Jean Lechantre


Jean Lechantre 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.

National team

He made his debut for the French national football team on 3 May 1947 against England in a friendly match. His second match, also a friendly, was held two years later, on 13 November, against Czechoslovakia. His third and final match was against Yugoslavia on 11 December 1949 in a 1950 World Cup qualifier.