Let’s start with a riddle. What club of the elite counted, in its organizational chart in the 21st century, a leader already passed through the presidency of the League and promised a few years later to that of the Federation? We spontaneously think of the behemoths – Lyon, PSG, Marseille – but the answer is hidden elsewhere, much more discreet.
From December 2001 to December 2003, Noël Le Graët held the highest function at Paris FC, then anonymous resident of the CFA (4th level), far from the spotlight of Ligue 1. An amazing parenthesis in the course of a character then called to reign over all hexagonal football between 2011 and 2023, the year of its resignation.
