Jean Claessens

Jean Claessens
Personal information
Date of birth	18 June 1908
Place of birth	Anderlecht, Belgium
Date of death	19 December 1978 (aged 70)
Position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1926–1939	Union Saint-Gilloise
1945–1946	RAEC Mons
International career
1932–1936	Belgium
	* 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.

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

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

Honours

Union SG

Belgian First Division: 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35

References

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

External links

Jean Claessens at the Royal Belgian Football Association
Jean Claessens at Kicker (in German)

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[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

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	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