Robert De Veen (25 March 1886 – 8 December 1939) was a

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player and manager. He was born in

Bruges Bruges ( , nl, Brugge ) is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country, and the sixth-largest city of the countr ...

. He played for

Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062.

and

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, scoring 26 goals for 23 caps, including 13 goals against

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. He coached Racing de Tournai,

RC Lens Racing Club de Lens (, commonly referred to as RC Lens or simply Lens) is a French professional football club based in the northern city of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department. Its nickname, ''les sang et or'' (''the blood and gold''), come ...

Olympique Lillois Olympique Lillois was a French association football club from the city of Lille. Founded in 1902 they merged with SC Fives in 1944 to form Lille OSC. Honours Championnat de France *Champion: 1914, 1933 *Runner-up: 1936 Events Jan ...

International career

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Biography at Club Brugge
1886 births 1939 deaths Belgian footballers Belgium international footballers Club Brugge KV players Belgian Pro League players Belgian football managers Belgian expatriate football managers RC Lens managers Olympique Lillois managers Club Brugge KV head coaches Expatriate football managers in France Belgian expatriate sportspeople in France Footballers from Bruges Association football forwards {{Belgium-footy-forward-stub