Jacques Mouilleron (7 July 1940 – 12 May 2023) was a French

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player and

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Career

Mouilleron was born in Bois-Plage en Ré. He signed for

Limoges FC Limoges Football Club, founded in 1947, were a French association football team based in Limoges, France, last played in the sixth tier of the French football league system. They played at the Stade Saint-Lazare, which can hold 3,000 fans. The ...

at the beginning of the 1960s. Capable of playing in defence or midfield, he was signed in 1964 by SCO Angers, where he stayed for seven seasons, including six in the first division and with whom he won the French football Division 2 1968–69. From 1971 to 1973, he spent two seasons in D1 with

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. In 1973, he signed for

Stade Malherbe Caen Stade Malherbe Caen (; commonly known as SM Caen, SMC, or simply Caen) is a French professional football team, based in the city of Caen in Normandy, that competes in the Ligue 2. The club was founded on 17 November 1913 by the merger of ''C ...

, in the third division. In November of the same year, aged 33, he became player-manager of the Caen club, to replace Emile Rummelhardt. A year and a half later, the club won the third division and were promoted to D2. Three seasons later, Stade Malherbe were relegated. Jacques Mouilleron left the post in 1979.

Death

Mouilleron died on 12 May 2023, at the age of 82.

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* 1940 births 2023 deaths Men's association football defenders French men's footballers Limoges FC players Angers SCO players Red Star F.C. players Stade Malherbe Caen players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players French football managers Stade Malherbe Caen managers Sportspeople from Charente-Maritime {{France-footy-defender-1940s-stub