Marc Baecke (24 July 1956 – 21 January 2017) was a Belgian

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who played as a

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Club career

During his career he played for

Beveren Beveren () is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders which comprises the towns of Beveren, Doel, Haasdonk, Kallo, Kieldrecht, Melsele, Verrebroek and Vrasene. The port of the Waasland (Dutch: ''Waaslandhaven'') is in Beveren, ...

, with whom he won two league titles and two Belgian Cups, only to finish his career with two seasons at

Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; vls, Kortryk or ''Kortrik''; french: Courtrai ; la, Cortoriacum), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Regio ...

International career

He earned 15 caps for the

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, and participated in the

1982 FIFA World Cup The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain between 13 June and 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy national foo ...

and

UEFA Euro 1984 The 1984 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in France from 12 to 27 June 1984. It was the seventh UEFA European Championship, a competition held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. At the time, only eight countries ...

Personal life

He was said to suffer from Buerger disease and his left leg was removed after he suffered an infection from an open wound in December 2013.

Death

Baecke died in January 2017 after a long illness.Marc Baecke (60) overleden
- Het Laatste Nieuws

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1956 births 2017 deaths Sportspeople from Sint-Niklaas Footballers from East Flanders Association football fullbacks Belgian footballers Belgium international footballers 1982 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1984 players K.S.K. Beveren players K.V. Kortrijk players {{Belgium-footy-defender-stub