Henri "Rie" Meert was a Belgian international

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who was born 27 August 1920 in Schaerbeek (

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) and died 19 May 2006 in

Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...

. He was the

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of Sporting Anderlecht in the entire 1950s; eight times he took home the Belgian Championship with the ''Mauves''. He played 343 official matches (among which 312 in the first division) for the club and appeared 33 times in the national selection.

Player palmares

Club career

* Belgian First Division :Winner in the years 1947, 1949-1951, 1954-1956 and 1959 with

International career

* 33 selections for the Belgium national team

References

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* 1920 births 2006 deaths Belgian footballers R.S.C. Anderlecht players Belgium international footballers Belgian Pro League players Footballers from Brussels {{Belgium-footy-forward-stub Association football forwards