Martin Lippens

Martin Lippens
Lippens in 1961
Personal information
Full name Martinus Lippens
Date of birth (1934-10-08)8 October 1934
Place of birth Belgium
Date of death 2 November 2016(2016-11-02) (aged 82)
Place of death Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1966 Anderlecht[1][2] 232 (52)
International career
1955 Belgium U-19 1 (0)
1957–1963 Belgium[3] 33 (2)
Managerial career
1966–1967 VW Hamme
1992 Sint-Truiden
1994 RWDM
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martinus "Martin" Lippens (8 October 1934 – 2 November 2016) was a Belgian international football player and trainer who only played for one club, Sporting Anderlecht, as a midfielder.[4]

He played for Anderlecht in the entire 1950s; seven times he took home the Belgian Championship with the Mauves, and once he also won the Belgian Cup. He played 232 official matches in the first division for that club,[2] and appeared 33 times in the national selection.[3] After his player career was head coach for different clubs for short periods, but mainly worked as youth trainer or assistant-coach.

Player palmares

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Club career

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Anderlecht

International career

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References

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  1. ^ "Martin Lippens - Steckbrief" (in German). weltfussball.de. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Martin Lippens". National Football Teams. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Alle Rode Duivels" (in Dutch). Royal Belgian Football Association. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  4. ^ Décès de Martin Lippens, ancien joueur d'Anderlecht et 33 fois international (in French)
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