Jean-Jacques Marcel

Jean-Jacques Lucien Élie Antoine Marcel (13 June 1931 – 3 October 2014) was a French footballer who played defender.

[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).

His place in the national team was undisputed in all the years; thus he played naturally in the FIFA World Cup 1954 and 1958.

Until 1959, he formed a talented middle row together with Armand Penverne, in which Marcel – differently than in his clubs – played usually on the left side.

He vocationally supported his father, at that time mayor of Brignoles, in its trade in wine; subsequently, he worked as a representative of the sports article manufacturer Le Coq Sportif.