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{{short description|French footballer (1913-1978)}}
{{For|the French masculine given name|Jean-Nicolas}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Jean Nicolas
| image = RIO-NICOLAS-EDF1934.jpg
| caption=Jean Nicolas (left) and [[Roger Rio]] for [[France national football team]] (1934)
| fullname = Jean Édouard Marie Nicolas
| birth_date  = 9 June 1913
| birth_place = [[Nanterre]], France
| death_date  = {{death date and age|df=yes|1978|9|8|1913|6|9}}
| death_place = [[Paris]], France
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = [[FC Rouen|Rouen]]
| years1 = 1929–1939
| clubs1 = [[FC Rouen|Rouen]]
| caps1 = 164
| goals1 = 193
| nationalyears1 = 1933–1938
| nationalteam1 = [[France national football team|France]]
| height = 1.76 m
| nationalcaps1 = 25
| nationalgoals1 = 21
| manageryears1 = 
| managerclubs1 = 
}}

'''Jean Édouard Marie Nicolas''' (9 June 1913 – 8 September 1978) was a [[France national football team|French]] international footballer. Born in [[Nanterre]], Nicolas played club football for [[FC Rouen]], and appeared in the [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]] and [[1938 World Cup]] squads for [[France national football team|France]], and scored two goals in the 1938 edition of the tournament.

He scored a total of 21 goals in 25 international games between 1933 and 1938, making him the [[List of leading goalscorers for the France national football team|twelfth-highest goalscorer]] for France.

== Career statistics ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season, and competition.
Only official games are included in this table.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.federationculsrouges.fr/historique/saisons/ | title=Historique des Saisons du Football Club de Rouen de 1899 à aujourd'hui }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pari-et-gagne.com/joueur/jean_nicolas.html | title=Jean Nicolas - Fiche de stats du joueur de football }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fran2tops.html | title=France - List of Topscorers Second Level }}</ref>
|-
!rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season
!colspan=3|League
!colspan=2|[[Coupe de France]]
!colspan=2|Other
!colspan=2|Total
|-
!Division
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
|-
|rowspan=12|[[FC Rouen]] 
|1929/1930
|DH Normandy Championship||0||3||0||0||0||0||0+||3
|-
|1930/1931
|DH Normandy Championship||14||26||5||11||1||7||20||43
|-
|1931/1932
|DH Normandy Championship||0||27||3+||5||2+||5||5+||37
|-
|1932/1933
|DH Normandy Championship||13||29||3||11||1||9||17||49
|-
|1933/1934
|[[Ligue 2]]||26||54||4||3||0||0||30||57
|-
|1934/1935
|[[Ligue 2]]||23||30||4||9||-||-||27||39
|-
|1935/1936
|[[Ligue 2]]||34||45||2||5||-||-||36||50
|-
|1936/1937
|[[Ligue 1]]||30||27||5||8||0||0||37||42
|-
|1937/1938
|[[Ligue 1]]||29||26||2||0||0||0||31||26
|-
|1938/1939
|[[Ligue 1]]||23||11||2||6||0||0||25||17
|-
|1939/1940
|[[Zone occupée|North Zone]]||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!191+!!278!!23!!57!!4+!!21!!218+!!356
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FFF player|8552-nicolas-jean}}
*{{FFF male player|689<!-- -jean-nicolas -->}}

{{France Squad 1934 World Cup}}
{{France Squad 1938 World Cup}}
{{Ligue 1 top scorers}}
{{Ligue 2 top scorers}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nicolas, Jean}}
[[Category:1913 births]]
[[Category:1978 deaths]]
[[Category:Footballers from Nanterre]]
[[Category:French men's footballers]]
[[Category:France men's international footballers]]
[[Category:FC Rouen players]]
[[Category:Ligue 1 players]]
[[Category:Ligue 2 players]]
[[Category:1934 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:1938 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:20th-century French sportsmen]]


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