FC Nantes will have punctuated its life around thirty years at FC Nantes, including two years at the head of the professional section, from 1996 to 1998: Jean-René Toumelin died this Sunday, September 25. He was 80 years old.
Tense relations with the town hall of the time
A dental surgeon based in Châteaubriant, he also works in sport with FC Nantes. He joined the executive committee in 1970. He also chaired the association before taking over the presidency of the professional structure. in 1996.
He then takes over from Guy Scherrerresigned. Jean-René Toumelin will in turn throw in the towel on November 26, 1998, after criticism from the town hall of Nantes on its management. For his part, for Jean-René Toumelin, the mayor at the time, the socialist Jean-Marc Ayrault, led a business “demolition of the club”. Kléber Bobin will succeed him.