Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 24 July 1956 | ||
Place of birth | Sint-Niklaas, Belgium | ||
Date of death | 21 January 2017 | (aged 60)||
Place of death | Beveren, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1976–1986 | Beveren | 244 | (9) |
1986–1988 | Kortrijk | 21 | (0) |
Total | 265 | (9) | |
International career | |||
1977–1984 | Belgium | 15 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Marc Baecke (24 July 1956 – 21 January 2017) was a Belgian footballer who played as a left back. [1]
During his career he played for Beveren, with whom he won two league titles and two Belgian Cups, only to finish his career with two seasons at Kortrijk. [2]
He earned 15 caps for the Belgium national football team, and participated in the 1982 FIFA World Cup [3] and UEFA Euro 1984.
He was said to suffer from Buerger disease [4] and his left leg was removed after he suffered an infection from an open wound in December 2013. [5]
Baecke died in January 2017 after a long illness. [6]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Date of birth | 24 July 1956 | ||
Place of birth | Sint-Niklaas, Belgium | ||
Date of death | 21 January 2017 | (aged 60)||
Place of death | Beveren, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1976–1986 | Beveren | 244 | (9) |
1986–1988 | Kortrijk | 21 | (0) |
Total | 265 | (9) | |
International career | |||
1977–1984 | Belgium | 15 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Marc Baecke (24 July 1956 – 21 January 2017) was a Belgian footballer who played as a left back. [1]
During his career he played for Beveren, with whom he won two league titles and two Belgian Cups, only to finish his career with two seasons at Kortrijk. [2]
He earned 15 caps for the Belgium national football team, and participated in the 1982 FIFA World Cup [3] and UEFA Euro 1984.
He was said to suffer from Buerger disease [4] and his left leg was removed after he suffered an infection from an open wound in December 2013. [5]
Baecke died in January 2017 after a long illness. [6]