Jean-Henri Jaeger

Jaeger was born in Thionville to an engineer father who worked for the SNCF. He became devoted to working in surgery after a near-death experience from a kick to the stomach during a football match at the age of six. He studied at the University of Strasbourg I, where he met his lifelong friend Arsène Wenger.^[2]

In 1978, while working for a clinic, he was called to be team surgeon for RC Strasbourg Alsace. He notably operated on Marius Trésor in 1981, who then competed in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.^[3] Other players he operated on included Christophe Royer, Raymond Kopa, Zinedine Zidane, Dragan Stojković, Bixente Lizarazu, and others.^[4][5] He was also a professor at the University of Strasbourg I.

Jaeger died in Salernes on 8 February 2022, at the age of 78.^[6]

• Ligamentoplastie du LCA Mac Intosh FL versus KJ et DIDT, réparation cartilagineuse (2002)
• Chirurgie du ligament croisé antérieur du genou la lésion du LCA (2017)