Jean De Bie
Belgian footballer
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Jean Baptiste De Bie (9 May 1892 – 30 April 1961[1]) was a Belgian association football player. He played as a goalkeeper.[2]
Full name
Jean Baptiste De Bie
Date of birth
9 May 1892
Place of birth
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgium
Date of death
30 April 1961 (aged 68)
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| Full name | Jean Baptiste De Bie | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 May 1892 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 30 April 1961 (aged 68) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Brussels, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1919–1936 | Royal Racing Club de Bruxelles | 299 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1920–1930 | Belgium | 37 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
During his career, he played mostly for Royal Racing Club de Bruxelles. He won the gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics playing for Belgium national football team and, at 38 years of age, he was selected in the Belgian squad for the 1930 FIFA World Cup. However, he never played a match at the tournament. No other player who has participated in a FIFA World Cup was born earlier than him.
