Maurice Willems
 Willems for Belgium in 1956 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 September 1929 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgium | ||
| Date of death | 4 December 1986 (aged 57) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1952–1962 | K.A.A. Gent[1] | 210 | (157) |
| 1962–1963 | Racing Club Brussel | ||
| 1963–1965 | K.R.C. Gent-Zeehaven | ||
| 1965–1967 | SK Deinze | ||
| Total | 210 | (157) | |
| International career | |||
| 1956–1957 | Belgium | 3 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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]
Honours
Club
KAA Gent
- Belgian First Division runners-up: 1954–55[4]
Individual
- Belgian First Division top scorer: 1956–57 (35 goals)[5]
References
- ^ "ESKA-iconen". marnixcornelis.be/eskamuseum (in Dutch). 15 December 2022.
- ^ "ESKA-iconen". marnixcornelis.be/eskamuseum (in Dutch). 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Maurice Willems". National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "Geschiedenis | KAA Gent" (in Dutch). www.kaagent.be. 7 January 2024.
- ^ "Topscorer Eerste Klasse".
External links
- Maurice Willems at National-Football-Teams.com
- Maurice Willems at the Belgian Football Association
- Maurice Willems at EU-Football.info
