Jan Diddens

{{Short description|Belgian footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jan Philippe Diddens

| image = Jan_Diddens.png

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1906|9|14}}

| birth_place = Mechelen, Belgium

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1972|07|31|1906|09|14}}

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| years1 = 1922–1934

| clubs1 = K.R.C. Mechelen

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| nationalyears1 = 1926–1930

| nationalteam1 = Belgium

| nationalcaps1 = 23

| nationalgoals1 = 2

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Jan Diddens is a Belgian footballer, born 14 September 1906 in Mechelen (Belgium), died 31 July 1972.

Striker for Racing malinois and Belgium,[http://www.footbel.be/fr/nationale_elftallen/statistieken_1/per_speler.html Player caps at the site of 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 }} he played two matches in the Olympic tournament in 1928 in Amsterdam,{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/24098 |title=Jan Diddens |work=Olympedia |access-date=13 September 2021}} and two matches at the first World Cup in 1930 in Montevideo.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100102002121/http://fr.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=48550/index.html Player page at fifa.com]