Jan Verheyen (born 9 July 1944) is a retired Belgian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. During his career he played for

K. Beerschot V.A.C. Koninklijke Beerschot Voetbal en Atletiek Club, now K Beerschot VA was a Belgian football club from Antwerp. The club was founded in 1899 when most players of Antwerp left the club. It played in the 1920 Olympic Games Stadium named the "Kiel ...

and

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 , ...

. He earned 33 caps for the

Belgium national football team The Belgium national football teamfrench: Équipe nationale belge de footballgerman: Belgische Fußballnationalmannschaft officially represents Belgium in men's international football since their maiden match in 1904. The squad is under the ...

, and participated in the

1970 FIFA World Cup The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May t ...

and UEFA Euro 1972.

Honours

Player

K Beerschot VAC

* Belgian Cup: 1970–71 RSC Anderlecht * Belgian First Division: 1971–72, 1973–74 * Belgian Cup: 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974-75 *

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, 1974

International

UEFA European Championship The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The competition is contes ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

( Third place)

References

Royal Belgian Football Association: Number of caps
* * 1944 births Living people People from Hoogstraten Belgian footballers Association football midfielders Belgium international footballers 1970 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1972 players Belgian Pro League players K. Beerschot V.A.C. players R.S.C. Anderlecht players Royale Union Saint-Gilloise players Footballers from Antwerp Province {{Belgium-footy-midfielder-stub