Louis pilot

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Louis pilot
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Personnel
birthday November 11, 1940
place of birth Esch an der Alzette ,  Luxembourg
date of death April 16, 2016
Place of death Niederanven , Luxembourg
position Sturm , midfield
Juniors
Years station
CS Fola Esch
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
0000-1960 CS Fola Esch
1960-1972 Standard Liege 265 (35)
1972-1975 Royal Antwerp 71 0(6)
1975-1988 Racing Jet Brussels
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1959-1971 Luxembourg 49 0(7)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1978-1984 Luxembourg
1984-1985 Standard Liege
1985-1988 Etzella Ettelbruck
1990 Etzella Ettelbruck
1 Only league games are given.

Louis Pilot (born November 11, 1940 in Esch an der Alzette , † April 16, 2016 in Niederanven ) was a Luxembourg football player and coach . The striker is considered one of the most important Luxembourg football players to date.

Player career

As a 19-year-old Pilot moved from his home club CS Fola Esch / Alzette to Belgium to Standard Liège . With Standard he won the Belgian championship four times and the national cup twice . When the team failed in the semi-finals of the European Cup against Real Madrid in 1962 , Pilot was not yet part of the regular formation. When the team from Stade de Sclessin was able to move into a semi-final in the 1966/67 European Cup Winners' Cup , he had long been one of the regulars in the team of coach Milorad Pavić . FC Bayern Munich prevailed in April 1967 with two wins against Standard. In the following year, the three games in the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1967/68 against AC Milan stood out. The team around Karl-Heinz Schnellinger and Gianni Rivera only prevailed in the play -off . Pilot was also active in midfield for Liège in the 1969/70 European Cup against Real Madrid (1: 0; 3: 2) and Leeds United (0: 1; 0: 1). In his last round he showed with Standard Liège in the games in the quarter-finals of the European Cup 1971/72 again a remarkable performance in the encounters against Inter Milan (0: 1; 2: 1).

Outstanding teammates were by his side experts like Roger Claessen , Léon Semmeling , Jean Nicolay , Léon Jeck , Wilfried van Moer and Erwin Kostedde .

After he left Standard in 1970, he played for Royal Antwerp and Racing Jet in the following years , before ending his playing career in 1978.

For the Luxembourg national team , Pilot played a total of 49 international matches between 1959 and 1971, in which he scored seven goals. He was part of the "big" Luxembourg team that reached the quarter-finals of the European Championship in 1964 and only failed there in a playoff against Denmark . In the round of 16 they had won the second leg on October 30, 1963 in Rotterdam 2-1 in front of 42,000 spectators against the Netherlands. In the quarter-finals, Denmark defied a 3-3 draw at home on December 4, 1963, before a 2-2 draw in Copenhagen in front of 39,400 spectators a week later. The decider decided the Danish striker Ole Madsen with a goal to the 1-0 victory for the Danes. Pilot made his national team debut on his 19th birthday and ended his international career on May 26, 1977 after 17 years and 6 months.

He was footballer of the year in Luxembourg in 1966, 1970, 1971 and 1972 .

Further career

From 1978 to 1984 pilot trained the Luxembourg national team. He then took over “his” club, Standard Liège, which he only coached for a year. He then only coached the Luxembourg first division clubs Etzella Ettelbrück and Avenir Beggen before retiring from football.

In 2004, on the 50th anniversary of UEFA, he was elected Luxembourg's “ Golden Player ”, the most important Luxembourg player of the past 50 years.

successes

  • Luxembourgish athlete from 1968 and 1969
  • Belgian champion 1963, 1969, 1970, 1971 (always with Standard Liège)
  • Belgian cup winner 1966, 1967 (always with Standard Liège)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ L'ancien Standardman Louis Pilot est décédé
  2. ^ Carnet: Louis Pilot est décédé. In: Wort.lu. April 16, 2016, accessed May 6, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Administration Communale de Niederanven (ed.): Gemengeblat (municipality sheet) . No. 1 . Nidderaanwen (Niederanven) 2017, p. 13 (deaths 2016): "Pilot Louis, Senningerberg 16/04/2016"

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personal data
SURNAME Pilot, louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Luxembourg football player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Esch an der Alzette , Luxembourg
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 2016
Place of death Niederanven , Luxembourg