Albert_de_Cleyn

Albert De Cleyn

Albert De Cleyn

Belgian footballer

Albert Antonia Gustaaf De Cleyn (28 June 1917 – 13 March 1990) was a Belgian football player who became the first top scorer of the Belgian First Division with 40 goals in 1946 while playing for Mechelen.[1]

Quick Facts Personal information, Full name ...

He played 12 times with the Belgium national team between 1946 and 1948. De Cleyn made his international debut on 19 January 1946 in a 2-0 friendly defeat to England.

According to the RSSSF, during his career (1933–1955) he scored a total of 428 top league goals, which is the 5th best tally in European top league football, being bettered only by the likes of Josef Bican, Ferenc Puskas, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.[2]

Honours

Club

KV Mechelen[3]

Individual

Note: De Cleyn scored 19 goals in the unofficial competition of 1940-41, and 25 goals in 17 games in the uncompleted 1944-45 season.

References

  1. [1]
    "Belgium – List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 13 April 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
  2. [2]
    "Best League Goalscorers All-Time". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 May 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. [3]
    "KV Mechelen | Geschiedenis".
  4. [4]
    "Belgium Soccer History 1895-2006". 30 December 2022. Archived from the original on 5 August 2011.


Flag of BelgiumSoccer icon

This biographical article related to association football in Belgium, about a forward, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Albert_de_Cleyn, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.