Jean Lechantre

Jean Lechantre
Lechantre in 1947
Personal information
Date of birth (1922-02-13)13 February 1922
Place of birth Taintignies, now parts of Rumes, Belgium
Date of death 12 February 2015(2015-02-12) (aged 92)
Place of death Lille, France
Position Striker
Youth career
Lille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1944–1952 Lille
1952–1955 CO Roubaix-Tourcoing 71 (14)
1955–1959 AC Cambrai
1959–1960 CO Roubaix-Tourcoing 10 (2)
International career
1947–1949 France 3 (0)
Managerial career
1955–1959 AC Cambrai
1959–1960 CO Roubaix-Tourcoing
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jean Lechantre (13 February 1922 – 12 February 2015) was a footballer.[1] He played club football most notably with Lille and CO Roubaix-Tourcoing. Born in Belgium, he was capped three times for France and ended his career as a player-coach for AC Cambrai and CO Roubaix-Tourcoing.[2]

He acquired French nationality by naturalization on 21 November 1945.[3]

National team

He made his debut for France on 3 May 1947 against England in a friendly match. His second international match was also a friendly match, held two years later, on 13 November, against Czechoslovakia. His third and final international match was against Yugoslavia at a World Cup qualifier on 11 December 1949.

References

  1. ↑ "Décés de Jean Lechantre" (in French). Fédération Francaise de Football. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  2. ↑ France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs Archived 2009-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Journal officiel de la République française. Lois et décrets". Gallica. 1 November 1945. Retrieved 24 November 2023.


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