Camille Dimmer

Camille Dimmer (20 April 1939 – September 2023) was a Luxembourgish professional footballer and politician. By profession, he was an engineer.[2]

Camille Dimmer
Dimmer (in the middle of the front row) in 1963
Personal information
Date of birth (1939-04-20)20 April 1939
Place of birth Clervaux, Luxembourg
Date of death September 2023(2023-09-00) (aged 84)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1959 FC Claravallis[1]
1959–1960 Anderlecht
1960–1966 R. Crossing Club Molenbeek
1966–1967 Red Boys Differdange
International career
1957–1964 Luxembourg 19 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football career

Born in Clervaux on 20 April 1939,[3] Dimmer played for the Luxembourg national team a number of times, most prominently during the country's giant-killing run in the 1964 European Nations' Cup, during which Luxembourg came close to reaching the final four. Dimmer scored both goals in the second leg of the second round, against the Netherlands, to put Luxembourg through to the quarter-finals against Denmark, which Luxembourg lost in a replay after being tied after two legs.

Political career

After his football career, Dimmer went into politics, sitting in the Chamber of Deputies for the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) from 1984 until 1994. Dimmer was General Secretary of the CSV from 1990 until 1995.[2] He held the position of substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 1989 to 1994.[4] After leaving the Chamber, he was appointed an honorary member, and was the President of the Association of Former Deputies.[5]

Death

Camille Dimmer died in September 2023, at the age of 84.[6]

Footnotes
  1. "Camille Dimmer, international footballer". eu-football.info. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  2. "Perséinlechkeeten aus der CSV" (in Luxembourgish). Christian Social People's Party. Archived from the original on 26 January 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
  3. "Camille Dimmer" (in French). Chamber of Deputies. Archived from the original on 28 March 2002. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
  4. "M. Camille DIMMER". Council of Europe. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
  5. "Comité de l'Association des Anciens Députés" (PDF) (in French). Chamber of Deputies. 19 January 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
  6. "Ehemaliger Fußballprofi und CSV-Politiker Camille Dimmer ist tot". L'Essentiel (in German). 20 September 2023.


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