Robert_De_Veen
Robert De Veen
Belgian footballer and manager
Robert Deveen, officially Louis Robert Deveen,[1] (25 March 1886[1] in Bruges – 8 December 1939 in Bruges) was a Belgian football player and manager. He was born in Bruges.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Louis Robert Deveen | ||
| Date of birth | (1886-03-25)25 March 1886 | ||
| Place of birth | Bruges, Belgium | ||
| Date of death | 8 December 1939(1939-12-08) (aged 53) | ||
| Place of death | Bruges, Belgium | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1904–1914 | Club Brugge | 196 | (256) |
| International career | |||
| 1906–1913 | Belgium | 23 | (26) |
| Managerial career | |||
| Racing de Tournai | |||
| 1932–1934 | Olympique Lillois | ||
| 1934–1935 | Lens | ||
| 1938–1939 | Club Brugge | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He played for Club Brugge and Belgium, scoring 26 goals in just 23 caps,[3][4] including 13 goals against France.[5]
Robert Deveen caused a stir as an unparalleled finisher during Club Brugge's pioneering years and as an international. He was the top scorer in the Belgian First Division in two back-to-back seasons in 1905 and 1906.[6] During his years with Club Brugge he formed a successful and high-scoring attacking trio with Hector Goetinck and Charles Cambier. He played in the first team in Bruges from 1906 until the First World War, and was therefore not part of the club which was Belgian champion in 1920.[7] With the outbreak of the First World War, Deveen ended his career as an active football player at the age of 28.[7]
In 1907, after being the top scorer in Belgium for the second year in a row, De Veen was called up for the national team for the first time, making his debut at the age of 20 years and 26 days.[3] On the occasion of his first selection, on 22 April 1906 against France in Paris, he scored 2 of Belgium's 5 goals.[3] Seven days later against the Netherlands in Antwerp, he scored the first hat-trick in the history of Belgian football.[3] He was particularly successful with France as he scored a total of 13 goals against them, including a 5-goal haul in a 7–1 win on 30 April 1911 in Brussels,[3] although France was still playing without a coach while the Belgian team had already hired its first coach, the Scotsman William Maxwell, only in 1910.[5]
His 26 goals for Belgium was the fourth-best international tally in Europe Pre-1920, only behind Vivian Woodward of England (29), Poul Nielsen of Denmark (40), and Imre Schlosser of Hungary (57).[2]
He first coached Racing de Tournai before leaving for the north of France, where he trained RC Lens, Olympique Lillois, and even AS Nancy, with excellent results. After his short period at Club, De Veen coached many small clubs in West Flanders. He ended his career at Club Brugge in the 1962–63 season.[7] His two sons Bob and Florimond started playing football in youth at RC Doornik when he was a manager there.[7]
International goals
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 1906 | 3 | 5 |
| 1907 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1908 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1909 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1910 | 5 | 3 | |
| 1911 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1912 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1913 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 23 | 26 | |
- Belgium score listed first, score column indicates score after each Robert Deveen goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 22 April 1906 | Stade français à la Faisanderie, Saint-Cloud, France |  France | 4–0 | 5–0 | Friendly match |
| 2. | 5–0 | |||||
| 3. | 29 April 1906 | Beerschot A.C. ground, Antwerp, Belgium |  Netherlands | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1906 Coupe Van den Abeele |
| 4. | 4–0 | |||||
| 5. | 5–0 | |||||
| 6. | 12 April 1908 | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France | France | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly match |
| 7. | 2–0 | |||||
| 8. | 18 April 1908 | Longchamps, Brussels, Belgium |  England amateurs | 1–3 | 2–8 | |
| 9. | 2–4 | |||||
| 10. | 19 April 1909 | White Hart Lane, London, England | 1–4 | 2–11 | ||
| 11. | 2–10 | |||||
| 12. | 9 May 1909 | Stade du Vivier d'Oie, Brussels, Belgium | France | 1–0 | 5–2 | |
| 13. | 2–0 | |||||
| 14. | 3–1 | |||||
| 15. | 13 March 1910 | Olympic Stadium, Antwerp, Belgium | Netherlands | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1910 Coupe Van den Abeele |
| 16. | 2–1 | |||||
| 17. | 3 April 1910 | Stade de la F.G.S.P.F., Gentilly, France | France | 3–0 | 4–0 | Friendly match |
| 18. | 30 April 1911 | Rue de Forest, Brussels, Belgium | 1–0 | 7–1 | ||
| 19. | 2–0 | |||||
| 20. | 3–0 | |||||
| 21. | 6–0 | |||||
| 22. | 7–1 | |||||
| 23. | 20 February 1912 | Stadion Broodstraat, Antwerp, Belgium |  Switzerland | 8–2 | 9–2 | |
| 24. | 9–2 | |||||
| 25. | 9 March 1913 | Olympic Stadium, Antwerp, Belgium | Netherlands | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1913 Coupe Van den Abeele |
| 26. | 2–1 | |||||
Player
- Belgian First Division:
- Runner-up (3): 1905–06, 1909–10 and 1910–11
Manager
Individual
- Club Brugge
- Belgian Pro League top scorers: 1904–05 and 1905–06
Records
- All-time top goal scorer of Belgium with 10 goals from 29 April 1906 to 8 May 1938
- Civil status register, birth register of the city of Bruges, 1886, record nr. 356
- "Official international world records 1872 – 1920". iffhs.de. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- "Robert De Veen, international footballer". eu-football.info. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- "Robert Deveen – Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- "Treize buts pour le seul Deveen!" [Thirteen goals for Deveen's alone!]. dhnet.be (in French). 18 February 2004. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- "Topscorers in Belgium 1895-2001" (in Dutch). Belgian Soccer History. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- "La biographie de de Veen en tant qu'entraîneur" [The Biography of de Veen as a coach]. archive.wikiwix.com (in French). 18 February 2004. Retrieved 4 July 2023.