Émile Lejeune (17 February 1938 – 28 December 2024) was a Belgian
footballer
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who played as a
defender.
Lejeune spent his whole career at
RFC Liège
Royal Football Club de Liège (more commonly known as RFC Liège) is a professional football club based in Liège, capital of Liège Province, Belgium. The team currently play in Challenger Pro League, the second tier in Belgian football. It ...
, playing 276 league matches for them between 1959 and 1971 and with whom he reached the
1964 Fairs Cup semi-finals, losing against the eventual winners
Real Zaragoza
Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system. Zarag ...
.
He also made ten appearances for the
Belgium national team from 1960 to 1962.
Lejeune died on 28 December 2024, at the age of 86.
Défenseur historique du RFC Liège et ancien Diable Rouge, Emile Lejeune est décédé ce samedi
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1938 births
2024 deaths
Belgian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Belgium men's international footballers
Belgian Pro League players
RFC Liège players
20th-century Belgian sportsmen
Place of birth missing
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