Marc Baecke | |
Birth Date: | 24 July 1956 |
Birth Place: | Sint-Niklaas, Belgium |
Death Place: | Beveren, Belgium |
Position: | Defender |
Years1: | 1976–1986 |
Clubs1: | Beveren |
Caps1: | 244 |
Goals1: | 9 |
Years2: | 1986–1988 |
Clubs2: | Kortrijk |
Caps2: | 21 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 265 |
Totalgoals: | 9 |
Nationalyears1: | 1977–1984 |
Nationalteam1: | Belgium |
Nationalcaps1: | 15 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Marc Baecke (24 July 1956 – 21 January 2017) was a Belgian footballer who played as a left back.[1]
During his career he played for Beveren, with whom he won two league titles and two Belgian Cups, only to finish his career with two seasons at Kortrijk.[2]
He earned 15 caps for the Belgium national football team, and participated in the 1982 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1984.
He was said to suffer from Buerger disease[3] and his left leg was removed after he suffered an infection from an open wound in December 2013.[4]
Baecke died in January 2017 after a long illness.[5]
Beveren[6]