Jacques Vergnes (born July 21 1948 in Magalas Hérault) is a French former professional football (soccer) player who played as a striker. He made one appearance for the French national football team in 1971 scoring in that one match. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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