: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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| height =
| 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
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| 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
}}
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
- Division 1: 1957, 1964, 1967
Servette
- Axpo Super League: 1961, 1962
- Schweizer Cup: 1971
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061129114709/http://cher.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selectionneur.php?id=SNELLA Profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928041845/http://www.panthere-verte.com/asse-joueur-265-jean-snella.html Playing career]
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Category:Polish emigrants to France
Category:French men's footballers
Category:Naturalized citizens of France
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Olympique Lillois players
Category:AS Saint-Étienne players
Category:French football managers
Category:AS Saint-Étienne managers
Category:France national football team managers
Category:World War II prisoners of war held by Germany
Category:French military personnel of World War II
Category:French prisoners of war in World War II
Category:French expatriate football managers
Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Category:Expatriate football managers in Switzerland
Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Algeria
Category:Expatriate football managers in Algeria
Category:20th-century French sportsmen
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