Gérard Delbeke
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | citation needed] | 1 September 1903 [||
Place of birth | Ruiselede, Belgium | ||
Date of death | 22 October 1977citation needed] | (aged 74) [||
Position(s) | midfield | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1923–1933 | FC Bruges | ||
International career | |||
1930 | Belgium | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1933–1934 | FC Bruges | ||
1939–1945 | FC Bruges | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gérard Delbeke was a Belgian footballer born 1 September 1903[citation needed] in Ruiselede (Belgium), died 22 October 1977[citation needed].
He was a midfielder for Club brugeois, spending eight seasons in the first team.[1] He played one international match for Belgium, on 20 July 1930, during the first World Cup in Montevideo, against Paraguay (lost, 1-0).[2]
In 1933, he retired, and took over as coach with the mission to return club brugeois to the élite. He succeeded in his mission, and continued to manage the Blauw-Zwart through the Second World War.
Honours
- International in 1930 (1 cap during the 1930 World Cup)
References
- ^ Biography on the page of clubbrugge.be Archived 10 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Player caps at the URBSFA site Archived 25 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine