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]