Stanley Hubert Adolphus Vanden Eynde or Van den Eynde (3 October 1909 – 18 November 1994) was a Belgian international

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who played as a striker for Beerschot VAC. Vanden Eynde also scored 9 goals in 26 appearances for the Belgium national side.

Club career

Van den Eynde made his debut in 1929 as a striker in the first team at Beerschot VAC. He soon acquired a place as a starter there. Due to a serious injury, a broken leg, sustained in the

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game

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–

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, he had to stay in

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for three months and was absent from the football fields from 25 February 1934 to 22 November 1936. With this he took the opportunity to travel for a year and a half to Australia and New Zealand. He became national champion twice with Beerschot in

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and

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, playing in a team that included other Beerschot greats such as

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and Arthur Ceuleers. The 1938–39 season was also his last season as a professional player. Van den Eynde played a total of 134 matches in the Belgian First Division, in which he scored 48 goals.

International career

Between 1931 and 1938, Van den Eynde played 26 matches with the

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, scoring a total of 9 goals. His international career was also interrupted between 1934 and 1937 by his serious injury in Dublin. In 1938, he returned to the national team.

Personal life

His family was closely involved with Beerschot VAC. His brother John Van den Eynde also played for Beerschot. Their mother, Evelyn Goodman, came from

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in England, while their father Henri Van den Eynde was a Belgian born in

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. The family owned a cottage style villa on Della Faillelaan in Antwerp.

Honours

Beerschot *

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: 1937–38, 1938–39

References

External links

Beerschot profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vanden Eynde, Stan 1909 births 1994 deaths Belgian men's footballers Belgium men's international footballers Belgian people of English descent K. Beerschot V.A.C. players Men's association football forwards 20th-century Belgian sportsmen