SOCCER PLAYER

Lei Clijsters

1956 - 2009

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Leo Albert Jozef "Lei" Clijsters (6 November 1956 – 4 January 2009) was a Belgian professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Throughout his extensive senior career, the tough stopper was mainly associated with KV Mechelen, with whom he won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Super Cup. Also a prominent member of the Belgium national team, he was the father of tennis players Kim and Elke Clijsters. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lei Clijsters is the 2,353rd most popular soccer player (up from 2,517th in 2019), the 598th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 605th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Belgian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Lei Clijsters ranks 2,353 out of 21,273. Before him are Eugène Parlier, Pierluigi Pizzaballa, Asamoah Gyan, Paulo Sérgio, Joel Antônio Martins, and Henock Abrahamsson. After him are Yukitaka Omi, Roque Júnior, Milovan Jakšić, Harry Andersson, Juvenal Amarijo, and Jorge Costa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Lei Clijsters ranks 264. Before him are Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Steve Barron, Vera Glagoleva, Cristóbal Ortega, Ricardo Giusti, and Kevin Dunn. After him are Brett Cullen, Scott Columbus, Laurie Cunningham, Vjekoslav Bevanda, John Romita Jr., and Ann Dowd. Among people deceased in 2009, Lei Clijsters ranks 206. Before him are Riccardo Cassin, Kim Manners, Ron Silver, Yukio Endo, Clodovil Hernandes, and Willem Johan Kolff. After him are Juvenal Amarijo, Adolf Merckle, Henri Pousseur, Reinhard Mohn, Torsten Lindberg, and Arnold Meri.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Lei Clijsters ranks 598 out of 1,190. Before him are Francis Goya (1946), Elias M. Stein (1931), Jijé (1914), Koen Lenaerts (1954), Jules Malou (1810), and Daniel Seghers (1590). After him are Henri Pousseur (1929), Jan Pieter Schotte (1928), Ludo Coeck (1955), Marouane Fellaini (1987), Simon Bening (1483), and Maurice Hemelsoet (1875).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, Lei Clijsters ranks 45. Before him are Odilon Polleunis (1943), François Van der Elst (1954), Jan Vertonghen (1987), Axel Witsel (1989), Hendrik Isemborghs (1914), and Christian Piot (1947). After him are Ludo Coeck (1955), Marouane Fellaini (1987), Henri De Deken (1907), Jean Dockx (1941), Julien Cools (1947), and Georges Grün (1962).

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