Charles Geerts (footballer)

Charles Geerts
Geerts with Belgium
Personal information
Full name Charles Marie Jean Geerts[1]
Date of birth (1930-10-29)29 October 1930
Place of birth Antwerp, Belgium
Date of death 31 January 2015(2015-01-31) (aged 84)
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948–1958 Beerschot VAV 212 (0)
1958–1960 Eendracht Aalst 15 (0)
1960–1963 Stade Louvaniste
1963–1964 RRC Tirlemont
1964–1967 Vigor Hamme
Total 227+ (0)
International career
1949 Belgium U19 3 (0)
Belgium B 9 (0)
1954 Belgium 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Charles Marie Jean Geerts (29 October 1930 – 31 January 2015) was a Belgian football player and coach who played as a goalkeeper.[2]

Career

Born in Antwerp, Geerts played club football for Beerschot VAV, Eendracht Aalst, Stade Louvaniste, RRC Tirlemont, and Vigor Hamme.[1][3]

After playing for the Belgian under=19 team,[3] he earned one cap for Belgium in 1954,[1][4] and was a squad member at the 1954 FIFA World Cup.[5] He also eared caps for the Belgian B team.[6]

At Vigor Hamme he worked as a player-coach, and he also coached at Belgica Edegem Sport and Beerschot.[3]

He died on 31 January 2015, aged 84.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Charles Geerts". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Charles Geerts". worldfootball.net.
  3. ^ a b c "Beerschot Archief Collectief". www.beerschotarchiefcollectief.info.
  4. ^ "Royal Belgian FA". www.rbfa.be.
  5. ^ "1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland™ - Belgium". Archived from the original on 30 June 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Oud-Beerschot-doelman Charles Geerts overleden". Gazet van Antwerpen. 1 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Een Beerschot-icoon is niet meer: Charles Geerts overleden | KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk - Tene Quod Bene". Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2017.


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