André Saeys

André Saeys

Personal information
Full name	André Saeys
Date of birth	(1911-02-20)20 February 1911
Place of birth	Sint-Andries (Bruges), Belgium
Date of death	22 March 1988(1988-03-22) (aged 77)
Place of death	Sint-Andries (Bruges), Belgium
Position(s)	striker
Youth career
	Cercle Brugge
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1928–1935	Cercle Brugge	154	(53)
1935–1936	RRC Wetteren-Kwatrecht
1936–1941	Beerschot
1941–1942	Cercle Brugge	18	(2)
International career‡
1933–1942	Belgium	9	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2008

André Saeys (born 20 February 1911 in Sint-Andries - 22 March 1988 in Sint-Andries) was a Belgian football player. He was a striker. He played numerous seasons at the highest level of Belgian football and was also capped 9 times for Belgium.

Saeys made his debut for Cercle Brugge in 1928 in a match against Berchem Sport. Cercle won the match 0–2. He won the league with Cercle one season later.

In 1935, André Saeys went to RC Wetteren, where he would stay one season. Beerschot became Saeys's next team. With the purple-white Antwerp side, Saeys won the league again twice, in 1938 and 1939.

Saeys made his debut for Belgium in a match against the Netherlands on 9 April 1933. Belgium lost the match 1–3. Saeys made the Belgian goal.

External links

• Cerclemuseum.be (in Dutch)
• André Saeys at the Royal Belgian Football Association