Jean Lechantre (13 February 1922 – 12 February 2015) was a

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-born French

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. He played club football most notably with

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and

CO Roubaix-Tourcoing Club Olympique de Roubaix-Tourcoing was a football club based in Roubaix, France. The team was founded in 1945 in a merge of three clubs: Excelsior AC Roubaix, RC Roubaix Racing Club de Roubaix was a French association football team tha ...

and was capped three times for

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; he ended his career as a player-coach for

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and

. France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs

References

Profile at French federation official site
* 1922 births 2015 deaths Belgian emigrants to France French footballers France international footballers Lille OSC players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players French football managers CO Roubaix-Tourcoing managers CO Roubaix-Tourcoing players {{france-footy-forward-1920s-stub Association football forwards