Jean-Louis Straetmans
{{short description|Belgian footballer (1931–2016)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|9|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Belgium
| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|10|9|1931|9|26|df=yes}}
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| position = Forward
| years1 = 1949–1963
| clubs1 = White Star Woluwé
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| years2 = 1963–1964
| clubs2 = RWS Bruxelles
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| nationalyears1 = 1952–1956
| nationalteam1 = Belgium
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 2
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Jean-Louis Straetmans (26 September 1931 – 9 October 2016) was a Belgian footballer who played as a forward. He made five appearances for the Belgium national team from 1952 to 1956.{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/25855/Jean_Louis_Straetmans.html |title=Jean-Louis Straetmans |work=National Football Teams |access-date=12 May 2021}}
Club career
Straetmans was born in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre. He scored 151 goals in 273 matches in the Belgian Second Division for White Star, ranking fifth in the list of the league's top scorers as of 2008.{{cite news |last1=Marissens |first1=Francis |title=Jean 'Cabiche' Straetmans: 'Ik brak hiel en carrière' |url=https://www.bruzz.be/sport/jean-cabiche-straetmans-ik-brak-hiel-en-carriere-2008-05-17 |access-date=7 July 2023 |work=Brut |date=17 May 2008 |language=Dutch}} He never played in the first tier.
He retired from playing in 1959,{{cite web |title=RWDM 50 years |url=https://api.boekenbank.be/sample_content/9789/464/077/9789464077162.pdf |website=boekenbank.be |access-date=7 July 2023 |language=Dutch |format=PDF}} after breaking his heel when he fell from a scaffolding while working as a painter.
International career
Named in Belgium's squad for the Group 2 qualification tournament for the 1954 FIFA World Cup,{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/54q-det.html |title=World Cup 1954 - Qualifying |work=RSSSF |access-date=12 May 2021}} he scored goals that helped Belgium achieve qualification for the World Cup before missing out on the tournament through injury.
Personal life and death
References
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External links
- {{RBFA player}}
- {{Worldfootball.net|cabiche-straetmans}}
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Category:Belgian men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Brussels
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Belgium men's international footballers
Category:Challenger Pro League players
Category:RWS Bruxelles players
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:20th-century Belgian sportsmen
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