Martin Lippens | |
Fullname: | Martinus Lippens |
Birth Date: | 8 October 1934 |
Birth Place: | Belgium |
Death Place: | Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium |
Position: | Midfielder |
Years1: | 1954 - 1966 |
Clubs1: | Anderlecht[1] [2] |
Caps1: | 232 |
Goals1: | 52 |
Nationalyears1: | 1955 |
Nationalteam1: | Belgium U-19 |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 1957 - 1963 |
Nationalteam2: | Belgium |
Nationalcaps2: | 33 |
Nationalgoals2: | 2 |
Manageryears1: | 1966 - 1967 |
Managerclubs1: | VW Hamme |
Manageryears2: | 1992 |
Managerclubs2: | Sint-Truiden |
Manageryears3: | 1994 |
Managerclubs3: | RWDM |
Martinus "Martin" Lippens (8 October 1934 – 2 November 2016) was a Belgian international football player and trainer who only played for one club, Sporting Anderlecht, as a midfielder.[3]
He played for Anderlecht in the entire 1950s; seven times he took home the Belgian Championship with the Mauves, and once he also won the Belgian Cup. He played 232 official matches in the first division for that club, and appeared 33 times in the national selection.[4] After his player career was head coach for different clubs for short periods, but mainly worked as youth trainer or assistant-coach.