Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg, known professionally as Jean-Claude Van Damme, is a Belgian martial artist, actor, filmmaker, fight choreographer, and conservationist. Born and raised in Brussels, Belgium, at the age of ten his father enrolled him in martial arts classes, which led Van Damme to compete in several karate and kickboxing competitions. With the desire of becoming an actor, he moved to the United States in 1982, where he did odd jobs and worked on several films, until he got his break as the lead in the martial arts film Bloodsport (1988).
Football Club de Nantes, commonly referred to as FC Nantes or simply Nantes, is a French professional football club based in Nantes in Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 April 1943, during World War II, as a result of local clubs based in the city coming together to form one large club. From 1992 to 2007, the club was referred to as FC Nantes Atlantique before reverting to its current name at the start of the 2007–08 season. Nantes play in Ligue 1, the first division of Football in France. Nantes is one of the most successful clubs in French football, having won eight Ligue 1 titles, four Coupe de France wins and attained one Coupe de la Ligue victory.
Fournier is a French surname. It is a former designation of baker. Prior to the 1900s it was the designation of a firefighter. The firefighter became by default the baker, as he was normally in charge of the communal ovens. As fewer people kneaded their own bread, he commenced this task, became more skilled and thus became the baker.
Lilith is a 1964 American drama film written and directed by Robert Rossen starring Warren Beatty and Jean Seberg. Based on a novel by J.R. Salamanca, it was Rossen's final film.
France competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, and failed to win a single gold medal for the second time only in the history of the modern Olympic Games. 238 competitors, 210 men and 28 women, took part in 120 events in 19 sports.
Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 is one of the three public universities of Lyon, France. It is named after the French physiologist Claude Bernard and specialises in science and technology, medicine, and sports science. It was established in 1971 by the merger of the 'faculté des sciences de Lyon' with the 'faculté de médecine'.
Rémi Casty is a former French international professional rugby league footballer and current assistant coach for Toulouse Olympique in the Super League.
Jean-Claude Piumi was a French former football defender.
Jean-Claude Bras is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker and right winger. After his footballing career, he acted as the president of Red Star for 23 years.
Jean-Claude Georges Suaudeau is a French former professional football manager and player.
Casties-Labrande is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
Events from the year 1998 in France.
Jean-Claude Mukanya is a former professional footballer who played as a defender in Belgium for KFC Eeklo, KFC Lommel and Eendracht Aalst, in the Netherlands for NAC Breda and in Israel for Hapoel Be'er Sheva. Born in Switzerland, he represented the DR Congo national team at international level.
The 2010 European Cup, known as the Alitalia European Cup for sponsorship purposes, is a rugby league football tournament. Three of the competing teams participated in the 2009 European Cup, with France also being included in the tournament after competing in the 2009 Four Nations. The winner of the competition, Wales, competed in the 2011 Four Nations tournament.
Jean-Claude is a French masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
The French Player of the Year is an association football award presented annually by the French magazine France Football since 1959. Originally, only French players playing in France were eligible, but from 1996 French players playing abroad were in contention to win the trophy. Since 2001, former winners elect the player of the year.
Jean-Claude Donzé is a retired Swiss football executive, club manager and former goalkeeper.
The Institut National du Football de Vichy, more commonly known as INF Vichy, was a football academy based in Vichy, France. Founded in 1972 by the French Football Federation, it was dissolved in 1990. The academy had a team that competed in the Division 3.
Union Sportive Nœux-les-Mines is a football club located in Nœux-les-Mines, France. They play in the Régional 1, the sixth tier of French football. Their colours are yellow and blue. The club experienced its "golden era" during the late 1970s and early 80s, notably playing six seasons in the Division 2.