Léopold Andries Gernaey (25 February 1927 – 31 July 2005) was a Belgian international

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Born in

Gistel Gistel () is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. Following local government boundary reforms in 1971 and 1977, the municipality has comprised not only Gistel, but also the towns of Moere, Snaaskerke and Ze ...

, Gernaey played club football for

AS Oostende Athletische Sportvereniging Oostende Koninklijke Maatschappij was a Belgian football club from the city of Ostend, West Flanders until its fusion with VGO Oostende to form K.V. Oostende in 1981. History It was founded in 1911 as Association Sp ...

. He earned a total of 17 caps for Belgium between 1953 and 1957, and participated 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 ...

References

1927 births 2005 deaths Belgian men's footballers Belgium men's international footballers 1954 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football goalkeepers {{Belgium-footy-goalkeeper-stub