Wilfried Van Moer

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Wilfried van Moer

Van Moer in 1980
Personal information
Date of birth	(1945-03-01)1 March 1945
Place of birth	Beveren, Belgium
Date of death	24 August 2021(2021-08-24) (aged 76)
Place of death	Leuven, Belgium
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1960–1965	Beveren	121	(56)
1965–1968	Antwerp	77	(14)
1968–1976	Standard de Liège	170	(24)
1976–1980	Beringen	110	(17)
1980–1982	Beveren	49	(6)
1982–1984	Sint-Truiden	26	(0)
Total		553	(117)
International career
1966–1982	Belgium	57	(9)
Managerial career
1996	Belgium
Medal record Representing  Belgium UEFA European Championship Runner-up 1980 Italy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wilfried van Moer (1 March 1945 – 24 August 2021) was a Belgian footballer who won the Belgian Golden Shoe three times, first in 1966 while at Antwerp then in 1969 and in 1970 while at Standard Liège.

Prior to 1966 Van Moer played with Beveren. He returned to his first club after a spell at Beringen in the early 1980s.

He played 57 times and scored nine goals for the Belgium national team between 1966 and 1982, starting in a 1–0 friendly win against Switzerland on 22 October 1966. Van Moer was in the team for the 1970 and 1982 World Cups and for the Euro 1980 in which Belgium finished second.