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{{Short description|French footballer (1914–1979)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jean Snella
| image = Jean Snella en novembre 1938.jpg
| caption = Snella in 1938
| full_name = 
| height =
| birth_date = 9 December 1914
| birth_place = [[Dortmund|Dortmund-Mengede]], [[German Empire]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1979|11|20|1914|12|9}}
| death_place = [[Metz]], France
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1934–1938 
| clubs1 = [[Olympique Lillois]] 
| years2 = 1938–1940 
| clubs2 = [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]] 
| years3 = 1942–1945
| clubs3 = [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]]
| nationalyears1 = 
| nationalteam1 = 
| nationalcaps1 = 
| nationalgoals1 = 
| manageryears1 = 1946–1948 
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Lorient|Lorient]] 
| manageryears2 = 1948–1950 
| managerclubs2 = [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]] (amateurs) 
| manageryears3 = 1950–1959 
| managerclubs3 = [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]] 
| manageryears4 = 1958 
| managerclubs4 = [[France national football team|France]] (assistant) 
| manageryears5 = 1959–1963 
| managerclubs5 = [[Servette FC|Servette]] 
| manageryears6 = 1963–1967 
| managerclubs6 = [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]] 
| manageryears7 = 1966 
| managerclubs7 = [[France national football team|France]] 
| manageryears8 = 1967–1971 
| managerclubs8 = [[Servette FC|Servette]] 
| manageryears9 = 1971–1974 
| managerclubs9 = [[OGC Nice|Nice]] 
| manageryears10 = 1975–1977 
| managerclubs10 = [[NA Hussein Dey]] 
| manageryears11 = 1979
| managerclubs11 = [[FC Metz|Metz]]
}}
'''Jean Snella''' (9 December 1914 – 20 November 1979) was a French [[association football|football]] player and manager. A [[midfielder]], he spent most of his playing career with [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]] and also had multiple coaching spells with the club. He coached the [[France national football team|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 law|French nationality]] by [[naturalization]] on 21 October 1935.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1935-10-27 |title=Journal officiel de la République française. Lois et décrets |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65488423/f15.image.r=%22Snella%20jean%22 |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=Gallica |language=EN}}</ref>

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

==Honours==
'''Saint-Étienne'''
* [[Ligue 1|Division 1]]: 1957, 1964, 1967

'''Servette'''
* [[Axpo Super League]]: 1961, 1962
* [[Schweizer Cup]]: 1971

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061129114709/http://cher.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selectionneur.php?id=SNELLA Profile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928041845/http://www.panthere-verte.com/asse-joueur-265-jean-snella.html Playing career]

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[[Category:1914 births]]
[[Category:1979 deaths]]
[[Category:Polish emigrants to France]]
[[Category:Mechanics (people)]]
[[Category:French men's footballers]]
[[Category:Naturalized citizens of France]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Olympique Lillois players]]
[[Category:AS Saint-Étienne players]]
[[Category:French football managers]]
[[Category:FC Lorient managers]]
[[Category:AS Saint-Étienne managers]]
[[Category:Servette FC managers]]
[[Category:OGC Nice managers]]
[[Category:France national football team managers]]
[[Category:FC Metz managers]]
[[Category:World War II prisoners of war held by Germany]]
[[Category:French military personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:French prisoners of war in World War II]]
[[Category:French expatriate football managers]]
[[Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Switzerland]]
[[Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Algeria]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Algeria]]
[[Category:20th-century French sportsmen]]


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