In Rennes, we strive to train good footballers, but not only. As the a little cliché formula erected as a mantra of many clubs wants: “We train the man before the player». It is surely no coincidence that the Stade Rennais occupies for the third consecutive year the throne of the FFF ranking of the best French training centers, determined by five major criteria: professionalization, playing time in the first team, national selections, European representation and schooling. For the last criterion, Rennes can be proud almost every year to record 100% success rate in the bac, which is not the case for all clubs, where we are sometimes below 50%. The stimulation of the mind from an early age, it is therefore one of the battle horses of Breton educators, who are trying to shape well -made heads. Desired gifted in fact obviously part.
Pure product from the vintage, even if he was born in Angers (he moved to Rennes very young), the tricolor international joined the soccer school from his 6 years. By questioning several educators or coaches having directed it, often returns the same observation: that of a thoughtful player, already very young, and ahead of the others. Philippe Debray, director of the ETP Odorico establishment where Désiré Doué spent his schooling, recently declared in the columns of Ouest-France : “He taped me. He is a boy capable of programming things with intelligence, humility. He passed his baccalaureate in June, had a philosophy test which remained to be passed in September. He did the philosophy: 13/20. Lots of young people would have made a note of presence because they already had their baccalaureate, not him. ” Words that denote a certain form of maturity, as confirmed by Pierre-Emmanuel Bourdeau.
«“Dés”, he was a well -built boy mentally built, and already very focused on his desire to succeed. He seized the means that had to be put, and mentally, he was the same as his brother Guélaretraces the former coach of Désiré Doué, who knew him during his first steps at the soccer school, before having it under his national U17 orders and then stealthily in reserve. He spent the day at the club, he was not a boy who trained and then returned home. Among the biggest talents I saw in Rennes, he must arrive not far behind Ousmane Dembélé and Wesley Said. And he had a professional approach already very early.These are all these elements that accelerated at one point its ascent to the pro group. Former recruiter of Rennes, Khaled Garba remembers a player spent in the space of six months of a quarter -final of Gambardella against Bobigny, at Ligue 1 at the Rhoazon Park.
The 2005 generation, a good vintage
In this 2005 Rennes generation, there are also four to have been detected very early as players capable of imposing themselves as a professional in Rennes: Jérémy Jacquet, Jeanuël Belocian, Désiré Doué, identified as the biggest talent, and Mathys Tel, arrived a little later, but launched earlier than desired as a professional (at 16 and 110 days in August 2021 against Brest). All have become international French hopes today, and Goué has even become international A. “In general, those who succeeded at the highest level are those who were concentrated very early. Whoever is an exception to the rule is Ousmane (Dembélé), he was extremely immature and needed to build himselfsmiles Pierre-Emmanuel Bourdeau, stayed at the club for 17 years. But in the 2005 generation: Jacquet, Belocian, gifted, such … they were mature. In their conversation, their way of speaking, their way of seeing life and football, they were ahead. Talents like that, you have to accompany them. But there is also a huge personalized follow -up work in Rennes, and necessarily, the educators have their share of success in it. What they put in place is really exceptional.»
In Désiré Doué, this maturity can also be explained by a very solid family base. “Parents have brought good advice to their two boys. They also had a stable family setting, and came home every night since they lived in Rennes ”resumes Laurent Viaud, who had desired gifted under his orders in U19 in Rennes. The upgrade, a tradition in Brittany, certainly also has its share of success in the football development of the last of siblings: “Rennes is one of the clubs that outdates the most, but you have to have the quality to do so. If we bring very young players above, and they are in trouble, this is where they can lose confidence. And we know that confidence is super important to continue to develop ”explains Bourdeau, now assistant to Grégory Poirier to the Red Star. A priori, confidence has never left Désiré Goué, always sure of his qualities. “The challenge was to make him understand that he had to put his exceptional individual qualities at the service of the collective”remembers Laurent Viaud, who sometimes torn off her hair in front of the Désiré Doué dribbles on the outskirts of his own surface.
The Genesio click
But unlike his brother Guéla, for whom not grand-world promised a future in the highest level despite apparent athletic qualities, Désiré had all the arguments to succeed. It was still necessary to become aware of what was asked for him so that the balance of the team prevails. His rushed release in April 2023 during an OL – Rennes, when Bruno Genesio had made the choice to replace him with his brother only 17 minutes after his entry into play, sounded like a click at home. “”We have already talked about this anecdote with Bruno (Genesio), retraces Pierre-Emmanuel Bourdeau. It made him understand that the collective was still central in his project, and we see today in Paris that he is turned towards the well-being of his team. What he does is great. It is certain that this outing had affected him, and it will remain a highlight of his career.Like this evening that, in the event of a victory in the Club World Cup final against Chelsea, could be another …
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