Odilon Polleunis
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1 May 1943 | ||
Place of birth | Sint-Truiden, Belgium | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1962–1973 | Sint-Truidense VV | 432 | (145) |
1973–1976 | R.W.D. Molenbeek | ||
1976–1977 | K.S.K. Tongeren | ||
International career | |||
1968–1975 | Belgium | 22 | (10) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Odilon Polleunis (born 1 May 1943), nicknamed Lon, is a Belgian football player who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1968 while at Sint-Truiden. He played 22 matches and scored 10 goals for the national team between 1968 and 1975, starting in a 1–2 friendly win against the Netherlands on 7 April 1968. Polleunis scoring on his debut and the first of his 7 goals in his first 5 Internationals, including a hat-trick against Finland and two against Yugoslavia in World Cup qualifiers in October 1968. At the Mexico World Cup in 1970 Polleunis came on as sub in Belgium's win against El Salvador and started against Mexico in the third game replacing Raoul Lambert. In the mid-1970s, "Lon" moved to RWDM.
Honours
Player
RWD Molenbeek
International
Individual
- Belgian Golden Shoe: 1968
External links
- Odilon Polleunis at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- 1943 births
- Living people
- People from Sint-Truiden
- Belgian footballers
- Belgium international footballers
- Belgian First Division A players
- Sint-Truidense V.V. players
- R.W.D. Molenbeek players
- 1970 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1972 players
- Association football forwards
- K.S.K. Tongeren players
- Belgian football forward stubs