Louis Pilot

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| name = Louis Pilot

| image = Louis Pilot.png

| upright = 0.6

| caption = Pilot in 1963

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1940|11|11}}

| birth_place = Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|4|16|1940|11|11|df=y}}

| death_place = Senningen, Luxembourg

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1953–1957

| youthclubs1 = Fola Esch

| years1 = 1957–1961

| clubs1 = Fola Esch

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1961–1972

| clubs2 = Standard Liège

| caps2 = 337

| goals2 = 36

| years3 = 1972–1975

| clubs3 = Antwerp

| caps3 = 125

| goals3 = 8

| years4 = 1975–1978

| clubs4 = R. Jet Bruxelles

| nationalyears1 = 1959–1971

| nationalteam1 = Luxembourg

| nationalcaps1 = 49

| nationalgoals1 = 7

| manageryears1 = 1978–1984

| managerclubs1 = Luxembourg

| manageryears2 = 1984–1985

| managerclubs2 = Standard Liège

| manageryears3 = 1985–1988

| managerclubs3 = Etzella Ettelbruck

| manageryears4 = 1990

| managerclubs4 = Etzella Ettelbruck

}}

Louis Pilot (11 November 1940 – 16 April 2016){{cite web|url=http://www.tageblatt.lu/nachrichten/story/19353417|title=Louis Pilot verstorben - Tageblatt|first=Tageblatt|last=Luxembourg|website=Tageblatt.lu|access-date=26 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505125040/http://www.tageblatt.lu/nachrichten/story/19353417|archive-date=5 May 2016|url-status=dead}} was a Luxembourgish football player and manager.

In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's jubilee, he was selected by the Luxembourg Football Federation as the country's Golden Player - the greatest player of the last 50 years.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefa/news/Kind=256/newsId=130150.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050317084104/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/news/Kind%3D256/newsId%3D130150.html |archive-date=17 March 2005 }}

Playing career

Pilot started his footballing career as a midfielder at his home town club Fola Esch, before signing for Belgian team Standard Liège at the age of 20. He went on to play 337 times for Standard, winning four Belgian league titles and two Belgian cups and then moved onto Royal Antwerp and Racing Jet. Pilot also represented the Luxembourg national team, winning 49 caps between 1959 and 1971, scoring seven goals in this time.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/lux-recintlp.html |title=Luxembourg - Record International Players |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=26 June 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429190217/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/lux-recintlp.html |archive-date=29 April 2008}} He played in 14 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=56287/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010001706/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=56287/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 October 2012|title=FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - PILOT Louis|publisher=FIFA|access-date=26 June 2016}}

He retired from playing football in 1978.

Managerial career

Later that year, Pilot returned to Luxembourg and became the national team coach on 12 April, leading his nation in this capacity until 1984, when he became the head coach at the club where he had enjoyed his most successful playing period, Standard Liège. He lasted only one season at Standard, before returning to Luxembourg and taking up similar roles at Etzella Ettelbruck{{cite web |url=http://www.fc-etzella.lu/le-club/historique |title=Historique |website=www.fc-etzella.lu |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229050638/http://www.fc-etzella.lu/le-club/historique |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead}} and Avenir Beggen, before assuming a less active role in football.

Honours

=As a player=

Belgian League: 1963, 1969, 1970, 1971
Belgian Cup: 1966, 1967

Individual

Luxembourgish Footballer of the Year: 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972
Luxembourgish Sportsman of the Year: 1968, 1969

References

External links

[http://www.profootball.lu/Navigation+2/Les+Anciens+Internationaux/M_N_O_P_Q_R_/Louis+Pilot.html Bio] - Profootball.lu {{in lang|de}}
[http://www.standard.be/ndl/a_joueurs_det.php?id=377 Standard stats]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} - Standard Liege
[http://www.uefa.com/uefa/history/associationweeks/association=82/newsId=209650.html Luxembourg's Golden Player]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} - UEFA
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Category:1940 births

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