Gérard Delbeke

Gérard Delbeke

Personal information
Date of birth	(1903-09-01)1 September 1903
Place of birth	Ruiselede (Belgium),
Date of death	22 October 1977(1977-10-22) (aged 74)
Playing position	midfield
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1923-1933	FC Bruges
National team
1930	Belgium	1	(0)
Teams managed
1933-1934	FC Bruges
1939-1945	FC Bruges
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Gérard Delbeke was a Belgian footballer born 1 September 1903 in Ruiselede (Belgium), died 22 October 1977.

He was a midfielder for Club brugeois, spending eight seasons in the first team.^[1] He played one international match for Belgium, on 20 July 1930, during the first World Cup in Montevideo, against Paraguay (lost, 1-0).^[2]

In 1933, he retired, and took over as coach with the mission to return club brugeois to the élite. He succeeded in his mission, and continued to manage the Blauw-Zwart through the Second World War.

Honours

• International in 1930 (1 cap during the 1930 World Cup)

References

1. ↑ Biography on the page of clubbrugge.be
2. ↑ Player caps at the URBSFA site

Belgium squad – 1930 FIFA World Cup FW Adams GK Badjou MF Braine MF Chantraine GK De Bie MF De Clercq DF De Deken FW Delbeke FW Diddens MF Hellemans DF Hoydonckx FW Moeschal DF Nouwens FW Saeys FW Versyp FW Voorhoof Coach: Goetinck