André Vandeweyer
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André Vandeweyer was a former Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 footballer and coach
Coach (sport)
In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...

 born 21 June 1909 in Tirlemont (Belgium), died 22 October 1992.

Biography

He was goalkeeper for the legendary Union Saint-Gilloise
R. Union Saint-Gilloise
R. Union Saint-Gilloise is a Belgian football club located in the municipality of Forest, though it is named after the neighbour municipality of Saint-Gilles, Brussels. It had been in the second division in 2004-05, but was subsequently relegated to third division. Its matricule is the n°10...

 team: the famous Union 60 were unbeaten in Division 1 for 60 matches, with three consecutive titles in this period, between 9 January 1933 (Union-Lierse SK, 2-2) and 10 February 1935 (Daring Bruxelles-Union 2-0).

He also played for Belgium, five times between 1933 and 1934, including one game at the Italy World Cup.

After the war, he became coach of Union Saint-Gilloise. He was also manager of the Belgian team after Doug Livingstone
Doug Livingstone
Dugald Livingstone was a Scottish football player and manager.He played fullback for Parkhead, Ashfield, Celtic, Dumbarton Harp , Everton, Plymouth Argyle, Aberdeen and Tranmere Rovers during an illustrious playing career before hanging up his boots and going into management.During his managerial...

, from January 1955 until June 1957.

Honours

  • Belgian international from 1933 to 1934 (5 caps)
  • 1st cap: 26 November 33 Belgium-Denmark 2-2 (friendly)
  • Participation in the 1934 Italy World Cup (3 matches)
  • Picked for the 1938 France World Cup
  • Champion of Belgium in 1933, 1934 and 1935 with R. Union Saint-Gilloise
    R. Union Saint-Gilloise
    R. Union Saint-Gilloise is a Belgian football club located in the municipality of Forest, though it is named after the neighbour municipality of Saint-Gilles, Brussels. It had been in the second division in 2004-05, but was subsequently relegated to third division. Its matricule is the n°10...

  • 185 matches in Division 1
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