Guillaume Van Den Eynde Explained

Guillaume Van Den Eynde
Fullname:Guillaume Isaac Van Den Eynde
Birth Date:12 October 1884
Birth Place:Brussels, Belgium
Position:Defender
Years1:1901–1912
Clubs1:Union SG
Caps1:140
Goals1:19
Nationalteam1:Belgium
Nationalyears1:1904–1912
Nationalcaps1:13
Nationalgoals1:1

Guillaume Isaac Van Den Eynde (12 October 1884  - 19 October 1948) was a Belgian footballer.[1] [2] He played in 13 matches for the Belgium national football team from 1904 to 1912.[3]

Career

He was a defender before the First World War, playing for Brussels-based club Union Saint-Gilloise, with whom he won six Belgian First Division titles. On 7 May 1910, however, Van Den Eynde committed a serious foul during a match of the Tournoi International de l'Exposition in Brussels. It caused a double fracture of the leg of Club Brugge midfielder Charles Cambier. He was suspended for life when he was only 26 years old, by the Belgian federation, the URBSFA. His suspension was eventually lifted in 1912.[4] In total, he played 140 matches in the First Division and scored 19 goals.[5]

He played 13 matches and scored one goal with the Red Devils, including Belgium's first official match on 1 May 1904 in Brussels against France, a 3–3 draw.[6]

Honours

Union SG

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Guillaume Van Den Eynde . worldfootball.net . 12 September 2021.
  2. Web site: Guillaume Van Den Eynde . National Football Teams . 12 September 2021.
  3. Web site: Guillaume Van Den Eynde . Royal Belgian Football Association . 12 September 2021.
  4. Web site: Anecdote quoted on the iffhs.de website .
  5. Web site: DIVISION ONE playerslist (1895-2006): V3 . www.belgiumsoccerhistory.com . 13 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110805054752/http://users.skynet.be/fb304341/ . 5 August 2011 . dead.
  6. Web site: GUILLAUME VAN DEN EYNDE . Royal Belgian Football Association . 13 October 2022.
  7. Web site: Van den Eynde, Guillaume . National Football Teams . 13 October 2022.