SOCCER PLAYER

Wilfried Puis

1943 - 1981

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Wilfried Puis (18 February 1943 – 21 October 1981) was a Belgian footballer who played as a striker, notably for Anderlecht and the Belgium national team. Puis was praised for his speed, agility and goal kicks which made him and Paul Van Himst a perfect match. A year after he ended his football career, he died of stomach cancer at the age of 38. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilfried Puis is the 3,301st most popular soccer player (down from 3,101st in 2019), the 674th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 654th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Belgian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Wilfried Puis ranks 3,301 out of 21,273Before him are Jaime Pacheco, Efraín Sánchez, Jesper Olsen, Rıdvan Bolatlı, Crisant Bosch, and Pedro Troglio. After him are John Eriksen, Givi Nodia, Diego Tristán, Joe Allen, Vojislav Melić, and Walter Taibo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Wilfried Puis ranks 501Before him are Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi, Viktor Sidyak, Shinobu Sekine, Burt Rutan, Cilla Black, and Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero. After him are Lena Valaitis, Bert Jansch, Christiane Nord, Sam Hinds, Aaron Russo, and Orlando de la Torre. Among people deceased in 1981, Wilfried Puis ranks 198Before him are Curtis Bernhardt, Zoya Fyodorova, Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, Nils Asther, José María Minella, and Crisant Bosch. After him are Gregory Breit, Sergio Amidei, Ruby Payne-Scott, Irving Jaffee, Durgabai Deshmukh, and Tadeusz Baird.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Wilfried Puis ranks 674 out of 1,190Before him are Tom Boonen (1980), Alexandre Czerniatynski (1960), Johan Devrindt (1945), Georges Berger (1918), Karel Lismont (1949), and Michy Batshuayi (1993). After him are Mathieu van der Poel (1995), Jules Vandenpeereboom (1843), Jean De Clercq (1905), Frans Verbeeck (1941), Gérard Delbeke (1903), and Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant (2001).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, Wilfried Puis ranks 63Before him are Léopold Anoul (1922), Laurent Grimmonprez (1902), Jean Thissen (1946), Alexandre Czerniatynski (1960), Johan Devrindt (1945), and Michy Batshuayi (1993). After him are Jean De Clercq (1905), Gérard Delbeke (1903), Louis Versyp (1908), Nicolas Hoydonckx (1900), Pierre Braine (1900), and Maurice Martens (1947).