Raoul Lambert (born 20 October 1944) is a Belgian retired

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who played as a striker. He finished top scorer of the

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with 17 goals in 1972 while playing for Club Brugge. He also scored 18 goals in 33 matches with the Belgium national team between 1966 and 1977. Lambert made his international debut on 20 April 1966 in a 3–0 friendly win against

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and he scored. He was in the team for the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the Euro 72. Throughout Raoul's career he stayed at Club Brugge, scoring a total of 270 goals in 458 matches in all competitions.Past players
euro2008.com He is the brother of footballer Eric Lambert.

Honours

Club Brugge *

: 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1979–80 *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...

: List of Belgian Cup finals, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1976–77 *

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: runner-up 1975–76 * European Cup: runner-up 1977–78 *

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: 1972, 1978 Belgium *

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: third place

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Individual * Belgian First Division top scorer: 1971–72 (17 goals) * UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament:

*Best Club Brugge player of the Century (2007) *Best West-Flanders footballer of all time (2009)

References

External links

Club Brugge profile
* * 1944 births Living people Footballers from Bruges Belgian footballers Association football forwards Belgium international footballers Belgian Pro League players Club Brugge KV players 1970 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1972 players {{Belgium-footy-forward-stub