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Jean Snella

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Jean Snella
Snella in 1938
Personal information
Date of birth 9 December 1914
Place of birth Dortmund-Mengede, German Empire
Date of death 20 November 1979(1979-11-20) (aged 64)
Place of death Metz, France
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1934–1938 Olympique Lillois
1938–1940 Saint-Étienne
1942–1945 Saint-Étienne
Managerial career
1946–1948 Lorient
1948–1950 Saint-Étienne (amateurs)
1950–1959 Saint-Étienne
1958 France (assistant)
1959–1963 Servette
1963–1967 Saint-Étienne
1966 France
1967–1971 Servette
1971–1974 Nice
1975–1977 NA Hussein Dey
1979 Metz
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jean Snella (9 December 1914 – 20 November 1979) was a French football player and manager. A midfielder, he spent most of his playing career with Saint-Étienne and also had multiple coaching spells with the club. He coached the France national team along with José Arribas after the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

Biography

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Jean Snella was born in Germany to Polish parents. Before 1935 he was working as a mechanic. He acquired French nationality by naturalization on 21 October 1935.[1]

In 1940, he was made Prisoner of War in Évreux by the Wehrmacht but managed to escape in 1942.

Honours

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Saint-Étienne

Servette

References

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  1. ^ "Journal officiel de la République française. Lois et décrets". Gallica. 27 October 1935. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
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