Jean Snella

Jean Snella (9 December 1914 – 20 November 1979) was a French football player and manager. A midfielder, he spent most of his playing career with Saint-Étienne and also had multiple coaching spells with the club. He coached the France national team along with José Arribas after the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

Jean Snella

Snella in 1938
Personal information
Date of birth	9 December 1914
Place of birth	Dortmund-Mengede, German Empire
Date of death	20 November 1979(1979-11-20) (aged 64)
Place of death	Metz, France
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1934–1938	Olympique Lillois
1938–1940	Saint-Étienne
1942–1945	Saint-Étienne
Managerial career
1946–1948	Lorient
1948–1950	Saint-Étienne (amateurs)
1950–1959	Saint-Étienne
1958	France (assistant)
1959–1963	Servette
1963–1967	Saint-Étienne
1966	France
1967–1971	Servette
1971–1974	Nice
1975–1977	NA Hussein Dey
1979	Metz
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

Jean Snella was born in Germany to Polish parents. Before 1935 he was working as a mechanic. He acquired French nationality by naturalization on 21 October 1935.^[1]

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

Honours

Saint-Étienne

• Division 1: 1957, 1964, 1967

Servette

• Axpo Super League: 1961, 1962
• Schweizer Cup: 1971