Wilfried Puis

Wilfried Puis

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Puis was born in Ostend. While playing for Anderlecht, he won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1964. In November 1971, Puis moved to rival Club Brugge. After one season, he was transferred to Lokeren.

International career

Puis was in the Belgium-Netherlands match in 1964 with 10 teammates from Anderlecht after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by Jean-Marie Trappeniers. In total, he played 49 times for the national team between 1962 and 1975, starting in the second half of a 3–1 friendly defeat to Italy on 13 May 1962. Puis played in all three group 1 stage games of the 1970 World Cup.

Club
A.S.V. Oostende K.M. (1976–1979)
Club
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen (1972–1976)
Club
Club Brugge K.V. (1971–1972)
Club
R.S.C. Anderlecht (1960–1971)
Club
KVV Coxyde (1979–1980)
Club
Belgium men's national football team (1962–1975)
Club
KV Oostende (1976–1979)
National team
Belgium

Legacy

Honours

Anderlecht

Belgian First Division: 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68 Belgian Cup: 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup runner-up: 1969–70 Club Brugge

Jules Pappaert Cup: 1972 Individual

Belgian Golden Shoe: 1964; runner-up 1965 Puis-Verbiest trophy (KV Oostende player of the season): from 2016

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Belgian footballer (1943–1981)

Position

midfielder

Extract from Wikipedia

Wilfried Puis was a Belgian footballer who played as a striker, notably for Anderlecht and the Belgium national team. Puis was praised for his speed, agility and goal kicks which made him and Paul Van Himst a perfect match. A year after he ended his football career, he died of stomach cancer at the age of 38.

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