Pierre E. E. Braine (26 October 1900 – 6 November 1951) was a Belgian international
footballer
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. A
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
, he played club football for
Beerschot VAC between 1919 and 1933. He also represented
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
at the
1928 Summer Olympics and
1930 FIFA World Cup.
Pierre's brother
Raymond
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was also a Belgian international player.
References
External links
FIFA profile*
Beerschot profile
1900 births
1951 deaths
Belgian footballers
Belgium men's international footballers
K. Beerschot V.A.C. players
Olympic footballers for Belgium
Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
1930 FIFA World Cup players
Men's association football midfielders
Footballers from Antwerp
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