SOCCER PLAYER

Léopold Anoul

1922 - 1990

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Léopold "Pol" Anoul (19 August 1922 – 11 February 1990) was a Belgian footballer. During his club career he played for Royal FC Liégeois (1942–1957) and Standard Liège (1957–1960). From 1947 to 1954, he earned 48 caps and scored 20 goals for the Belgium national football team, including 3 goals in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. His nickname was "l'homme de Colombes" (the man from Colombes) after a wonderful goal he scored for Belgium against France in the stadium of Colombes near Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Léopold Anoul is the 3,082nd most popular soccer player (down from 2,464th in 2019), the 658th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 597th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Belgian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Léopold Anoul ranks 3,082 out of 21,273. Before him are Georginio Wijnaldum, Ferdinand Adams, Lennart Samuelsson, Severino Minelli, Pierluigi Casiraghi, and Viktor Kolotov. After him are Ljubomir Lovrić, Jesús María Zamora, Fernando Serena, Yoshihiko Matsuoka, Vitaliy Parakhnevych, and Leen Vente.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Léopold Anoul ranks 308. Before him are Božo Broketa, Nino Bibbia, Lidiya Ponomarenko, Mariya Dolina, Leslie Marr, and Stanislav Rostotsky. After him are Stellan Nilsson, Ann-Britt Leyman, Lloyd La Beach, Rui Campos, Janis Paige, and Jacques Lataste. Among people deceased in 1990, Léopold Anoul ranks 221. Before him are Horst Bienek, An Wang, Tibor Berczelly, Ludwig von Moos, Dan Ayrault, and Walter Sedlmayr. After him are Turan Dursun, Adri van Male, Karl Aage Hansen, Cazuza, Max Bense, and Arno Arthur Wachmann.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Léopold Anoul ranks 658 out of 1,190. Before him are Paul de Smet de Naeyer (1843), Gotye (1980), Jacques Beurlet (1944), Patrick Nève (1949), Ferdinand Adams (1903), and Henri Grégoire (1881). After him are Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930), Laurent Grimmonprez (1902), Frank Odberg (1879), Paul van Ostaijen (1896), Jean Thissen (1946), and Frank De Bleeckere (1966).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, Léopold Anoul ranks 57. Before him are Georges Grün (1962), Jan Diddens (1906), René Desaeyere (1947), Victor Mees (1927), Jacques Beurlet (1944), and Ferdinand Adams (1903). After him are Laurent Grimmonprez (1902), Jean Thissen (1946), Alexandre Czerniatynski (1960), Johan Devrindt (1945), Michy Batshuayi (1993), and Wilfried Puis (1943).

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