Georges Heylens (born 8 August 1941 in

Etterbeek Etterbeek (French: ; Dutch: ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the eastern part of the region, it is bordered by the municipalities of Auderghem, the City of Brussels, Ixelles, Schaerbeek, Wolu ...

) is a Belgian former

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. He played with

R.S.C. Anderlecht ; french: Les Mauves et Blancs) , short name = R.S.C.A. , founded = , ground = Constant Vanden Stock Stadium , capacity = 22,500 , owntitle = Chairman , owner = Wouter Vandenhaute , manager = Brian Riemer , ...

and the Belgium national football team. He took part in the match between Belgium and the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

in 1964, with 10 teammates from the Anderlecht team, after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by

Jean-Marie Trappeniers Jean-Marie Trappeniers (13 January 1942 – 2 November 2016) was a Belgian football goalkeeper. He played for R.S.C. Anderlecht and Belgium. In 1964, during a match Belgium-Netherlands, Trappeniers replaced Delhasse on the pitch to join 10 fel ...

. As an attacking right-back played in all three games at the Mexico World Cup at which time he reached his 50th International appearance. He now appears as a football consultant in papers or on TV. Heylens is also a famous

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bearer.

Honours

Player

RSC Anderlecht *

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: 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1971–72 *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...

: List of Belgian Cup finals, 1964–65, List of Belgian Cup finals, 1971–72, 1972–73 *

Belgian League Cup The Belgian League Cup was a Belgian association football cup created in 1973. The competition was held from 1973 by eleven clubs wanting to increase professionalism in Belgian football but lasted only three seasons before being disbanded. The tourn ...

: 1973 * Inter-Cities Fairs Cup runners-up: 1969–70

International

UEFA Euro 1972 The 1972 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in Belgium. This was the fourth UEFA European Championship, held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. The final tournament took place between 14 and 18 June 1972. Only four ...

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Manager

Individual * Belgian Professional Manager of the Year: 1983–1984

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