Claude Makélélé
The club is famous for its "jeu à la nantaise" ("Nantes-style play"), its collective spirit, mainly advocated under coaches José Arribas, Jean-Claude Suaudeau and Raynald Denoueix and for its youth system, which has produced players such as Marcel Desailly, Didier Deschamps, Mickaël Landreau, Claude Makélélé, Christian Karembeu and Jérémy Toulalan. As well as "Les Canaris" ("The Canaries"), Nantes is also nicknamed "Les jaunes et verts" ("The Green and Yellows") and "La Maison Jaune" ("The Yellow House").