Marcel De Corte (25 November 1929 – 27 February 2017) was a 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 ...

who played as an

inside forward Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ...

and winger.

Career

Born in

Sint-Truiden Sint-Truiden (; french: link=no, Saint-Trond ; li, Sintruin ) is a city and municipality located in the province of Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium, and has over 41,500 inhabitants, which makes it one of the largest cities in Limburg. The mun ...

, De Corte played club football for RC Gand, Anderlecht, CS Léopoldville, ARA La Gantoise,

KSV Waregem Koninklijke Sportvereniging Waregem was a Belgian football club that existed between 1925 and 2001. It played three spells at the highest level in the Belgian football league system each separated by a single season at the second level: from ...

and Charleroi. He made three appearances for the Belgium national team in 1954.

Later life and death

De Corte died on 27 February 2017 at the age of 87.

References

1929 births 2017 deaths Men's association football inside forwards Men's association football wingers Belgian men's footballers R.S.C. Anderlecht players K.A.A. Gent players K.S.V. Waregem players Royal Charleroi S.C. players Belgian Third Division players Belgian Pro League players Belgian expatriate men's footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Expatriate men's footballers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo K.S.V. Waregem managers Belgian football managers Belgium men's international footballers Sportspeople from Sint-Truiden Footballers from Limburg (Belgium) {{Belgium-footy-midfielder-stub