Jacques Zimako (28 December 1951 – 8 December 2021) was a New Caledonian professional

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who played as a

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Biography

Zimako was born in

Lifou Lifou is a communes of France, commune of France in the Loyalty Islands Province of New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean. Geography Lifou is made up of Lifou Island, the largest and most heavily populated of the Loyalty Islands, its smaller neig ...

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. He played for

SC Bastia Sporting Club Bastiais ( co, Sporting Club di Bastia, commonly referred to as SC Bastia or simply Bastia) is a Corsican association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of Football ...

AS Saint-Étienne Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire (), commonly known as A.S.S.E. () or simply Saint-Étienne, is a professional football club based in Saint-Étienne in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. The club was founded in 1933 and competes in ...

and

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Football Club Sochaux-Montbéliard (; commonly referred to as FCSM or simply Sochaux) is a French association football club based in the city of Montbéliard. The club was founded in 1928 and currently plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of Frenc ...

. He was capped 13 times for France national team, scoring two goals. He was the first footballer of

Kanak The Kanak (French spelling until 1984: Canaque) are the indigenous Melanesian inhabitants of New Caledonia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific. According to the 2019 census, the Kanak make up 41.2% of New Caledonia' ...

origin to play for France and the cousin of

Marc-Kanyan Case Marc-Kanyan Case (14 September 1942 – 6 January 2023) was a French professional footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially kn ...

. He died on 8 December 2021, at the age of 69.

Honours

Saint-Étienne * Division 1:

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* 1951 births 2021 deaths People from the Loyalty Islands Men's association football forwards French men's footballers France men's international footballers Ligue 1 players SC Bastia players AS Saint-Étienne players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players French people of New Caledonian descent Kanak people New Caledonian men's footballers {{france-footy-forward-1950s-stub