- Gérard Devos
Football player infobox
playername= Gérard Devos
fullname = Gérard Devos
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date|1903|8|19
cityofbirth =Sint-Andries (Bruges )
countryofbirth =Belgium
dateofdeath = death date and age|1972|1|5|1903|8|19
cityofdeath =Tielt
countryofdeath =Belgium
height =
position = striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =Cercle Brugge
years = 1921-1929
clubs =Cercle Brugge
FC Eeklo
caps(goals) = 176 (97)
nationalyears = 1921-?
nationalteam = Belgium
nationalcaps(goals) = 9 (?)
manageryears =
managerclubs = FC Eeklo
pcupdate = 20 June 2008
ntupdate = 20 June 2008Gérard Devos (born
August 19 ,1903 inSint-Andries - diedJanuary 5 ,1972 inTielt ) was a Belgian football player. He was astriker .Devos started playing football with
Cercle Brugge . He made his debut in a 5-1 loss againstStandard Liège on October 23, 1921. He played most of his career for the green and black side. He was 7 times top goal scorer of the team, and he has also the 8th most goals in the history of Cercle.He won the league twice with Cercle in 1927. His last match with Cercle was against
Antwerp FC on November 3, 1929. Cercle lost 1-4. Devos ended his career with FC Eeklo, where he would also become manager.Devos appeared 9 times in the colours Belgium. He was capped for the first time against France on April 11, 1926. Belgium lost 4-3. Devos made one of the three Belgian goals.
Vanhalme was twice champion of Belgium with Cercle Brugge, in 1927 and in 1930. He was also called up for Belgium at the
1928 Summer Olympics . He played in the matches against Luxembourg and Argentina.External links
* [http://www.cerclemuseum.be Cerclemuseum.be] nl icon
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