Odilon Polleunis
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Odilon Polleunis, nicknamed Lon, (born May 1, 1943) was a Belgian football player who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1968 while at Sint-Truiden. He played 22 matches and scored 10 goals for the national team between 1968 and 1975, starting in a 1-2 friendly win against the Netherlands on April 7, 1968. Polleunis scoring on his debut and the first of his 7 goals in his first 5 Internationals , including a hat-trick against Finland and two against Yugoslavia in World Cup qualifiers in October 1968. At the Mexico World Cup in 1970 Polleunis came on as sub in Belgium`s win against El Salvador and started against Mexico in the third game replacing Raoul Lambert .In the mid 1970s, "Lon" moved to RWDM.
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Belgian Golden Shoe 1968 |
Succeeded by Wilfried Van Moer |
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Belgium squad - 1970 FIFA World Cup | |
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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 Van Den Daele | 16 Polleunis | 17 Verheyen | 18 Lambert | 19 Carteus | 20 Peeters | 21 Janssens | 22 Duquesne | Coach: Goethals |
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