Marcel Dries

Marcel Dries
Dries with Belgium
Personal information
Date of birth (1929-09-19)19 September 1929
Place of birth Berchem, Belgium
Date of death 27 September 2011(2011-09-27) (aged 82)
Place of death Antwerp, Belgium
Position Defender
Youth career
1941–1947 Berchem Sport
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1960 Berchem Sport
1960–1963 Union Saint-Gilloise
1963–1966 KV Kortrijk
International career
1953–1959 Belgium 31 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcel Dries (19 September 1929 – 27 September 2011) was a Belgian international footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Born in Antwerp, Dries played club football for Berchem Sport, Union Saint-Gilloise and KV Kortrijk.

He earned a total of 31 caps for Belgium between 1953 and 1959, and participated at the 1954 FIFA World Cup.

Personal life

His father Léopold also played for Berchem Sport and earned 3 caps for Belgium in the 1920s.

Honours

Berchem Sport