Jacques Zimako (28 December 1951 – 8 December 2021) was a New Caledonian professional
footballer
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who played as a
forward
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*Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
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.
Biography
Zimako was born in
Lifou
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Geography
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,
New Caledonia
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. He played for
SC Bastia
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,
AS Saint-Étienne
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and
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
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. He was capped 13 times for
France national team
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, scoring two goals. He was the first footballer of
Kanak
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origin to play for France and the cousin of
Marc-Kanyan Case.
He died on 8 December 2021, at the age of 69.
Honours
Saint-Étienne
*
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* Azadegan League, the second-tier professional football league in Iran
* Brisbane Premier League Division 1, the second-tier professional football league in Brisbane, Queensland, Austr ...
:
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...
References
1951 births
2021 deaths
People from the Loyalty Islands
Men's association football forwards
French men's footballers
France men's international footballers
Ligue 1 players
SC Bastia players
AS Saint-Étienne players
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
French people of New Caledonian descent
Kanak people
New Caledonian men's footballers
20th-century French sportsmen
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