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Joseph Mermans

1922 - 1996

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Josephus Antoon Louisa "Jef" Mermans (16 February 1922 in Merksem – 20 January 1996 in Wildert), nicknamed "The Bomber", was a football striker from Belgium, who played much of his career at Anderlecht, with whom he won seven Belgian Championship titles and finished top scorer of this competition three times. He played 405 games and scored 369 goals for Anderlecht, making him the club's all time topscorer. Mermans played 56 matches with the Belgium national football team, 2 of which were in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He is also the 6th top scorer ever for the Belgium national team with 27 goals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Mermans is the 1,799th most popular soccer player (down from 1,498th in 2019), the 511th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 475th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Belgian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Joseph Mermans ranks 1,799 out of 21,273. Before him are Juan Mujica, Okan Buruk, Ivan Dimitrov, Adama Traoré, Rabah Saâdane, and Hilário. After him are Mitsuru Komaeda, József Takács, Roberto Firmino, Maniche, William Martínez, and David Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Joseph Mermans ranks 233. Before him are Tom Finney, Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan, Pio Laghi, Lennart Nilsson, Dorothy Dandridge, and Chairil Anwar. After him are Gerda Steinhoff, Richard Kiley, Carmen McRae, Hal Moore, Sinan Hasani, and Július Torma. Among people deceased in 1996, Joseph Mermans ranks 159. Before him are George Burns, Edmund Muskie, Imre Kovács, Teodoro Fernández, Endel Puusepp, and Michel Pablo. After him are Charles Jewtraw, Ryōtarō Shiba, Cao Yu, Reinhard Libuda, Yaki Kadafi, and Laurens van der Post.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Joseph Mermans ranks 511 out of 1,190. Before him are Kate Ryan (1980), Edmond Leburton (1915), Felix Timmermans (1886), Johann Peter Beaulieu (1725), Jean Van Hamme (1939), and David Ruelle (1935). After him are Germain Derycke (1929), Christl Cranz (1914), André Noyelle (1931), Jean de Bie (1892), Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman (1866), and Victor Willems (1877).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, Joseph Mermans ranks 30. Before him are Radja Nainggolan (1988), Frans Janssens (1945), Louis Van Hege (1889), Léon Semmeling (1940), Erwin Vandenbergh (1959), and Mousa Dembélé (1987). After him are Jean de Bie (1892), Lorenzo Staelens (1964), Henri Coppens (1930), Georges Heylens (1941), Thomas Vermaelen (1985), and Walter Meeuws (1951).

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