Jacques Teugels

{{Short description|Belgian footballer (1946–2024)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}

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| name = Jacques Teugels

| image = Jacques_Teugels-1973.png

| caption = Teugels for Racing White in 1973

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1946|8|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ixelles, Belgium

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|9|28|1946|8|3|df=yes}}

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| position = Forward

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| years1 = 1966–1968

| clubs1 = Anderlecht

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| years2 = 1968–1971

| clubs2 = Union Saint-Gilloise

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| years3 = 1973–1973

| clubs3 = Racing White

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| years4 = 1973–1977

| clubs4 = RWD Molenbeek

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| years5 = 1977–1979

| clubs5 = La Louviére

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| nationalteam1 = Belgium

| nationalcaps1 = 13

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 1970–1976

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Jacques Teugels (3 August 1946 – 28 September 2024) was a Belgian footballer who played as a forward.

Teugels was born in Ixelles on 3 August 1946.{{cite news |title=RWDM rouwt om clublegende en kampioenenmaker Jacques Teugels (78) |trans-title=RWDM mourns club legend and champion maker Jacques Teugels (78) |url=https://sporza.be/nl/2024/09/28/rwdm-rouwt-om-clublegende-en-kampioenenmaker-jacques-teugels-78~1727529412395/ |access-date=29 September 2024 |work=Sporza |date=28 September 2024 |language=Dutch}} He played at club level mainly for R.W.D. Molenbeek, after spells at Anderlecht and Union Saint-Gilloise. To this day, he is the only footballer to have played for all three major clubs in Brussels. Because of his physical condition and his powerful shots with his left foot, Teugels was nicknamed ‘Dynamite Jack’.{{cite news |last1=Delbeke |first1=Michael |title=Hij was de enige die voor de Grote Drie in Brussel speelde: voetbalwereld rouwt om Jacques Teugels (78) |trans-title=He was the only one to play for the Big Three in Brussels: football world mourns Jacques Teugels (78) |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20240928_94715888 |access-date=29 September 2024 |work=Het Nieuwsblad |date=28 September 2024 |language=Dutch}}

At international level, Teugels earned 13 caps for the Belgium national team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1972. Teugels died on 28 September 2024, at the age of 78.