Maurice Willems Explained

Maurice Willems
Birth Date:24 September 1929
Birth Place:Belgium
Position:Striker
Years1:1952 - 1962
Clubs1:K.A.A. Gent[1]
Caps1:210
Goals1:157
Years2:1962 - 1963
Clubs2:Racing Club Brussel
Totalcaps:210
Totalgoals:157
Nationalyears1:1956 - 1957
Nationalteam1:Belgium
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:4
Years3:1963 - 1965
Clubs3:K.R.C. Gent-Zeehaven
Clubs4:SK Deinze
Years4:1965 - 1967

Maurice Willems (24 September 1929 – 4 December 1986) was a Belgian football player who finished top scorer of the Belgian First Division with 35 goals in 1957.

As a center forward he scored a total of 185 goals for Gent. This makes Maurice still one of the greatest goalscorers AA Gent has ever known. He is also one of the 5 players from AA Gent who managed to become national top scorer.[2]

He played 3 times with the Belgium national team between 1956 and 1957. Willems made his international debut on 14 October 1956 in a 2–3 friendly defeat to the Netherlands and he scored.

Born on 24 September 1929, he died on 4 December 1986, at the age of 57.[3]

Honours

Club

KAA Gent

Individual

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 15 December 2022 . ESKA-iconen . marnixcornelis.be/eskamuseum . nl.
  2. Web site: 15 December 2022 . ESKA-iconen . marnixcornelis.be/eskamuseum . nl.
  3. Web site: Maurice Willems . National Football Teams . 31 December 2023.
  4. Web site: 7 January 2024 . Geschiedenis KAA Gent . www.kaagent.be . nl .
  5. Web site: Topscorer Eerste Klasse .