin
Frédéric Marie Joseph Bruno de Laparre de Saint-Sernin is a french politician and businessman, born 14 February 1958 in Reims. He was the representative of former French Co-Prince Jacques Chirac in Andorra until 2002. He also had been an advisor to the French President since 1999 to 2006. He has been twice a member of the French Parliament, representing Dordogne for the right-wing political party Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (1993 - 1997 and 2002 - 2004).
- Stéphane Mbia
Stéphane Mbia Etoundi is a Cameroonian football player, who currently plays for French club Stade Rennais. Naturally a defensive midfielder, Mbia is also capable of filling in at right back He emerged into the scene in the 2005-06 season, making a handful of appearances. The giant Cameroonian scored his first Ligue 1 goal for the club in November 2006 against champions Olympique Lyonnais. It proved to be the only goal of the match which Rennes won 1-0.
- Alexander Frei
Alexander Frei (born July 15, 1979 in Basel) is a Swiss footballer. He signed a 4-year contract with Borussia Dortmund on June, 29th. Dortmund paid a transfer fee of approximately 5 million euros for him. He played for Switzerland at Euro 2004 and at the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany. Until now he has been capped 54 times for his country (as of September 2006). Frei is only 3 goals short from being Switzerland's all time top scorer.
- Olivier Sorlin
Olivier Sorlin (born 9 April, 1979 in Saint-Etienne) is a French football midfielder, currently playing for Stade Rennais.
- Mario Melchiot
Mario Melchiot (born November 4, 1976 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch football defender who currently plays for Wigan Athletic in the English Premier League. Having been part of the youth system at Ajax Amsterdam, Melchiot played three seasons for the club, winning the Eredivisie in 1998 and the KNVB Cup in 1998 and 1999. He moved to Chelsea under the Bosman ruling in the summer of 1999, where he won the FA Cup in 2000.
- Anthony Réveillère
Anthony Réveillère is a football player from France. A pure product of the Stade Rennais youth academy with which he débuted professionally, he plays right-back with Olympique Lyonnais and France national team.
- Toifilou Maoulida
Toifilou Maoulida is a French footballer player who plays for Olympique de Marseille. He was born in Mayotte, a small island in the Indian Ocean, close to the Comoro Islands and Reunion Island, and raised in Marseille. He started his professional career at Montpellier Hérault Sport Club in 1997. In 2002, he was transferred to Stade rennais after the club was relegated to French second division.
- Grégory Bourillon
Grégory Bourillon is a French soccer player, currently playing for Stade Rennais in Ligue 1, the top division of French soccer. He plays as a defender or defensive midfielder. Bourillon signed for the Breton club in 2000 from Stade Lavallois, and has represented France at Under-21 level. Bourillon has developed into a regular starter in the team and has a bright future ahead of him.
- Abdeslam Ouaddou
Abdeslam Ouaddou (born November 1, 1978 in Ksar Askour, Morocco) is a Moroccan football player who plays for Valenciennes FC in the French Premier League. He was released from Greek Super League side Olympiacos in early December. His usual position is defender. He previously had a spell in the English Premiership with Fulham FC. During his career he has also played for French Ligue 1 clubs AS Nancy and Stade Rennais.
- Romain Danzé
Romain Danzé is a French football player, currently playing for Stade Rennais in Ligue 1. He plays as a midfielder. Danzé arrived at the Rennes Center of Formation in 2001, and has been a regular fixture for the Rennes CFA team in the past few years. He signed his first professional contract in the summer of 2006. He made his Ligue 1 debut in November 2006, coming on as a substitute in a match against champions Olympique Lyonnais.
- Pablo Correa
Pablo Correa is currently manager of AS Nancy in Ligue 1. Correa himself, played up front for Nancy with Tony Cascarino and became a hit with the fans. In 2004, Correa got Nancy promoted into Le Championnat after six years in Ligue 2. In 2005, Correa guided Nancy to the Coupe de la Ligue final against Nice. Nancy came back from behind to win 2-1, giving them a place in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup.
- Christophe Revault
Christophe Revault (born March 22, 1972 in Paris, France is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He is currently playing for Le Havre AC
- El Hadji Diouf
El-Hadji Ousseynou Diouf is a Senegalese footballer. He plays for Bolton Wanderers and Senegal.
- Laurent Huard
Laurent Huard is a football coach who had a playing career, currently coaching the second team of Stade Rennais. He played 9 years at Stade Rennais, before stints at Sedan and Saint-Étienne.In 2002, he had to shorten his career due to heart problems.
- Ulrich Le Pen
Ulrich Le Pen, born January 21 1974, is a Breton and French footballer who currently plays for FC Lorient. Le Pen began his professional career with Rennes where he spent six years. In 110 games, he scored once. He moved to Laval where he scored 14 goals in 50 games within two seasons. In 2001, he moved to Lorient, where in two seasons he scored 14 times in 63 games, scoring every 4.5 games. He stayed with Lorient until November 2001.
- Cédric Barbosa
Cédric Barbosa is a French professional football (soccer) player, currently with Troyes AC. Barbosa is a midfielder and lists Olympique Alès, Montpellier SC and Stade Rennais as his former clubs.
- Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé
Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé is a French-born Cameroonian football player currently a trialist at
- Stéphane Guivarc'H
Stéphane Guivarc'h is a former football (soccer) player. He played for the French national side that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Guivarc'h has played for Auxerre, Stade Rennais, Newcastle United, Rangers and En Avant Guingamp.
- Laurent Pokou
Laurent Pokou (born October 8, 1947 in Abidjan) is a former footballer from Ivory Coast. He was a notable striker for French club Stade Rennais and the Ivory Coast national team. Pokou was twice the highest goalscorer of the African Cup of Nations, scoring six goals in the 1968 tournament in Ethiopia and eight in the 1970 edition in Sudan, including 5 in one match against Ethiopia, which Ivory Coast won 6-1.
- Jirès Kembo Ekoko
Jirès Kembo Ekoko is a footballer from Democratic Republic of the Congo, currently playing for Stade Rennais.
- Stéphane N'Guéma
Stéphane N'Guéma is a Gabonese football player. An attacker, he has mostly played for Rennes and debuted in the 2002/2003 season. He has played international matches for Gabon.
- Cheick N'Diaye
Cheick N'Diaye (born February 15, 1985 in Dakar) is a Senegalese football player, who currently plays for Stade Rennais in Ligue 1. He plays as a goalkeeper. N'Diaye started his career with Olympique Noisy-le-Sec, a CFA2 (the fifth tier in the French football league system) club in the suburbs of Paris. In 2005, he signed for Rennes. He has only made a single appearance for the Brittany club, in a Coupe de la Ligue tie with Montpellier.
- Bocundji Ca
Bocundji Ca (born 28 December 1986 in Biombo) is a Guinea-Bissauan football defender who has been playing for FC Nantes Atlantique since 2003. He had been playing for their youth team since 2002, and got his professional debut against Stade Rennais on 15 January 2005. Dispite playing well for Nantes in the 2006/07 season, he suffered relegation at the end of the season.
- Fousseni Diawara
Fousseni Diawara is a French-born Malian football defender playing for FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. Starting his career in Parisien club Red Star 93, he moved to AS Saint-Étienne in 2000 and made his debut against Rennes in September. Diawara has also played international matches for the Mali national football team. On February 24, 2007 he played his first Ligue 1 match for Sochaux against Lyon
- Patrick Delamontagne
Patrick Delamontagne is a former French football player, regarded as one the greatest players to have played for Stade Rennais, as well as one of the greatest ever Breton players.
- Gérard Soler
Gérard Soler is a former French-Moroccan footballer, who played as a forward or as an attacking midfielder. Soler represented France at the 1982 World Cup, scoring their goal in a 3-1 defeat to England in Bilbao. He was the only player to score against England in the tournament. In total, Soler won 16 caps for France between 16th November 1974 and May 31, 1983, scoring four goals. Soler played from 1972 until 1988, for Sochaux, Monaco, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Strasbourg, …
- Stéphane Mahé
Stéphane Mahé is a Breton and French former professional footballer and former manager of Saint-Nazaire FC (Brittany). Mahé started his career in the AJ Auxerre youth academy, graduating to the first team under Guy Roux's tutelage in 1989. He suffered a set-back when involved in a car accident in 1992, missing 6 months through resultant injuries. Upon his return in 1993 he helped Auxerre reach the UEFA Cup semi-finals, where they lost to Borussia Dortmund.
- Pascal Bedrossian
Pascal Bedrossian (born November 28, 1974 in Marseille, France) is a French-Armenian professional footballer who last played with the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer. Bedrossian began his playing career for the Under-15 French national team, representing them to the Under-21 level. He then played club football on the youth squad of AS Cannes in 1993, and played in the same youth squad that produced the likes of David Jemmali, Patrick Vieira, and Johan Micoud.
- Gilles Rousset
Gilles Rousset is a French former professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. Rousset started his career with Sochaux in 1982, where he spent eight seasons, playing more than 100 times for the Montbéliard side before he was transferred to Olympique Lyonnais in 1990. He quickly established himself as the first choice goalkeeper at the Stade de Gerland, playing 98 matches over the next 3 seasons. During this period, Rousset was capped twice by France.
- Nadir Benchenaa
Nadir Benchenaa is a Swedish football player of Algerian origin. He has previously played for Hammarby IF, Orgryte IS and Assyriska FF in the Swedish league as well as French club Rennes. He has also represented Sweden internationally at the Under-21 level. He is an OG from Bredäng.
- Raymond Keruzoré
Raymond Keruzoré is a former Breton and French football player and manager, regarded as one the greatest players to have played for Stade Rennais, as well as one of the greatest ever Breton players.