Gérard Delbeke

Gérard Delbeke (1 August 1898 – 4 November 1984)[1] was a Belgian footballer.[2]

Gérard Delbeke
Personal information
Full name Gerardus Antonius Arthur Maria Delbeke
Date of birth (1898-08-01)1 August 1898
Place of birth Ruiselede, Belgium
Date of death 4 November 1984(1984-11-04) (aged 86)
Position(s) midfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1923–1933 FC Bruges
International career
1930 Belgium 1 (0)
Managerial career
1933–1934 FC Bruges
1939–1945 FC Bruges
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was a midfielder for Club brugeois, spending eight seasons in the first team.[3] He played one international match for Belgium, on 20 July 1930, during the first World Cup in Montevideo, against Paraguay (lost, 1–0).[4]

In 1933, he retired, and took over as coach with the mission to return club brugeois to the élite. He succeeded in his mission, and continued to manage the Blauw-Zwart through the Second World War.

Honours

References
  1. "Gérard Delbeke". eu-football.info. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  2. "Gérard Delbeke". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  3. Biography on the page of clubbrugge.be Archived 10 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Player caps at the URBSFA site Archived 25 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine


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