 Geerts with Belgium | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charles Marie Jean Geerts | ||
| 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) | ||
| 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.
Career
Born in Antwerp, Geerts played club football for Beerschot VAV, Eendracht Aalst, Stade Louvaniste, RRC Tirlemont, and Vigor Hamme.
After playing for the Belgian under=19 team, he earned one cap for Belgium in 1954, and was a squad member at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He also eared caps for the Belgian B team.
At Vigor Hamme he worked as a player-coach, and he also coached at Belgica Edegem Sport and Beerschot.
He died on 31 January 2015, aged 84.
References
- ^ "Charles Geerts". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- "Charles Geerts". worldfootball.net.
- ^ "Beerschot Archief Collectief". www.beerschotarchiefcollectief.info.
- "Royal Belgian FA". www.rbfa.be.
- "1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland™ - Belgium". Archived from the original on 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Oud-Beerschot-doelman Charles Geerts overleden". Gazet van Antwerpen. 1 February 2015.
- "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.
External links
| Belgium squad – 1954 FIFA World Cup | ||
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- Belgian men's footballers
- Belgium men's youth international footballers
- Belgium men's international footballers
- 1954 FIFA World Cup players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
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- S.C. Eendracht Aalst players
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