Jean Castaneda (born 20 March 1957) is a French former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Castaneda began his professional career with

AS Saint-Étienne Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire (), abbreviated as A.S.S.E. () and commonly known as Saint-Étienne, is a French professional football club based in Saint-Étienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The club was founded in 1933 and competes ...

in 1975. He also played for the France national team.French Football Federation Profile
/ref> He earned nine caps in 1981–82 and was part of the French squad for the

1982 FIFA World Cup The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain from 13 June to 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy national footbal ...

(Castaneda played one match against Poland). In 1989, he joined the

Olympique Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; , ), also known simply as Marseille, or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional football club based in Marseille which competes in Ligue 1, the top flight of French football. Founded in 1899, OM has ...

and retired in 1990. Castaneda coached

FC Istres Istres Football Club (; commonly referred to as simply Istres) is a French association football club based in Istres. The club was formed in 1920 and currently play their home matches at the Stade Parsemain in Fos-sur-Mer, a commune in the A ...

and US Marseille Endoume.

Personal life

Castaneda's father was born in

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, Spain, and was a soldier and footballer in his youth.

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* * 1957 births Living people Footballers from Saint-Étienne French men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers AS Saint-Étienne players Olympique de Marseille players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players France men's international footballers 1982 FIFA World Cup players French football managers Istres FC managers Al-Rayyan SC managers French people of Catalan descent French people of Spanish descent Sportspeople of Spanish descent 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-goalkeeper-stub