[1][2][3][4] Paul Voyeux was born in Valenciennes, Nord, on 11 April 1884, and he eventually joined Olympique Lillois at least since 1911, aged 27.
[6] Due to his already advanced age, Voyeux quickly established himself as the club's captain, and he then led an OL team with Albert Eloy, Paul Chandelier, and Alphonse Six to back-to-back USFSA Northern Championships in 1913 and 1914, winning the former with a record of 13 wins and only one defeat.
[7] On 5 April 1914, he started in the final of the USFSA National Championship, scoring twice to help his side to a 3–0 win over Olympique de Cette.
[8] In May 1911, three months after helping Lillois win its first-ever title, the USFSA selected Voyeux as a member of the French squad that participated in the 1911 UIAFA European Football Tournament at Roubaix, an unofficial European Championship organized by UIAFA, in which France was knocked out in the semifinals by Bohemia (1–4).
[5][11] When the USFSA joined the CFI in 1913, Voyeux finally became eligible to play for the official French national team, earning his first (and only) international cap against Luxembourg on 20 April 1913, helping his side to an 8–0 win.