La photo ci-dessus montre Leo Clijsters joueur de football Belgique, pendent les matches de la
Coupe du Monde de 1990.
Op de foto staan Belgisch spelers Leo Clijsters tijdens de finale van de wereldbeker 1990.
1986
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BELGIQUE/BELGIË 2:1 IRAK (2:0) 08.06.86 Toluca (20000)
Jean Marie Pfaff, Eric Gerets, Stephane Demol (69 Georges Grun), Franky
Van Der Elst, Michel De Wolf, Frank Vercauteren, Rene van der Eycken,
Enzo Scifo (67 Leo Clijsters), Jan Ceulemans (c), Philippe Desmet, Nico Claesen
BELGIQUE/BELGIË 4:3 L'UNION SOVIÉTIQUE/SOVJETUNIE a.e.t. (0:1) 15.06.86 Leon (32000)
Jean Marie Pfaff, Georges Grun (112 Leo Clijsters), Eric Gerets
(101 Leo Van Der Elst), Michel Renquin, Patrick Vervoort, Enzo Scifo,
Stephane Demol, Jan Ceulemans (c), Frank Vercauteren, Nico Claesen,
Daniel Veyt
1990
BELGIQUE/BELGIË 2:0 CORÉE DEL SUD/ZUID-KOREA (0:0) 12.06.90 Verona (33000)
Michel Preud'homme, Eric Gerets (c), Leo Clijsters, Stephane
Demol, Michel De Wolf, Bruno Versavel, Franky Van Der Elst, Enzo Scifo,
Marc Degryse, Marc Emmers, Marc Van Der Linden (46 Jan Ceulemans)
BELGIQUE/BELGIË 3:1 URUGUAY 17.06.90 Verona (34000)
Michel Preud'homme, Eric Gerets (c), Georges Grun, Leo Clijsters
(46 Marc Emmers), Stephane Demol, Michel De Wolf, Bruno Versavel (68
Patrick Vervoort), Franky Van der Elst, Enzo Scifo, Marc Degryse, Jan
Ceulemans
BELGIQUE/BELGIË 0:1 ANGLETERRE/ENGELAND a.e.t. (0:0) 26.06.90 Bologna (34000)
Michel Preud'homme, Eric Gerets, Leo Clijsters, Stephane Demol,
Georges Grun, Michel De Wolf, Franky Van der Elst, Enzo Scifo, Bruno
Versavel (118 Patrick Vervoort), Marc Degryse (66 Nico Claesen), Jan
Ceulemans (c) |
CLUB CAREER:
1973–1975 Club Brugge 1 (0)
1975–1977 Patro Eisden 29 (1)
1977–1982 Tongeren 167 (22)
1982–1986 Thor Waterschei 119 (6)
1986–1992 Mechelen 174 (13)
1992–1993 FC Liège 21 (0)
Leo Clijsters played in 40 international matches for the Belgian national team, participating at UEFA Euro 1984 and the
1986 and 1990 FIFA World Cups.
In the 1986 edition, as Belgium reached the last four, he only appeared in two
matches (being used as a substitute in the 2–1 win over Iraq and the famous round of 16 4–3 victory over the USSR.
In 1990, Clijsters saw action against South Korea (2–0 win), Uruguay (in which he scored a stunning header in a 3–1
triumph and England (lost 0–1 after extra time).
Afterwards retiring from football Clijsters managed the professional tennis career of his daughter Kim. After her
retirement, "Lei" became coach of third division club Tongeren, with which he had also played, in October 2007.
He resigned in January 2008, after his family announced that he was suffering from a serious illness. Details were
kept secret, but in February the Belgian press reported it to be metastatic melanoma and that treatment was
not working. About one year later, on 4 January 2009, Clijsters succumbed to the illness at age 52.
Upon his death, Belgian newspapers like Het Laatste Nieuws revealed that he suffered from a recurrence of a
melanoma which had spread to the lungs and other organs, having already experienced a bout of this condition
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