 Vincent in 1978 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 29 November 1930 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Labeuvrière, French Third Republic | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 13 August 2013 (aged 82) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Saint-Nazaire, France | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left winger | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Auchel | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1950–1956 | Lille | 155 | (50) | |||||||||||
| 1956–1964 | Reims | 267 | (68) | |||||||||||
| Total | 422 | (118) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1953–1961 | France | 46 | (22) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1964–1967 | Caen | |||||||||||||
| 1967–1970 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | |||||||||||||
| 1971 | Bastia | |||||||||||||
| 1971–1976 | Lorient | |||||||||||||
| 1976–1982 | Nantes | |||||||||||||
| 1982 | Cameroon | |||||||||||||
| 1982–1984 | Rennes | |||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Wydad Casablanca | |||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | Tunisia | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Jean Vincent (29 November 1930 – 13 August 2013) was a French international footballer and manager who played as a left winger.
Playing primarily at 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.
He earned 46 caps and scored 22 goals for the France national football team, and played and scored in the 1954 FIFA World Cup, the 1958 FIFA World Cup, and the 1960 European Football Championship.
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.
Vincent died on 13 August 2013 at the age of 82.[2]
