Jean Snella

Jean Snella , born the December 9th 1914 in Mengede (today Dortmund) and deceased the November 20th 1979 with Metz, was a Football or French become trainer.

Jean Snella gains with three recoveries the championship of military France then integrates the Olympique Inhabitant of Lille in 1934 before joining the ACE Saint-Etienne in 1938. He refuses a selection in team of France of football against the Italy in 1938 because he does not estimate himself with the level…

During the war, it takes share with the combat in Belgium and in the North of France in May 1940. It is made prisoner with Evreux, but escapes after two years from detention.

Jean Snella becomes trainer in 1946. He begins with FC Lorient before directing the ACE Saint-Etienne of 1948 to 1959 then of 1963 to 1967. Mr Snella is one of the inventors of the training policy " with the française" with Albert Batteux, Jose Arribas and Georges Boulogne. With the Greens, he is champion of France 1957, 1964 and 1967.

He is assistant of Albert Batteux during the World cup 1958 then becomes selector of Blue with Jose Arribas after the World cup 1966. He gives up after only four matches (2 victories and 2 defeats). the Abbé Snella also involved OGC Nice (dolphin in Division 1 in 1973; club with which it is indicated French trainer of the year in 1972), FC Metz, and the Swiss club of the Servette of Geneva (two titles in championship of Switzerland, in 1961 and 1962, and a cut of Switzerland in 1971, with this last).

A platform of the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard bears his name.

Jean Snella had involved at the end of his career the Algerian club of the first division of the NA Hussein Dey, it had revolutionized this club and summer at the origin of the rise of very large players who became after the international ones of reputations to the image of Rabah Madjer to quote only this one. ----

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