Gérard Kleinermann

Gérard Kleinermann

Kleinermann (standing, first from right) in 1896
Personal information
Full name	Gérard Lambert Henri Albert Kleinermann
Date of birth	(1876-11-15)15 November 1876
Place of birth	Liège, Belgium
Date of death	13 February 1962(1962-02-13) (aged 85)
Place of death	Liège, Belgium
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1896–1900	FC Liégeois
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gérard Kleinermann (15 November 1876 – 13 February 1962) was a Belgian footballer who played for Belgian clubs FC Liégeois between 1896 and 1900.^[1]

Gérard Kleinermann was born in Liège on 15 November 1876, as the son of Albert Kleinermann (1844–1923), a lawyer, Sophie Florentine Jeanne Marie Billon (1848–1921).^[2][3]

Kleinermann married Jeanne Dallemagne (1882–1969) in Liège on 1 July 1902, and the couple had six children: Jean (1903–1984), Emile (1907–2003), Marguerite (1908–2003), Walther (1913–2006), André, and Denise.^[2] In 1904, his wife Jeanne purchased a castle from the Brixhe family, the so-called Château de Florzé, which according to an old tradition was named by Julius Caesar himself, "Florzeias" meaning sea of ​​flowers.^[4]

He began his football career at FC Liégeois in 1896, playing a crucial role in the Liégeois side that won back-to-back league titles in 1897–98 and 1898–99, starting in both legs of the 1899 championship final against FC Brugeois, in which he kept a clean-sheet in the first leg in an eventual 6–3 aggregate victory.^[5] During this period, Liégeois had an unbeaten run of 23 official matches that lasted over two years, between 28 February 1897 and 12 November 1899, coming to an end in a 3–5 loss to Antwerp FC; Kleinermann did not play this match.^[6]

FC Liégeois

• Belgian Championship:
  • Champions (2): 1898, and 1899