Pierre Braine
| Pierre Braine | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Edmond Pierre Ernest Braine | |
| birthday | October 26, 1900 | |
| place of birth | Berchem , Belgium | |
| date of death | November 6, 1951 | |
| Place of death | Antwerp , Belgium | |
| size | 175 cm | |
| position | midfield player | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Berchem Sport | ||
| Beerschot VAC | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1919-1933 | Beerschot VAC | 293 (53) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1922-1930 | Belgium | 44 (4) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1935-1937 | White Star AC | |
| 1937-1939 | Cappellen FC | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Edmond Pierre Ernest Braine (born October 26, 1900 in Berchem , Antwerp , † November 6, 1951 in Antwerp) was a Belgian football player . The midfielder competed for Beerschot VAC as well as in the national team of his home country .
career
As a youth, Pierre Braine played for Beerschot VAC , a forerunner of today's Germinal Beerschot , in whose senior team he was to play for 14 years. He won the Belgian championship five times with his club .
Braine was also a member of the Belgian national team for eight years , for which he played 46 games and with which he took part in two major tournaments: in 1928 at the Summer Olympics and two years later at the first ever World Cup , Braine wore the Diables Rouges jersey .
On November 6, 1951, he died of a heart attack in a café in Antwerp.
His younger brother Raymond is considered one of the best Belgian football players before the Second World War and was also the first professional football player in his home country. His son Roger , born in 1930, was also briefly active in the top Belgian football league, but only with moderate success.
successes
- Belgian champion (5): 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1928
Web links
- Profile on beerschot.wimmel.be (Dutch)
- Pierre Braine in the database of the Belgian Football Association (English)
- Pierre Braine in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to beerschot.wimmel.be, however, he did not die until 1956
- ↑ Belgium - Final Tables 1895-2008 on rsssf.com (English), accessed on March 21, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Braine, Pierre |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Braine, Edmond Pierre Ernest (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berchem , Antwerp, Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 6, 1951 |
| Place of death | Antwerp , Belgium |