Jean Lechantre

Jean Lechantre

Personal information
Date of birth	13 February 1922
Place of birth	Taintignies, now parts of Rumes, Belgium
Date of death	12 February 2015 (aged 92)
Place of death	Lille, France
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
	Lille
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1944-1952	Lille OSC
1952-1955	CO Roubaix-Tourcoing	71	(14)
1955-1959	AC Cambrai
1959-1960	CO Roubaix-Tourcoing	10	(2)
National team
1947-1949	France	3	(0)
Teams managed
1955-1959	AC Cambrai
1959-1960	CO Roubaix-Tourcoing
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Jean Lechantre (13 February 1922 – 12 February 2015) was a Belgian-born French footballer.^[1] He played club football most notably with Lille and CO Roubaix-Tourcoing and was capped three times for France; he ended his career as a player-coach for AC Cambrai and CO Roubaix-Tourcoing. ^[2]

References

1. "Décés de Jean Lechantre" (in French). Fédération Francaise de Football. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
2. France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs

• Profile at French federation official site
• Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.