Louis Vanhemelrijck

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Louis Vanhemelrijck (born October 24, 1938 in Antwerp ; † July 13, 2017 there ) was a Belgian football player and coach who played for Beerschot VAC in the Belgian first division for ten years .

life and career

Vanhemelrijk played as a youth player with KV Luchtbalboys from the Antwerp district of Luchtbal. At the age of 16 he switched to Beerschot VAC, for whom he played in the first team from 1956. Initially he was active as a left midfielder, but later moved to the team's central defense. In his ten seasons he played with Rik Coppens in an eleven. The "gentleman footballer - tough as iron on the pitch, friendly in private life" soon became the crowd favorite at 't Kiel , Antwerp's Olympic stadium . He made a total of 278 appearances for the Beerschot VAC, scoring 39 goals. He also played for Belgium in the U23 national team and in the military selection.

After his playing days, Vanhemelrijck worked as a coach for Beerschot, first for the second team, then as cotrainer for Ladislav Novák and Leon Nollet . After relegation in 1981, he formed the coaching trio in the 1981/82 season together with his former teammates Rik Coppens and Cois Geeraerts , which led Beerschot VAC in the promotion round to return directly to the First Division. He briefly coached the City Pirates team from the Antwerp district of Merksem from 1985 to 1987 , and later the youth of the Beerschot VAC.

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Notes and evidence

  1. ^ Obituary by Danny Geerts on the website of KVCO Beerschot Wilrijk
  2. ↑ List of trainers ( memento of the original dated August 6, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the City Pirates homepage @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / privateer.citypirates.be
personal data
SURNAME Vanhemelrijck, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian football player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp
DATE OF DEATH July 13, 2017
Place of death Antwerp