Stanley Hubert Adolphus Vanden Eynde or Van den Eynde (3 October 1909 – 18 November 1994) was a Belgian international

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who played as a

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for

Beerschot VAC Koninklijke Beerschot Voetbal en Atletiek Club, now K Beerschot VA was a Belgian football club (association football), football club from Antwerp. The club was founded in 1899 when most players of R. Antwerp F.C., Antwerp left the club. It playe ...

. Vanden Eynde also scored 9 goals in 26 appearances for the Belgium national side.

Club career

Van den Eynde made his debut in 1929 as a striker in the first team at

. He soon acquired a place as a starter there. Due to a serious injury, a broken leg, sustained in the

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game

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–

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, he had to stay in

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for three months and was absent from the football fields from 25 February 1934 to 22 November 1936. With this he took the opportunity to travel for a year and a half to

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and

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. He became national champion twice with Beerschot in

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and

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, playing in a team that included other Beerschot greats such as

Raymond Braine Raymond Ernest Michel Braine (28 April 1907 – 24 December 1978) was a Belgian football striker. He was also the first Belgian professional player, when he obtained a transfer to Sparta Prague in 1930. Braine played in 54 matches for the Be ...

and Arthur Ceuleers. The 1938–39 season was also his last season as a professional player. Van den Eynde played a total of 134 matches in the Belgian First Division, in which he scored 48 goals.

International career

Between 1931 and 1938, Van den Eynde played 26 matches with the

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, scoring a total of 9 goals. His international career was also interrupted between 1934 and 1937 by his serious injury in Dublin. In 1938, he returned to the national team.

Personal life

His family was closely involved with Beerschot VAC. His brother John Van den Eynde also played for Beerschot. Their mother, Evelyn Goodman, came from

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in England, while their father Henri Van den Eynde was a Belgian born in

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

. The family owned a cottage style villa on Della Faillelaan in Antwerp.

Honours

Beerschot * Belgian First Division: 1937–38, 1938–39

References

External links

Beerschot profile
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