Léopold "Pol" Anoul (19 August 1922 – 11 February 1990) was a Belgian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

. During his club career he played for Royal FC Liégeois (1942–1957) and

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(1957–1960). From 1947 to 1954, he earned 48 caps and scored 20 goals for the

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, including 3 goals in the

1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the 5th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June ...

.1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland
/ref> His nickname was "l'homme de

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" (the man from

) after a wonderful goal he scored for Belgium against France in the stadium of

near Paris.

Honours

RFC Liège *

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: 1951–52, 1952–53 *

Belgian Second Division The Belgian Second Division was the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Pro League. It was founded by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 1909 and folded in 2016, when it was replace ...

: 1943–44 *

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: 1942–43 Standard Liège *

: 1957–58

References

1922 births 1990 deaths People from Saint-Nicolas, Liège Belgian men's footballers Belgium men's international footballers 1954 FIFA World Cup players RFC Liège players Standard Liège players Belgian Pro League players Footballers from Liège Belgian football managers Royal Charleroi S.C. managers Men's association football forwards 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{belgium-footy-forward-stub