Frans Christiaens | |
Birth Date: | 20 January 1914 |
Birth Place: | Lier, Belgium |
Death Place: | Mortsel, Belgium |
Nationalteam1: | Belgium |
Nationalyears1: | 1935–1936 |
Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Frans Christiaens (20 January 1914 - 5 April 1943) was a Belgian footballer.[1] [2] He played in five matches for the Belgium national football team from 1935 to 1936.[3]
A goalkeeper, Christiaens' club lifelong was his native town's Lierse SK, playing in its youth team from 1925 to 1930, senior team thereafter.
A sheet metal worker by trade, he was born at Lier, Belgium. Christiaens was killed during the Second World War during an American air raid on Mortsel, Belgium, on 5 April 1943.[4]