SOCCER PLAYER

Frans Janssens

1945 - 2024

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Frans Janssens (25 September 1945 – 8 January 2024) was a Belgian footballer who played as a forward, most notably for Lierse. He earned two caps for the Belgium national team, and participated in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1972. Janssens died on 8 January 2024, at the age of 78. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frans Janssens is the 1,518th most popular soccer player (down from 764th in 2019), the 481st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 305th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Belgian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Frans Janssens ranks 1,518 out of 21,273. Before him are Vladica Kovačević, Blagoje Marjanović, Pat Crerand, Marco Verratti, Zlatko Zahovič, and Roland Sandberg. After him are Juan Zambudio Velasco, Goran Jurić, Luciano Re Cecconi, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, and Hannes Löhr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Frans Janssens ranks 285. Before him are Martin Hellman, Noel Redding, Roger Spottiswoode, Ali Akbar Velayati, Rita Coolidge, and Faina Melnik. After him are Carrie Snodgress, Yuri Antonov, Michel Vautrot, Rüdiger Safranski, John Carlos, and Mick Jones. Among people deceased in 2024, Frans Janssens ranks 235. Before him are Yukio Kasaya, William Calley, Mircea Diaconu, Wu Bangguo, Vyacheslav Ivanov, and Roland Dumas. After him are Galina Zybina, Michel Blanc, Paul Josef Cordes, Alan Rees, Willie Mays, and Silvio Santos.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Frans Janssens ranks 481 out of 1,190. Before him are Sigiswald Kuijken (1944), Dirk Frimout (1941), Prosper Bruggeman (1873), Jules Renkin (1862), Jan Frans van Bloemen (1662), and Annie Cordy (1928). After him are Marcel Kint (1914), Mark Eyskens (1933), Charles de Tornaco (1927), Caspar Barlaeus (1584), Émile Grumiaux (1861), and Georges Vantongerloo (1886).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, Frans Janssens ranks 25. Before him are Dries Mertens (1987), Raoul Lambert (1944), Raymond Braine (1907), Jacques Moeschal (1900), André Vandewyer (1909), and Radja Nainggolan (1988). After him are Louis Van Hege (1889), Léon Semmeling (1940), Erwin Vandenbergh (1959), Mousa Dembélé (1987), Joseph Mermans (1922), and Jean de Bie (1892).

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