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    François Van der Elst (1 December 1954 – 11 January 2017) was a Belgian footballer, who played as a winger. He is mainly known for winning several national...
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  • van der Elst or Van Der Elst is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the alder (woods)". The forms Elst and Van Elst may also refer to an origin in...
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    his own half and Manfred Kaltz inadvertently played the ball to François Van der Elst who headed it goalbound and was fouled by Uli Stielike. The referee...
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    and Genk. His older brother, François, was also a professional footballer, and both were Belgian internationals. Van der Elst was born in Opwijk. During...
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  • in the first half of the first leg when Franky Vercauteren and François Van der Elst scored. Liverpool midfielder Jimmy Case scored in between the Anderlecht...
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    (1966–67), Robbie Rensenbrink (1972–73), Attila Ladynski (1973–74), François Van Der Elst (1976–77), Erwin Vandenbergh (1982–83, 1985–86), Arnór Guðjohnsen...
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  • Lambert Maurice Martens Wilfried Puis Jacques Teugels François Van der Elst Roger Van Gool Wilfried Van Moer Borislav Dimitrov Kiril Milanov Yordan Yordanov...
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  • the remainder of the game. Three minutes into the second-half, François van der Elst scored, assisted by Rensenbrink. Keith Robson later equalised for...
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  • Oleg Blokhin, David Fairclough, Gerd Müller, Rob Rensenbrink, François Van Der Elst, Terry McDermott, Radamel Falcao and Lionel Messi (3 goals each)...
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    Ludo Coeck, Gilbert Van Binst and François Van der Elst, he was still important with all his experience. Van Himst remained the leader on the field despite...
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  • 26) 21 Club Brugge 8 3MF Wilfried Van Moer (1945-03-01)1 March 1945 (aged 35) 41 Beringen 9 4FW François Van der Elst (1954-12-01)1 December 1954 (aged...
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  • goals per match. 7 goals Kevin Keegan 6 goals Klaus Fischer 5 goals François Van der Elst Marián Masný 4 goals Hans Krankl Martin Hoffmann Joachim Streich...
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  • Renquin CM 6 Julien Cools (c) CM 8 Wilfried van Moer  88' CM 7 René Vandereycken RW 9 François van der Elst CF 11 Jan Ceulemans LW 10 Erwin Vandenbergh...
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    (shared with Arie Haan, Oleg Blokhin, Gerd Müller, Rob Rensenbrink, François Van der Elst, Terry McDermott, and Lionel Messi) Only player to have scored a...
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  • scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match. 5 goals François Van der Elst 4 goals Hans Krankl Kenny Dalglish 3 goals Walter Schachner Nené...
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  • Streich Dick Schoenaker Antonio Maceda Dan Corneliusson 3 goals François Van der Elst Ladislav Vízek Michael Laudrup Luther Blissett Trevor Francis Tony...
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    Michel Platini Nancy  France Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Bayern Munich  West Germany Didier Six Marseille  France François Van Der Elst Anderlecht  Belgium...
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    United. He scored two goals, one from the penalty spot and set up François Van der Elst for the fourth goal. Among his team mates was Dutch internationalist...
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  • Raoul Lambert Maurice Martens Wilfried Puis Jacques Teugels François Van der Elst Wilfried Van Moer Borislav Dimitrov Kiril Milanov Yordan Yordanov Dušan...
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  • February 1969 First player to get a yellow card as a substitute François Van der Elst, vs  Netherlands on 25 April 1976 Youngest player to get a yellow...
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  • goals per match. 4 goals Erwin Vandenbergh Joachim Streich 3 goals François Van der Elst 2 goals Ludo Coeck Kenny Dalglish Charlie Nicholas John Wark André...
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  • Walter Schachner Paul Courant Maurice Martens Gilbert Van Binst François Van der Elst Roger Van Gool Hristo Bonev Chavdar Tsvetkov Andrey Zhelyazkov Takis...
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    59 Raoul Lambert 1977 FW 2 60 Julien Cools 1977–80 DF/MF 20 61 François Van der Elst 1980 FW 1 62 Eric Gerets 1980–91 DF 26 63 Walter Meeuws 1982–84...
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  • DF 6 Arie Haan DF 2 Gilbert Van Binst (c) DF 3 Hugo Broos DF 4 Erwin Vandendaele MF 5 Jean Dockx MF 7 François Van der Elst MF 8 Franky Vercauteren MF...
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    against Poland his international career ended when replaced by François Van der Elst at half-time. Belgium trailed by two at the interval and went on...
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  • Julien Cools (c) CM 8 Wilfried Van Moer CM 7 René Vandereycken  55' LM 17 Raymond Mommens CF 9 François Van der Elst  89' CF 11 Jan Ceulemans Manager:...
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  • Custers (1950-08-10)10 August 1950 (aged 31) 9 Espanyol 13 4FW François Van Der Elst (1954-12-01)1 December 1954 (aged 27) 36 West Ham United 14 2DF...
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    coach Hugo Broos pays tribute to '23 friends'". "Palmares Profvoetballer van het Jaar". "Hugo Broos wordt ereburger in woonplaats". Het Nieuwsblad (in...
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  • Mommens Killian Overmeire Alex Querter Hans Vanaken Jelle Van Damme François Van der Elst Jan Van Steenberghe René Verheyen Bruno Versavel Daniel Veyt João...
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  • their final six games to finish in 8th place. Paul Goddard and François Van der Elst were joint top scorers with 12 goals in all competitions. The next...
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