Wilfried Van Moer
Belgian footballer (1945–2021)
Wilfried van Moer (1 March 1945 – 24 August 2021) was a Belgian footballer. He played 57 times and scored nine goals for the Belgium national team between 1966 and 1982.
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Full name | Wilfried van Moer | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 1 March 1945 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Beveren, Belgium | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 24 August 2021 | (aged 76)|||||||||||||
Place of death | Leuven, Belgium | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1964–1965 | Beveren | 121 | (56) | |||||||||||
1965–1968 | Antwerp | 77 | (14) | |||||||||||
1968–1976 | Standard de Liège | 170 | (24) | |||||||||||
1976–1980 | Beringen | 110 | (17) | |||||||||||
1980–1982 | Beveren | 49 | (6) | |||||||||||
1982–1984 | Sint-Truiden | 26 | (0) | |||||||||||
Total | 553 | (117) | ||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||
1966–1982 | Belgium | 57 | (9) | |||||||||||
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1996 | Belgium | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Van Moer died in a hospital in Leuven on 24 August 2021 from a stroke, aged 76.[1]