 Clijsters with the Golden Shoe in 1988 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leo Albert Jozef Clijsters | ||
| Date of birth | 6 November 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Opitter, Belgium | ||
| Date of death | 4 January 2009 (aged 52) | ||
| Place of death | Gruitrode, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1968–1973 | Opitter | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1975 | Club Brugge | 1 | (0) |
| 1975–1977 | Patro Eisden | 29 | (1) |
| 1977–1982 | Tongeren | 167 | (22) |
| 1982–1986 | Thor Waterschei | 119 | (6) |
| 1986–1992 | Mechelen | 174 | (13) |
| 1992–1993 | FC Liège | 21 | (0) |
| Total | 511 | (42) | |
| International career | |||
| 1983–1991 | Belgium | 40 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1993–1994 | Patro Eisden | ||
| 1994–1997 | Gent | ||
| 1998 | Lommel SK | ||
| 1999–2000 | Diest | ||
| 2000 | Mechelen | ||
| 2000–2001 | Diest | ||
| 2007–2008 | Tongeren | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Leo Albert Jozef "Lei" Clijsters (6 November 1956 – 4 January 2009) was a Belgian professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Throughout his extensive senior career, the tough stopper was mainly associated with KV Mechelen, with whom he won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Super Cup. Also a prominent member of the Belgium national team, he was the father of tennis players Kim[1] and Elke Clijsters.[2]
- ^ Lei Clijsters: "Je ne lis que des ragots" (Lei Clijsters: "I read nothing but rumours"); DH, 3 May 2007 (in French)
- ^ Clijsters a baby mamma – and her mamma's a baby mamma too Archived 27 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine; The Gazette, 18 March 2008