Jean Lechantre

Jean Lechantre

Personal information
Date of birth	(1922-02-13)13 February 1922
Place of birth	Taintignies, now parts of Rumes, Belgium
Date of death	12 February 2015(2015-02-12) (aged 92)
Place of death	Lille, France
Position(s)	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)
International career
1947–1949	France	3	(0)
Managerial career
1955–1959	AC Cambrai
1959–1960	CO Roubaix-Tourcoing
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jean Lechantre (13 February 1922 – 12 February 2015) was a footballer. He played club football most notably with Lille and CO Roubaix-Tourcoing. Born in Belgium, he was capped three times for France and ended his career as a player-coach for AC Cambrai and CO Roubaix-Tourcoing.

He acquired French nationality by naturalization on 21 November 1945.

References

• 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.