Ludo Coeck

Ludo Coeck (25 September 1955 – 9 October 1985) was a Belgian footballer who played as left winger or central midfielder. His clubs included Berchem Sport, Anderlecht, Inter Milan and Ascoli Calcio.

Ludo Coeck

Personal information
Date of birth	(1955-09-25)25 September 1955
Place of birth	Berchem, Belgium
Date of death	9 October 1985(1985-10-09) (aged 30)
Place of death	Edegem, Belgium
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1972	Berchem Sport	7	(7)
1972–1983	R.S.C. Anderlecht	292	(54)
1983–1984	Inter Milan	9	(0)
1984–1985	→ Ascoli Calcio (loan)	0	(0)
1985	R.W.D. Molenbeek	0	(0)
Total		308	(61)
International career
1974–1984	Belgium	46	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

First capped for the Belgium national team at the age of 19, he went on to play for his country 46 times, scoring four goals, over an international career which lasted a decade.

Coeck was a member of the Belgium squad at España 82, where he played in all five of his country's games and scored with a long-range free-kick against El Salvador, and at Euro 84, where he appeared as a substitute in the defeats by France and Denmark.

On 7 October 1985, while he was on his way back to Antwerp, after signing for R.W.D. Molenbeek and taking part in a TV sports programme in Brussels, Coeck was badly injured when his BMW ploughed into crash barriers on a motorway near the town of Rumst. He died two days later, at the University of Antwerp Clinic in Edegem. He was 30 years old.