Joseph Backaert (5 August 1921 – 12 June 1997) was a Belgian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

midfielder who was a member of the Belgium national team at the

1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerla ...

.1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland
/ref> However, he never earned a cap for Belgium. He also played for R. Olympic Charleroi C.C.

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1921 births 1997 deaths Belgian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Royal Charleroi S.C. players 1954 FIFA World Cup players Footballers from Liège {{Belgium-footy-midfielder-stub