Jean-Marie Pfaff
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Jean-Marie Pfaff (born in Lebbeke, December 4, 1953) is a Belgian former football goalkeeper.
At the age of 16, Pfaff joined K.S.K. Beveren with whom he won a Belgian champions title (1979) and a Belgian Cup (1978). The same year, he received the Belgian Golden Shoe. In 1982, he entered the Bayern Munich squad, getting three Bundesliga titles (from 1985 to 1987) and two German cups (1984 and 1986).
Pfaff first played with the Red Devils in 1976 against legendary rival the Netherlands. He was the goalkeeper during Euro 80 and Euro 84, and the 1982 and 1986 World Cups.
Pfaff was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. He is now a TV star in Belgium with the reality show De Pfaffs showing him and his family in 2003.
Pfaff has married and have 3 daughters Kelly(3rd in Dancing On Ice 2006),Debby and Lindsey
Preceded by: Julien Cools |
Belgian Golden Shoe 1978 |
Succeeded by: Jean Janssens |
Belgium squad - 1982 World Cup | ||
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1 Pfaff | 2 Gerets | 3 L. Millecamps | 4 Meeuws | 5 Renquin | 6 Vercauteren | 7 Vandereycken | 8 Van Moer | 9 Vandenbergh | 10 Coeck | 11 Ceulemans | 12 Custers | 13 Van Der Elst | 14 Baecke | 15 De Schrijver | 16 Plessers | 17 Verheyen | 18 Mommens | 19 M. Millecamps | 20 Vandersmissen | 21 Czerniatynski | 22 Munaron | Coach: Thys |
Belgium squad - 1986 World Cup | ||
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1 Pfaff | 2 Gerets | 3 F. Van Der Elst | 4 De Wolf | 5 Renquin | 6 Vercauteren | 7 Vandereycken | 8 Scifo | 9 Vandenbergh | 10 Desmet | 11 Ceulemans | 12 Munaron | 13 Grün | 14 Clijsters | 15 L. Van Der Elst | 16 Claesen | 17 Mommens | 18 Veyt | 19 Broos | 20 Bodart | 21 Demol | 22 Vervoort | Coach: Thys |
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