Lei Clijsters
| Lei Clijsters | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Leo Albert Jozef Clijsters | |
| birthday | November 6, 1956 | |
| place of birth | Opitter , Belgium | |
| date of death | January 4, 2009 | |
| Place of death | Gruitrode , Belgium | |
| size | 178 cm | |
| position | Central defender | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1968-1973 | Opitter FC | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1973-1975 | Club Bruges | 1 (0) |
| 1975-1977 | Patro Eisden Maasmechelen | 29 (1) |
| 1977-1982 | KSK Tongeren | 167 (22) |
| 1982-1986 | Thor Waterschei | 119 (6) |
| 1986-1992 | KV Mechelen | 174 (13) |
| 1992-1993 | RFC Liege | 21 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1974-1975 | Belgium U19 | 6 (2) |
| 1977-1983 | Belgium U21 | 6 (0) |
| 1983-1991 | Belgium | 40 (3) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1993-1994 | Patro Eisden Maasmechelen | |
| 1994-1997 | KAA Gent | |
| 1998-1998 | SK Lommel | |
| 1999-2000 | This | |
| 2000-2000 | KV Mechelen | |
| 2000-2001 | This | |
| 2007-2009 | KSK Tongeren | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Leo Albert Jozef "Lei" Clijsters (born November 6, 1956 in Opitter ; † January 4, 2009 in Gruitrode ) was a Belgian football player and later coach .
Career
Clijsters played as a center- back in the Belgian first division for Thor Waterschei and KV Mechelen . He participated with Belgium's national team at the 1984 European Football Championship in France , the 1986 World Cup in Mexico , where he celebrated his greatest success with fourth place, and the 1990 World Cup in Italy . In total, he played 40 international matches in which he scored 3 goals.
He was the father of the Belgian tennis players Kim Clijsters and Elke Clijsters .
Clijsters died of lung cancer on January 4, 2009 .
Web links
- Lei Clijsters ( Memento from August 11, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ) on soccerdatabase.eu (English)
- Lei Clijsters in the database of the Belgian Football Association (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.standaard.be: Lei Clijsters overleden na slepende ziekte (January 4, 2009)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Michel Preud'homme |
Belgium's footballer of the year 1988 |
Michel Preud'homme |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clijsters, lei |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clijsters, Leo Albert Jozef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian football player and later coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Opitter |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 4, 2009 |
| Place of death | Gruitrode |