Maurice Willems (24 September 1929 – 4 December 1986) was a Belgian
football
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player who finished
top scorer of the
Belgian First Division
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with 35 goals in 1957.
As a center
forward
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he scored a total of 185 goals for
Gent
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** K.A.A. Gent, a football club from Ghent
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. This makes Maurice still one of the greatest goalscorers AA Gent has ever known. He is also one of the 5 players from AA Gent who managed to become national top scorer.
He played 3 times with the
Belgium national team between 1956 and 1957. Willems made his international debut on 14 October 1956 in a 2–3 friendly defeat to the
Netherlands
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and he scored.
Born on 24 September 1929, he died on 4 December 1986, at the age of 57.
Honours
Club
KAA Gent
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Belgian First Division
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runners-up:
1954–55
Individual
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Belgian First Division top scorer:
1956–57 (35 goals)
References
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1929 births
1986 deaths
Belgian men's footballers
K.A.A. Gent players
Belgium men's international footballers
Belgian Pro League players
Men's association football forwards
K.M.S.K. Deinze managers
Belgian football managers
K.R.C. Gent players
20th-century Belgian sportsmen
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