André Saeys

André Saeys
Personal information
Full nameAndré Saeys
Date of birth20 February 1911
Place of birthSint-Andries (Bruges), Belgium
Date of death22 March 1988 (aged 77)
Place of deathSint-Andries (Bruges), Belgium
Playing positionstriker
Youth career
Cercle Brugge
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1928-1935Cercle Brugge154(53)
1935-1936RC. Wetteren
1936-1941Beerschot
1941-1942Cercle Brugge18(2)
National team
1933-1942Belgium9(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 June 2008.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 June 2008

André Saeys (born 20 February 1911 in Sint-Andries - 22 March 1988 in Sint-Andries) was a Belgian football player. He was a striker. He played numerous seasons at the highest level of Belgian football and was also capped 9 times for Belgium.

Saeys made his debut for Cercle Brugge in 1928 in a match against Berchem Sport. Cercle won the match 0-2. He won the league with Cercle one season later.

In 1935, André Saeys went to RC Wetteren, where he would stay one season. Beerschot became Saeys's next team. With the purple-white Antwerp side, Saeys won the league again twice, in 1938 and 1939.

Saeys made his debut for Belgium in a match against the Netherlands on 9 April 1933. Belgium lost the match 1-3. Saeys made the Belgian goal.

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