:Jean Snella

{{Short description|French footballer (1914–1979)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jean Snella

| image = Jean Snella en novembre 1938.jpg

| caption = Snella in 1938

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| birth_date = 9 December 1914

| birth_place = Dortmund-Mengede, German Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1979|11|20|1914|12|9}}

| death_place = Metz, France

| position = Midfielder

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| years1 = 1934–1938

| clubs1 = Olympique Lillois

| years2 = 1938–1940

| clubs2 = Saint-Étienne

| years3 = 1942–1945

| clubs3 = Saint-Étienne

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| manageryears1 = 1946–1948

| managerclubs1 = Lorient

| manageryears2 = 1948–1950

| managerclubs2 = Saint-Étienne (amateurs)

| manageryears3 = 1950–1959

| managerclubs3 = Saint-Étienne

| manageryears4 = 1958

| managerclubs4 = France (assistant)

| manageryears5 = 1959–1963

| managerclubs5 = Servette

| manageryears6 = 1963–1967

| managerclubs6 = Saint-Étienne

| manageryears7 = 1966

| managerclubs7 = France

| manageryears8 = 1967–1971

| managerclubs8 = Servette

| manageryears9 = 1971–1974

| managerclubs9 = Nice

| manageryears10 = 1975–1977

| managerclubs10 = NA Hussein Dey

| manageryears11 = 1979

| managerclubs11 = Metz

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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

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.{{Cite web |date=1935-10-27 |title=Journal officiel de la République française. Lois et décrets |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65488423/f15.image.r=%22Snella%20jean%22 |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=Gallica |language=EN}}

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

Honours

Saint-Étienne

Servette

References

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