Camille Van Hoorden (15 February 1879 – 31 July 1919) was a Belgian

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and

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. He was part of the Belgian team (Université de Bruxelles), which won the

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medal at the exhibition tournament at the

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in Paris in 1900, listed in the Official Report as C. Van Hoorden. He won 24 caps for the Belgian team between 1904 and 1912. He was

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11 times, and took part in the Belgium–France game of 1904, the first official game played by the two national teams. At club level, he played for

Sporting Club de Bruxelles Sporting Club de Bruxelles was an ephemeric football club in Belgium that existed only for three years. It was founded in 1894 as Ixelles Sporting Club but the name was changed to Sporting Club de Bruxelles before the first Belgian Championshi ...

and

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in the 1895–96 season and for

Racing Club de Bruxelles Koninklijke Football Club Rhodienne-De Hoek is a Belgian association football club based in Sint-Genesius-Rode, Flemish Brabant. The club was created in 1894 as Racing Football Club. It became a member of the Royal Belgian Football Associatio ...

between 1896 and 1914. He scored 16 goals from 204 matches.

Honours

Racing Club Bruxelles

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: 1907-08 *

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National team

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15 ...

(bronze)

Individual

* Former Belgium's Most Capped Player: 1912-1928 (24 caps)

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* 1879 births 1919 deaths People from Watermael-Boitsfort Belgian men's footballers Footballers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Men's association football midfielders Belgium men's international footballers K.F.C. Rhodienne-De Hoek players Belgian football managers Standard Liège managers Footballers from Brussels {{Belgium-footy-midfielder-stub