Jean Perniceni was a French professional

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. Jean Perniceni was born in

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. He played as a

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(

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). He was inducted into the

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, in 2009.

Club playing career

Perniceni played with various French clubs, from 1947 to 1960. He won 4

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championships (1953, 1954, 1958, 1960), and two French Cups (1958, 1959). Between those, he played for

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from 1953 to 1954 as well as

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and

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. In 1952 he participated in Helsinki Summer Olympics.

Club coaching career

In 1958, Perniceni became the

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. He retired in 1967.

Death

Perniceni died in June 2010.

References

External links

FIBA Profile
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Olympedia.org Profile
1930 births 2010 deaths AS Monaco Basket players Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Caen Basket Calvados players Étoile Charleville-Mézières coaches Étoile Charleville-Mézières players French basketball coaches French men's basketball players French expatriate sportspeople in Monaco Olympic basketball players for France Paris Racing Basket players Shooting guards Small forwards Sportspeople from Seine-Saint-Denis 1954 FIBA World Championship players 1950 FIBA World Championship players 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-basketball-bio-stub