Flor Lambrechts Explained

Flor Lambrechts
Fullname:Florent Jan Maria Lambrechts
Birth Date:1910 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Antwerp, Belgium
Height:1.77 m
Position:Forward, midfielder
Years1:1926–1937
Clubs1:Antwerp
Caps1:196[1]
Goals1:143
Years2:1945–1946
Clubs2:La Forestoise
Caps2:8
Goals2:7
Totalcaps:208
Totalgoals:150

Florent "Flor" Jan Maria Lambrechts (25 March 1910 – 14 April 1990) was a Belgian footballer who played as a forward and midfielder. He played in the First Division for several seasons with Antwerp FC and RCS La Forestoise.

With Antwerp, Lambrechts won the 1929 and 1931 Belgian First Divisions. He also achieved second place with the team in the 1929–30, 1931–32 and 1932–33 seasons. He was the Belgian top scorer of the 1935–36 season, in which he also achieved the record of scoring 7 goals in a single First Division game.

After troubles inside the club, he had to move out of Antwerp to RCS La Forestoise in 1937. In 1941, the club achieved promotion to the Belgian First Division by winning the

In total he played 208 games in the Belgian First Division, scoring 150 goals.

Biography

Lambrechts made his debut in 1927 in the Antwerp first team in a friendly match, little more than a month after celebrating his 18th birthday. By the 1929/30 season he had secured a place as a starter. Lambrechts became national champion with Antwerp in 1929 and 1931[2] and reached second place in 1930, 1932 and 1933.

In the 1935–36 season, Lambrechts was the top scorer of the First Division with 37 goals. In that season, he also scored a record 7 goals in one game in a home match against Berchem Sport.

After a conflict with the dismissed trainer Molnar, Antwerp suspended a number of fundamental players in 1937, including Lambrechts. That year he had to move to the then second division team RCS La Forestoise. Eventually, he continued to play there until 1946. The club was able to achieve promotion to the First Division in 1941. After the championship, which had been interrupted due to the Second World War, was resumed in 1945, he played there one more season. In total he played 208 games in First Division and scored 150 goals.[3] [4]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Antwerp1926–27Belgian First Division0000001010
1927–284000001050
1928–296100002081
1929–30197000021218
1930–3126180000322920
1931–3226210000613222
1932–3324160000673023
1933–3425180000232721
1934–35181635[6] 00542625
1935–3626370000403035
1936–3722110000202411
Total19614335003418233166
La Forestoise1945–46Belgian First Division8700000087
Career total20815035003418241173

Honours

Club

Antwerp

1928–29, 1930–31

La Forestoise

1941–42

Individual

Notes and References

  1. http://www.antwerpsupporter.be/v2/spelersarchief/spelersfiche.php?id=390&iframe=true&width=650&height=580 Flor Lambrechts
  2. http://www.rafcmuseum.be/spelersarchief/spelersfiche.php?id=390 Fiche du joueur sur le site rafcmuseum.be
  3. Web site: Mariën . Peter . Belgiumsoccerhistory . skynet.be . 2021-10-26 . 2011-08-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110805054752/http://users.skynet.be/fb304341/ . dead .
  4. http://www.playerhistory.com/player/195527/ Fiche du joueur sur playerhistory.com
  5. Web site: De ANTWERPSUPPORTER Online. Willocx. Dirk. Flor Lambrechts. www.antwerpsupporter.be. October 26, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211026150749/http://www.antwerpsupporter.be/v2/spelersarchief/spelersfiche.php?id=390&iframe=true&width=650&height=580. October 26, 2021.
  6. Web site: de Antwerpsupporter online. Statistieken van Flor Lambrechts= 1934-1935. antwerpsupporter.be.
  7. Web site: skynet.be. Topscorers in Belgium 1895-2001. www.skynet.be. October 26, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105159/http://users.skynet.be/fb304341/topschutters.htm. March 4, 2016. dead.