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{{Short description|French football player and manager (1930–2013)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jean Vincent
| image = Jean Vincent en 1978, entraîneur du FC Nantes.jpg
| caption = Vincent in 1978
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1930|11|29}}
| birth_place = [[Labeuvrière]], French Third Republic
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|8|13|1930|11|29|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Saint-Nazaire]], France
| height = 
| position = [[Left winger]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = Auchel
| years1 = 1950–1956
| clubs1 = [[Lille OSC|Lille]]
| caps1 = 155
| goals1 = 50
| years2 = 1956–1964
| clubs2 = [[Stade de Reims|Reims]]
| caps2 = 267
| goals2 = 68
| totalcaps = 422
| totalgoals = 118
| nationalyears1 = 1953–1961
| nationalteam1 = [[France national football team|France]]
| nationalcaps1 = 46
| nationalgoals1 = 22
| manageryears1 = 1964–1967
| managerclubs1 = [[Stade Malherbe Caen|Caen]]
| manageryears2 = 1967–1970
| managerclubs2 = [[FC La Chaux-de-Fonds|La Chaux-de-Fonds]]
| manageryears3 = 1971
| managerclubs3 = [[SC Bastia|Bastia]]
| manageryears4 = 1971–1976
| managerclubs4 = [[FC Lorient|Lorient]]
| manageryears5 = 1976–1982
| managerclubs5 = [[FC Nantes|Nantes]]
| manageryears6 = 1982
| managerclubs6 = [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]]
| manageryears7 = 1982–1984
| managerclubs7 = [[Stade Rennais UC|Rennes]]
| manageryears8 = 1985–1986
| managerclubs8 = [[Wydad Casablanca]]
| manageryears9 = 1986–1987
| managerclubs9 = [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{FRA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958 Sweden]]|}}
}}

'''Jean Vincent''' (29 November 1930 – 13 August 2013) was a [[France national football team|French international]] [[Football player|footballer]] and [[Manager (association football)|manager]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)#Winger|left winger]].

==Playing career==
Playing primarily at [[Outside-forward|outside-left]], Vincent enjoyed a highly successful career at club and international level, winning numerous titles and a run to the semi-finals of the 1958 World Cup.
*[[Lille OSC|Lille]] (1950–1956) – [[Ligue 1]] champion in 1954; [[Coupe de France]] winner in 1953 and 1955
*[[Stade de Reims|Reims]] (1956–1964) – Ligue 1 champion in 1958, 1960 and 1962; Coupe de France winner in 1958
He earned 46 caps and scored 22 goals for the [[France national football team|France national team]], and played and scored in the [[1954 FIFA World Cup]], the [[1958 FIFA World Cup]], and the [[1960 European Football Championship]].

==Coaching career==
Vincent enjoyed considerable success as a coach at Nantes, taking them to two league championships. Appointed Cameroon's coach for the 1982 World Cup, with a side containing [[Thomas Nkono]] and [[Roger Milla]], Cameroon performed admirably and drew all three games, missing out on a place in a second round only on goals scored.

*[[Stade Malherbe Caen|Caen]]
*[[FC La Chaux-de-Fonds|La Chaux-de-Fonds]]
*[[SC Bastia|Bastia]]
*[[FC Lorient|Lorient]]
*[[FC Nantes|Nantes]] – Ligue 1 champion in 1977 and 1980; Coupe de France winner in 1979
*[[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon national team]] – coach at the [[1982 FIFA World Cup]]
*[[Stade Rennais UC|Rennes]]
*[[WAC Casablanca]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wydadnews.com/?page_id%3D1104 |title=Détails des championnats gagnés par le WAC |access-date=13 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215114702/http://www.wydadnews.com/?page_id=1104 |archive-date=15 February 2009 }}</ref>
*[[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia national team]]

==Death==
Vincent died on 13 August 2013 at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://citizen.co.za/afp_feed_article/french-football-great-vincent-dies/|title=French football great Vincent dies|work=The Citizen|date=13 August 2013|access-date=13 August 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414211638/http://citizen.co.za/afp_feed_article/french-football-great-vincent-dies/|archive-date=14 April 2016}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929154006/http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil.php?id=18340 Weltfussball] {{in lang|de}} 
*[http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/historique.php?id=VINCENT%20Jean Profile on FFF site] {{in lang|fr}}

{{1958 FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament}}
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