Charles Vanden Wouwer
{{short description|Belgian footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Charles Joseph vanden Wouwer
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1916|09|07}}
| birth_place = Teignmouth (England)
| death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|1989|06|01}}
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| position = Inside right
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| years1 = 1933–1950
| clubs1 = Beerschot
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| nationalyears1 = 1938–1940
| nationalteam1 = Belgium
| nationalcaps1 = 8
| nationalgoals1 = 2
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Charles Chaly Joseph vanden Wouwer or van den Wouwer (7 September 1916 – 1 June 1989)[http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=21739 eu-football.info] was a Belgian footballer who was born in Teignmouth (England).
Biography
He played at inside right for Beerschot in the 1930s and 1940s,[http://beerschot.wimmel.be/index2.php?menu=player&ID=485 Player page at beerschot.wimmel.be] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706142619/http://beerschot.wimmel.be/index2.php?menu=player&ID=485 |date=6 July 2011 }} winning the Belgian Championship twice, in 1938 and 1939. He played 263 matches and scored 57 goals in the league.
A member of the Diables Rouges from 1938 to 1940, he played 8 games, including the last 16 of the 1938 World Cup.[http://www.footbel.be/fr/nationale_elftallen/statistieken_1/per_speler.html Player page at the site of the URBSFA] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525152231/http://www.footbel.be/fr/nationale_elftallen/statistieken_1/per_speler.html |date=25 May 2011 }}
Honours
- International from 1938 to 1940 (8 caps and 2 goals)
- First international : France-Belgium 5–3, 30 January 1938 (scored 1 goal)
- Participation in the 1938 World Cup (played one match)
- Champion of Belgium in 1938 and 1939 with R Beerschot AC
- Vice-Champion of Belgium in 1937 with R Beerschot AC
References
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External links
- {{WorldFootball.net}}
- {{RBFA player}}
{{Belgium Squad 1938 World Cup}}
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Category:Belgium men's international footballers
Category:Belgian men's footballers
Category:1938 FIFA World Cup players
Category:K. Beerschot V.A.C. players
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:20th-century Belgian sportsmen
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