Maurice Martens

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Maurice Martens
Personnel
birthday June 5, 1947
place of birth Aalst ,  Belgium
position midfield player
Juniors
Years station
Eendracht Aalst
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1965-1967 Eendracht Aalst 46 (6)
1967-1971 RSC Anderlecht 51 (3)
1971-1983 Racing White AC / RWD Molenbeek 317 (8)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1971-1980 Belgium 26 (2)
1 Only league games are given.

Maurice Martens (born June 5, 1947 in Aalst ) is a former Belgian football player .

Club career

Martens began his career with the Belgian club RSC Anderlecht . During his four years with Anderlecht, he won the Belgian championship title in 1968. Three years after the championship title he moved to RWD Molenbeek , the city rivals of Anderlecht. With Molenbeek he won the Belgian championship title for the second time in 1975. In 1973 he was even voted Player of the Year in Belgium. In 1983 he ended his active career and opened a sports shop in Brussels .

National team career

Martens took part in the World Cup in Mexico in 1970 and was eliminated there with the team in the preliminary round. At the European Championships in 1972 in his own country, he was third with Belgium. Eight years later, at the 1980 European Championship in Italy , he was able to move into the final with the Belgians, where they lost 2-1 to Germany . Martens was able to call himself vice European champion.

successes

  • 2 × Belgian champion (1968, 1975)
  • 1 × Player of the Year in Belgium (1973)

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predecessor title successor
Christian Piot Belgium's footballer of the year
1973 		Paul Van Himst
personal data
SURNAME Martens, Maurice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Aalst , Belgium