Louis Pilot

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Louis Pilot (born November 11, 1940 in Esch-sur-Alzette) is a former Luxembourgian football (soccer) player and head coach of Luxembourg's national team. 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. [1]

Pilot started his footballing career at his home town club CS Fola Esch, before signing for Belgian team Standard Liège at the age of 19. He went on to play 271 times for Standard, winning 4 Belgian league titles and 2 Belgian cups and then moved onto Royal Antwerp and Racing Jet. Pilot also represented the national team, winning 49 caps between 1959 and 1971, scoring seven goals in this time. He retired from playing football in 1978.

Later that year, Pilot returned to Luxembourg and became the national team coach on April 12, 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 back to Luxembourg and taking up similar roles at Etzella Ettelbruck and FC Avenir Beggen, before assuming a less active role in football.