Camille Dimmer
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 April 1939 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1960 | R.S.C. Anderlecht | ||
| 1960–1966 | R. Crossing Club Molenbeek | ||
| International career | |||
| 1957–1964 |
 Luxembourg | 19 | (8) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Camille Dimmer (born 20 April 1939)[1] is a former Luxembourgian footballer and politician. By profession, he was an engineer.[2]
Football career
He played for the Luxembourg national team a number of times, most prominently during the country's giant-killing run in the 1964 European Nations' Cup, during which Luxembourg came close to reaching the final four. Dimmer scored boths goals in the second leg of the second round, against the Netherlands, to put Luxembourg through to the quarter-finals against Denmark, which Luxembourg lost in a replay after being tied after two legs.
Political career
After his football career, Dimmer went into politics, sitting in the Chamber of Deputies for the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) from 1989 until 1994. Dimmer was General Secretary of the CSV from 1990 until 1995.[2] He held the position of substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 1989 to 1994.[3] After leaving the Chamber, he was appointed an honorary member, and is currently the President of the Association of Former Deputies.[4]
Footnotes
- ^ Template:Fr icon "Camille Dimmer". Chamber of Deputies. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) [dead link] - ^ a b Template:Lb icon "Perséinlechkeeten aus der CSV". Christian Social People's Party. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "M. Camille DIMMER". Council of Europe. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Template:Fr icon "Comité de l'Association des Anciens Députés" (PDF). Chamber of Deputies. 19 January 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help)
External links
 | This article about a Luxembourgish politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
  | This biographical article relating to Luxembourgish association football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Use dmy dates from April 2011
- 1939 births
- Living people
- People from Clervaux
- Luxembourgian footballers
- Luxembourgian expatriate footballers
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- Luxembourgian engineers
- Christian Social People's Party politicians
- Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg
- Luxembourgian athlete-politicians
- Luxembourgian politician stubs
- Luxembourgian football biography stubs