Jean Claessens Explained

Jean Claessens
Birth Date:1908 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Anderlecht, Belgium
Position:Midfield
Years1:1926–1939
Years2:1945–1946
Clubs1:Union Saint-Gilloise
Clubs2:RAEC Mons
Nationalyears1:1932–1936
Nationalteam1:Belgium
Nationalcaps1:21

Jean Claessens was a Belgian footballer born 18 June 1908 in Anderlecht (Belgium), died 1978.[1]

Biography

Claessens was a midfielder for the invincible Union Saint-Gilloise triple Belgian champions from 1933 to 1935. He was a freekick specialist.[2]

He played 21 matches for Belgium from 1932 to 1936.[3] He played in one game at the 1934 World Cup in Italy.[4]

He finished his career as player-coach at RAEC Mons after the War.

Honours

Notes and References

  1. http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.jean.claessens.57021.fr.html Player page on the site of footballdatabase.eu
  2. http://www.rusg.be/FR/Histoire/union60.php The legendary team at the site of rusg.be
  3. http://www.footbel.be/fr/nationale_elftallen/statistieken_1/per_speler.html Player caps at the page of URBSFA
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20121110053951/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=47807/index.html Player page at the site of fifa.com