Armand Swartenbroeks
| Armand Swartenbroeks | ||
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Armand Joseph Antoine Alexis Swartenbroeks | |
| birthday | June 30, 1892 | |
| place of birth | Laken , Belgium | |
| date of death | 3rd October 1980 | |
| Place of death | Koekelberg , Belgium | |
| position | Defender | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1909-1910 | Higher SC | |
| 1910-1911 | Victoria FC Sint-Agatha-Berchem | |
| 1911-1930 | Daring Club Molenbeek | 295 (28) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1913-1928 | Belgium | 50 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Armand Joseph Antoine Alexis Swartenbroeks (born June 30, 1892 in Laken , † October 3, 1980 in Koekelberg ) was a Belgian football player , doctor and politician .
His younger brother Alexis also played for the Daring Club Molenbeek for a short time from 1913 to 1914 , but died very young in 1915.
Career as a football player
During his playing career Swartenbroeks played exclusively for the Daring Club Molenbeek . Between 1911 and 1930 he played 295 games in which he scored 28 goals.
In 1913, he was first in the Belgian national team appointed, with whom he at the Summer Olympics in 1920 in Antwerp , the gold medal won. At the Summer Olympics in Paris in 1924 , he was also in the Belgian squad, but was eliminated with his team in the round of 16 of the tournament. By 1928 he played 50 international matches for Belgium, 37 of them as captain. He was the record national player for the Belgian Football Association until he was surpassed by Bernard Voorhoof in 1938 .
Professional career
After the end of his active career as a footballer, Swartenbroeks worked as a doctor and local politician. From 1956 to 1971 he was mayor of the municipality of Koekelberg in the Brussels-Capital Region , where he died in 1980.
successes
- Belgian champion: 1912, 1914, 1921
- Olympic gold: 1920
Web links
- International match statistics at rsssf.com (English)
- Armand Swartenbroeks ( Memento from September 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on soccerdatabase.eu (English)
- Armand Swartenbroeks in the Belgian Football Association's database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alexis Swartenbroeks on soccerdatabase.eu ( Memento from September 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 11, 2014
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Swartenbroeks, Armand |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Swartenbroeks, Armand Joseph Antoine Alexis (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian football player, doctor and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Laken , Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd October 1980 |
| Place of death | Koekelberg , Belgium |