 Paul Van Himst with Anderlecht in 1973 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Paul Guillaume Van Himst[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 October 1943 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1951–1959 | Anderlecht | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1959–1975 | Anderlecht | 456 | (234) | |||||||||||
| 1975–1976 | Molenbeek | 21 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1976–1977 | Eendracht Aalst | |||||||||||||
| Total | 477 | (235) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1960–1974 | Belgium | 81 | (30) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1986 | Anderlecht | |||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | Molenbeek | |||||||||||||
| 1991–1996 | Belgium | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Paul Guillaume van Himst (born 2 October 1943) is a Belgian former football player and a football manager who played as a forward, most notably for R.S.C. Anderlecht.[2] Regarded as Anderlecht's ultimate club icon, Van Himst holds the record of four Belgian Golden Shoe awards and was named best "Belgian footballer of the twentieth century".[3]
- ^ "P. van Himst". soccerway.com. 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Belgium's Player of the Century - An Exclusive La Cancha Interview". lacancha.com. 2000.
- ^ "Paul Van Himst en familie... voetbal". bresor.be (in Dutch). 10 January 2024.