Jean Perniceni | |
Birth Date: | 5 April 1930 |
Birth Place: | Bagnolet, France |
Death Place: | Paris, France |
Nationality: | French |
Career Start: | 1947 |
Career End: | 1960 |
Career Position: | Shooting guard / small forward |
Coach Start: | 1958 |
Coach End: | 1967 |
Years1: | 1947–1948 |
Team1: | Avia Club |
Years2: | 1948–1950 |
Years3: | 1950–1952 |
Years4: | 1952–1954 |
Team4: | RC de France |
Years5: | 1954–1955 |
Team5: | AS Monaco |
Years6: | 1955–1957 |
Team6: | Stade Malherbe Caennais |
Years7: | 1957–1960 |
Team7: | Charleville-Mézières |
Cyears1: | 1958–1967 |
Cteam1: | Charleville-Mézières |
Highlights: | As player:
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Jean Perniceni was a French professional basketball player and coach. Jean Perniceni was born in Bagnolet, Seine-Saint-Denis. He played as a shooting guard-small forward (swingman). He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2009.
Perniceni played with various French clubs, from 1947 to 1960. He won 4 French League championships (1953, 1954, 1958, 1960), and two French Cups (1958, 1959). Between those, he played for Racing Club de France from 1953 to 1954 as well as AS Monaco Basket and Caen Basket Calvados. In 1952 he participated in Helsinki Summer Olympics.[1] [2]
In 1958, Perniceni became the head coach of Charleville-Mézières. He retired in 1967.
Perniceni died in June 2010.[3]