Jean Snella (9 December 1914 – 20 November 1979) was a
French association football midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
and a manager. He mostly coached
AS Saint-Etienne. He also coached
France national football team
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along with
José Arribas after the
FIFA World Cup 1966
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.
In 1940, he was made
Prisoner of War
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Belligerents hold prisoners of wa ...
in
Évreux
Évreux () is a commune in and the capital of the department of Eure, in the French region of Normandy.
Geography
The city is on the Iton river.
Climate
History
In late Antiquity, the town, attested in the fourth century CE, was named ...
by the
Wehrmacht
The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previous ...
but managed to escape in 1942.
Honours
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Division 1: 1957, 1964, 1967
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Axpo Super League: 1961, 1962
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Schweizer Cup
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: 1971
External links and references
References
Profile
1914 births
1979 deaths
French footballers
Association football midfielders
AS Saint-Étienne players
French football managers
FC Lorient managers
AS Saint-Étienne managers
Expatriate football managers in Algeria
Servette FC managers
OGC Nice managers
France national football team managers
FC Metz managers
World War II prisoners of war held by Germany
French military personnel of World War II
French prisoners of war in World War II
French expatriate sportspeople in Algeria
Olympique Lillois players
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