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Jules Pappaert

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Date of birth (1905-11-05)5 November 1905
Place of birth Uccle, Belgium
Date of death 30 December 1945(1945-12-30) (aged 40)
Place of death Enghien, Belgium
Jules Pappaert
Pappaert with Union Saint-Gilloise
Personal information
Date of birth (1905-11-05)5 November 1905
Place of birth Uccle, Belgium
Date of death 30 December 1945(1945-12-30) (aged 40)
Place of death Enghien, Belgium
Position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1923–1928 Union Saint-Gilloise
1928–1930 Daring Club Bruxelles
1930–1938 Union Saint-Gilloise
1938–1941 Enghien Sport
1941–1942 Fléron
1942–1945 Enghien Sport
International career
1932–1934 Belgium 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jules Pappaert (known as Petatje, 5 November 1905 – 30 December 1945) was a Belgian footballer.

He was a defender and captain of Union Saint-Gilloise in the 1930s.[1] He was Belgian champion three times consecutively from 1933 to 1935. Union were unbeaten for 60 matches. He also played for Daring Club Bruxelles, alomgside his brother Joseph.[2]

International career

He played four matches for the Diables Rouges from 1932 to 1934, but the results were not as good as they had been at club level: 3 defeats, 1 draw, 10 goals scored, 23 goals conceded.[3] Jules Pappaert died of a heart attack on December 30, 1945, in Uccle, Belgium, at the age of 40.

The Jules Pappaert Cup was named after him.

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