Frans Christiaens

{{short description|Belgian footballer}}

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1914|1|20|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Lier, Belgium

|death_date = {{death date and age|1943|4|5|1914|1|20|df=yes}}

|death_place = Mortsel, Belgium

|nationalteam1 = Belgium

|nationalyears1 = 1935–1936

|nationalcaps1 = 5

|nationalgoals1 = 0

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Frans Christiaens (20 January 1914 – 5 April 1943) was a Belgian footballer.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/frans-christiaens/ |title=Frans Christiaens |work=worldfootball.net |access-date=18 September 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/62215/Frans_Christiaens.html |title=Frans Christiaens |work=National Football Teams |access-date=18 September 2021}} He played in five matches for the Belgium national football team from 1935 to 1936.{{cite web|url=http://static.belgianfootball.be/project/publiek/jrinternl/speler_PH_206.htm#itop |title=Frans Christiaens |work=Royal Belgian Football Association |access-date=18 September 2021}}

Football career

A goalkeeper, Christiaens' club lifelong was his native town's Lierse SK, playing in its youth team from 1925 to 1930, senior team thereafter.

Personal life and death

A sheet metal worker by trade, he was born at Lier, Belgium. Christiaens was killed during the Second World War during an American air raid on Mortsel, Belgium, on 5 April 1943.[https://5april1943.be/portfolio/frans-christiaens/] Online victims list of bombardment of Mortsel, created by Pieter Serrien (language Dutch) 2018, accessed 27 March 2022.

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