Jean Snella

Jean Snella
Snella in 1938
Personal information
Date of birth 9 December 1914
Place of birth Dortmund-Mengede, German Empire
Date of death 20 November 1979(1979-11-20) (aged 64)
Place of death Metz, France
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1934–1938 Olympique Lillois
1938–1940 Saint-Étienne
1942–1945 Saint-Étienne
Managerial career
1946–1948 Lorient
1948–1950 Saint-Étienne (amateurs)
1950–1959 Saint-Étienne
1958 France (assistant)
1959–1963 Servette
1963–1967 Saint-Étienne
1966 France
1967–1971 Servette
1971–1974 Nice
1975–1977 NA Hussein Dey
1979 Metz
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.[1]

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

Honours

Saint-Étienne

Servette

References

  1. ^ "Journal officiel de la République française. Lois et décrets". Gallica. 27 October 1935. Retrieved 24 November 2023.


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