Jean Lechantre

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.

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