Henri "Rie" Meert was a
Belgian international
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who was born 27 August 1920 in
Schaerbeek
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(
Belgium
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) and died 19 May 2006 in
Anderlecht
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.
He was the
goalkeeper
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of
Sporting Anderlecht in the entire 1950s; eight times he took home the
Belgian Championship with the ''Mauves''. He played 343 official matches (among which 312 in the first division) for the club
and appeared 33 times in the
national selection.
Honours
Anderlecht
*
Belgian First Division
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:
1946–47,
1948–49,
1949–50,
1950–51,
1953–54,
1954–55,
1955–56,
1958–59
National team
* 33 selections for the
Belgium national team
References
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1920 births
2006 deaths
Belgian men's footballers
R.S.C. Anderlecht players
Belgium men's international footballers
Belgian Pro League players
Footballers from Brussels
Men's association football forwards
20th-century Belgian sportsmen
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