- Maurice Martens
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Maurice Martens Personal information Date of birth 5 June 1947 Place of birth Aalst, Belgium Playing position Defender Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1967–1971 R.S.C. Anderlecht 1971–1973 Racing White Brussels 1973–1983 R.W.D. Molenbeek National team 1971–1980 Belgium 26 (2) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Maurice Martens (born 5 June 1947 in Aalst) was a Belgian football player ,left-back , who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1973 while at Racing White. He played 26 times and scored 2 goals for the national team between 1971 and 1980, starting in a 1-0 friendly win against Luxembourg on November 7, 1971.Having been a non-playing squad member at the 1970 World Cup. Martens was part of the team for the 1972 and 1980 European Championships but he did not play a match in the latter. He was transferred from Anderlecht to Racing White in the summer of 1970. Competed on T.V.`s Superstars in 1976 ( G.B. heat -7th ).Owned a sports shop whilst at R.W.D.
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Belgium squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup 1 Piot • 2 Heylens • 3 Thissen • 4 Dewalque • 5 Jeck • 6 Dockx • 7 Semmeling • 8 Van Moer • 9 Devrindt • 10 Van Himst • 11 Puis • 12 Trappeniers • 13 Beurlet • 14 Martens • 15 Vandendaele • 16 Polleunis • 17 Verheyen • 18 Lambert • 19 Carteus • 20 Peeters • 21 Janssens • 22 Duquesne • Coach: Goethals
Belgium squad – UEFA Euro 1972 Third Place Belgium squad – UEFA Euro 1980 Runners-up 1 Custers • 2 Gerets • 3 L. Millecamps • 4 Meeuws • 5 Renquin • 6 Cools (c) • 7 Vandereycken • 8 Van Moer • 9 Van der Elst • 10 Vandenbergh • 11 Ceulemans • 12 Pfaff • 13 M. Martens • 14 Plessers • 15 Verheyen • 16 M. Millecamps • 17 Mommens • 18 Dardenne • 19 Wellens • 20 Preud'homme • 21 Heyligen • 22 R. Martens • Coach: ThysBelgian Golden Shoe Winners 1954: Coppens | 1955: Van Brandt | 1956: Mees | 1957: Jurion | 1958: Storme | 1959: Olieslagers | 1960: Van Himst | 1961: Van Himst | 1962: Jurion | 1963: Nicolay | 1964: Puis | 1965: Van Himst | 1966: Van Moer | 1967: Boone | 1968: Polleunis | 1969: Van Moer | 1970: Van Moer | 1971: Vandendaele | 1972: Piot | 1973: Martens | 1974: Van Himst | 1975: Boskamp | 1976: Rensenbrink | 1977: Cools | 1978: Pfaff | 1979: Janssens | 1980: Ceulemans | 1981: Vandenbergh | 1982: Gerets | 1983: Vercauteren | 1984: Scifo | 1985: Ceulemans | 1986: Ceulemans | 1987: Preud'homme | 1988: Clijsters | 1989: Preud'homme | 1990: Van der Elst | 1991: Degryse | 1992: Albert | 1993: Zetterberg | 1994: De Bilde | 1995: Okon | 1996: Van der Elst | 1997: Zetterberg | 1998: Strupar | 1999: Staelens | 2000: Koller | 2001: Sonck | 2002: Simons | 2003: Aruna | 2004: Kompany | 2005: Conceição | 2006: Boussoufa | 2007: Defour | 2008: Witsel | 2009: Jovanović | 2010: Boussoufa
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