Pierre Hanon (29 December 1936 in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

– 13 October 2017) was a

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who played mainly for

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and the

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. He played in the match Belgium-

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in 1964 with 10 fellows 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 ...

. In total, Hanon collected 48 caps. Hanon signed to Anderlecht in 1945 as a young player. He was first called in the first team in 1954 but he lost his place after a poor performance. A season later, he played in the 2–0 victory to rivals

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, but was sent to the B team again for the rest of the competition. His third match with the team was in

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for the first European game in Anderlecht history. Hanon was called by the manager the day of the match because of Susse Deglas's injury, while he was doing his

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. So he left the barracks without eating to join the team, and though made a good match. Used as a right winger, Hanon became a libero at the end of his Anderlecht career, and then at

Cercle Brugge Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging () is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges. Cercle have played in the Belgian Pro League since the 2003–04 season, having previously spent several years in the Belgian Second Divisio ...

References

Biography

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