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Jean Dockx

1941 - 2002

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Jean Baptiste Dockx (24 May 1941 – 15 January 2002) was a Belgian footballer who played as a midfielder for Mechelen, Racing White and Anderlecht, and also for the Belgium national team in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the 1972 UEFA European Football Championship. He was later a manager, and was caretaker manager of Anderlecht in 1999. On 15 January 2002, Dockx died unexpectedly at the age of 60 from a traumatic aortic rupture. Anderlecht paid a lot of attention to his death and praised him as one of the most valuable players the club had ever had. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Dockx is the 2,567th most popular soccer player (down from 2,399th in 2019), the 621st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 589th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Belgian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jean Dockx ranks 2,567 out of 21,273. Before him are Kalidou Koulibaly, Hans Walzhofer, Henri De Deken, Eduard Malofeyev, Emre Can, and Jules Vandooren. After him are Vitinha, Wolfgang Peters, Kurt Jara, Jaime Lazcano, Jimmy Murray, and František Šafránek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Jean Dockx ranks 378. Before him are Eberhard Diepgen, Masoud Kimiai, Tania Mallet, Peter Takeo Okada, Dr. John, and Anatoli Firsov. After him are Ayşe Kulin, Domenico Losurdo, Natalia Bessmertnova, Václav Mašek, Doug Rogers, and Jessica Walter. Among people deceased in 2002, Jean Dockx ranks 206. Before him are John Thaw, Raoul Diagne, Jeff Corey, Tita Merello, Abdel Rahman Badawi, and Lou Thesz. After him are Indra Devi, Bill Bruce, Georges Beaucourt, Kaisa Parviainen, Raymond Firth, and Oskar Sala.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jean Dockx ranks 621 out of 1,190. Before him are Louis Paul Boon (1912), Matthias Schoenaerts (1977), Sœur Emmanuelle (1908), Virginie Efira (1977), Henri De Deken (1907), and Jean-Baptiste Nothomb (1805). After him are Joseph De Combe (1901), Willem Elsschot (1882), Ulu Grosbard (1929), Gérard Leman (1851), Hadja Lahbib (1970), and Willy Vandersteen (1913).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, Jean Dockx ranks 49. Before him are Hendrik Isemborghs (1914), Christian Piot (1947), Lei Clijsters (1956), Ludo Coeck (1955), Marouane Fellaini (1987), and Henri De Deken (1907). After him are Julien Cools (1947), Georges Grün (1962), Jan Diddens (1906), René Desaeyere (1947), Victor Mees (1927), and Jacques Beurlet (1944).

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