Joseph Vliers (18 December 1932 in

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– 19 January 1994 in

Jef Vliers
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football player who finished top scorer of the

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with 25 goals and in 1958 while playing for Beerschot. He formerly played with Patria Tongeren and then with Racing de Bruxelles. In the summer of 1955, he moved to Beerschot and he eventually played with

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. Vliers played six times with the Belgian national team between 1955 and 1963. He made his international debut on 3 April 1955 in a 1–0 friendly defeat to the

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. He was in the team for the

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but he did not play.

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Profile at Standard de Liège
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