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| Full name | Jean-Jacques Lucien Élie Antoine Marcel | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1931-06-13)13 June 1931 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brignoles, Var, France | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 3 October 2014(2014-10-03) (aged 83) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Position | Defender[1] | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1948–1949 | Brignoles | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1949–1954 | Sochaux | 116 | (11) | |||||||||||
| 1954–1959 | Marseille | 158 | (23) | |||||||||||
| 1959–1960 | Sporting Toulon Var | 31 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 1960–1965 | RCF Paris | 121 | (38) | |||||||||||
| Total | 426 | (76) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1953–1961 | France | 44 | (3) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Jean-Jacques Lucien Élie Antoine Marcel (13 June 1931 – 3 October 2014) was a Frenchfootballer who playeddefender. He was an integral part of theFrench national teams of the 1950s.
Jean-Jacques Lucien Élie Antoine Marcel[2] was born on 13 June 1931 inBrignoles, Var.[1]
Marcel was signed in 1949 by theFC Sochaux and in their youth team but fast played to the first. Marcel was a physically strong right runner with qualities both in the defensive and in the play forward, had a hard shot and a good head ball play – 76 goals in over 420 league plays were unusual in that time for amidfielder. Still playing forFrance U-21, he was for the first time called toFrance's first team in 1953 due to his constant achievements.[citation needed]
In 1954, he moved to his homeland region withMarseille and remained there for five years, playing alongside 17 years olderLarbi Ben Barek. He played one year inToulon before ending his professional career in 1965 withRCF Paris.[citation needed]
He won no titles, for not playing for big teams of theFrench championship, contrary to his teams in France national football team.[3]
Between May 1953 and October 1961, Marcel appeared in 44 international matches for the France national football team (10 in his time with Sochaux, 24 with Marseille, 3 with Toulon and 7 with Paris). He scored three goals and was in four meetings as captain. His place in the national team was undisputed in all the years; thus he played naturally in theFIFA World Cup 1954 and1958. The third place with France in Sweden was the largest success of his career. He also played at the first European championship (1960 in France). Until 1959, he formed a talented middle row together withArmand Penverne, in which Marcel – differently than in his clubs – played usually on the left side.[citation needed]
In 1965, Marcel returned to his birth city and played some years as an amateur with the club, from which he had come out. He vocationally supported his father, at that time mayor ofBrignoles, in its trade in wine; subsequently, he worked as a representative of the sports article manufacturerLe Coq Sportif. Marcel lived withdrawn, but still in the small town betweenFréjus andAix-en-Provence.[citation needed]
Marcel died on 3 October 2014 in the13th arrondissement of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, at the age of 83.[2]
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