Jean Vincent

Jean Vincent ( born November 29, 1930 in Labeuvrière / North; † August 13, 2013 in Nantes) was a French football player and coach.

  • 2.1 Teams managed
  • 3.1 As a player
  • 3.2 As a coach

Playing career

The fast and accurate left winger who played and among others during adolescence for the amateur clubs ES Labeuvrière and U.S. Auchel was with his peer Raymond Kopaszewski a regular in the northern French Youth Regional selection, began his career as a professional in the season 1950/51 Olympique Lille, the big club from his home, in the top division, Division 1, 1951, he was there despite the competition of a Jean Lechantre regulars and won with the Lillois 1953 Cup competition in 1954 and 1955 the championship again the trophy. In 1953 he was also appointed for the first time in the national team and in 1955 in the Europe Choice ( " rest of the continent ") that could beat England.

Mid-1956 took a coach Albert Batteux him to Stade de Reims, which had a few weeks earlier stood in the first final of the European Cup. Together with the internationals Just Fontaine, Roger Piantoni and René Bliard Jean Vincent made ​​an attack formation, to the very best in Europe belonged to the early 1960s, ( and in 1959 also Raymond Kopa returned ). Stade Reims was virtually unrivaled in France: with this " very strong team " Vincent in 1958, 1960 and 1962 state, to 1963 vice-champion in 1958 also won Cup ( Coupe de France) and Super Cup and reached the European Cup final again in 1959. Even the basic framework for the national team, which was founded in 1958 World Championship bronze medalist, were players from Reims to the aforementioned attacking forces came in particular the defender Robert Jonquet, Roger Marche and Armand Penverne added as fixed sizes of the Bleus. 1961 ended his international Jean Vincent, 1964 his club career as a player.

Stations as a player

  • Union Sportive d' Auchel (up to 1950)
  • Olympique Lille (1950-1956)
  • Stade de Reims (1956-1964)

National players

In 1949 Jean Vincent became Junior European Champion with France 's youth national team in Amsterdam. Between December 1953 and October 1961, he played a total of 46 times in the Équipe Tricolore (12 games for Lille, Reims 34 ), scoring 22 goals. In five of these matches, he was also team captain. He participated in the World Cup finals in Switzerland (1954 ) and Sweden (1958 ) in part ( eight missions, two goals), was here in 1958 France World Cup bronze medalist and rushed even at the European Football Championship 1960 ( two games, one goal ).

Vincent as coach

After his highly successful active time Jean Vincent worked very long and at a similar level as a football coach. In particular, his time at FC Nantes ( twice champion of France, once cup winners, with a 60% win rate ) to 1982 and the participation as coach of Cameroon at the World Cup 1982 ( World Cup newcomer retired undefeated after the first round of ) are lasting memories the fact that Vincent on both sides of the outline gave an excellent picture. In 1980 he was elected Coach of the Year. His former coach at club and national team, Albert Batteux answered already in 1970 on the question of journalists, which would make the best coaches of all players under his care, without hesitation: " Jean Vincent, because he is the one that the football best observed ".

After his last stop as a Tunisian national team coach, he built up a football school for young people, which was continued by the FC Nantes in 1995. Jean Vincent lived as a pensioner in Saint- Brevin- les- Pins on the Loire estuary.

Teams managed

  • SM Caen
  • FC La Chaux -de-Fonds ( Switzerland )
  • SC Bastia (until December 1971)
  • FC Lorient
  • FC Nantes (1976 - March 1982)
  • National coach of Cameroon
  • Stade Rennes ( for two seasons )
  • Wydad Casablanca ( Morocco)
  • National coach of Tunisia

Palmarčs

As a player

  • Champion de France: 1954 ( with Lille ), 1958, 1960, 1962 ( with Reims )
  • Winner of the Coupe de France: 1953, 1955 ( with Lille ), 1958 ( with Reims )
  • Super Cup winner ( Challenge of Champions ): 1958, 1960 ( with Reims )
  • European Cups: finalist in the European Cup: 1959 ( with Reims )
  • 46 A- international matches, 22 goals
  • Participants of the football World Cup in 1954, the Football World Cup 1958 ( there World Cup bronze medalist ) and the European Football Championship in 1960; used in all three tournaments in all games of the Équipe Tricolore
  • 421 inserts and 119 goals in the D1 ( 154/51 for Lille 267/68 for Reims )

As a coach

  • French Champion: 1977, 1980 ( and runner-up in 1978 and 1979, with Nantes)
  • French Cup Winners: 1979 ( with Nantes)
  • Moroccan champion: 1986 ( with Wydad Casablanca)
  • Participants in the Football World Cup 1982 Cameroon
  • French Coach of the Year: 1980
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