Jean-Paul Colonval (2 February 1940 – 7 March 2024) was a Belgian

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er who finished top scorer of the

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with 25 goals in 1965 while playing for Tilleur. He later played for

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, but never for the Belgium national team. Colonval eventually played 114 games in the Belgian First Division and scored 64 goals. Colonval was a technical director at R.A.E.C. Mons from 2006 to 2007. He was the technical advisor of FC Brussels president Johan Vermeersch. Colonval was the director of the "Football Study" section at the college of Bonne-Espérance. Colonval also coached Racing Jet de Bruxelles,

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and

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. Born on 2 February 1940, he died on 7 March 2024, at the age of 84.

Honours

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: 1968–69 Individual * Belgian First Division top scorer: 1964–65 (25 goals) * Belgian Second Division top scorer: 1969–70 (19 goals)

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1940 births 2024 deaths Sportspeople from Tienen Belgian men's footballers Footballers from Flemish Brabant Men's association football forwards Belgian Pro League players R.W.D. Molenbeek (1909) players K.F.C. Rhodienne-De Hoek players R.F.C. Tilleur players R. Daring Club Molenbeek players Standard Liège players Belgian football managers Wavre Sports FC managers Royal Charleroi S.C. managers Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur managers Belgian expatriate football managers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Expatriate football managers in Iceland 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-footy-forward-stub