Jean Claessens

Jean Claessens
Personal information
Date of birth (1908-06-18)18 June 1908
Place of birth Anderlecht, Belgium
Date of death 19 December 1978(1978-12-19) (aged 70)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1926–1939 Union Saint-Gilloise
1945–1946 RAEC Mons
International career
1932–1936 Belgium 21
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jean Claessens (18 June 1908 – 19 December 1978) was a Belgian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Claessens played for the invincible Union Saint-Gilloise triple Belgian champions from 1933 to 1935. He was a freekick specialist.[1]

He played 21 matches for Belgium from 1932 to 1936.[2] He played in one game at the 1934 World Cup in Italy.[3]

He finished his career as player-coach at RAEC Mons after the War.

Honours

Union SG

References

  1. ^ The legendary team at the site of rusg.be Archived 11 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Player caps at the page of URBSFA Archived 25 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Player page at the site of fifa.com


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