Alfons Van Brandt

{{short description|Belgian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{family name hatnote|van Brandt|Brandt}}

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| name = Alfons Van Brandt

| image = Fons_van_Brandt.jpg

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| caption = Van Brandt for the Belgian national team

| fullname = Alfons Van Brandt

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1927|6|24}}

| birth_place = Belgium

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2011|8|24|1927|6|24}}

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| position = Defender

| years1 = 1945–1958

| clubs1 = Lierse

| caps1 = 330

| goals1 = 6

| totalcaps = 330

| totalgoals = 6

| nationalyears1 = 1950–1957

| nationalteam1 = Belgium

| nationalcaps1 = 38

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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Alfons Van Brandt (Nijlen, 24 June 1927 – 24 August 2011), nicknamed Fons, was a Belgian football player who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1955 while at Lierse.

Van Brandt was born in Kessel. He played 38 times for the national team between 1950 and 1957,{{cite web|author=Mamrud, Roberto|title=Belgium - Record International Players|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/belg-recintlp.html|date=2009-07-16|website=RSSSF|accessdate=2009-10-21}} starting in a 7-2 friendly win against the Netherlands on 12 November 1950. Van Brandt played in the 1954 FIFA World Cup.{{FIFA player|59382|Alfons Van Brandt}}

In 1955, he won the Belgian Golden Shoe.{{Cite web |date=1 March 2019 |title=Gouden Schoen van Kesselaar en Lierse-icoon Fons Van Brandt voor het eerst tentoongesteld |url=https://www.hln.be/nijlen/gouden-schoen-van-kesselaar-en-lierse-icoon-fons-van-brandt-voor-het-eerst-tentoongesteld~a06a64f5/ |website=Het Laatste Nieuws |language=nl}}