- Odilon Polleunis
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Odilon Polleunis Personal information Date of birth 1 May 1943 Place of birth Sint-Truiden, Belgium Playing position Striker Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1962–1973 Sint-Truidense VV 1973–1976 R.W.D. Molenbeek 1976–1977 K.S.K. Tongeren National team 1968–1975 Belgium 22 (10) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Odilon Polleunis (born 1 May 1943), nicknamed Lon, was a Belgian football player who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1968 while at Sint-Truiden. He played 22 matches and scored 10 goals for the national team between 1968 and 1975, starting in a 1-2 friendly win against the Netherlands on 7 April 1968. Polleunis scoring on his debut and the first of his 7 goals in his first 5 Internationals , including a hat-trick against Finland and two against Yugoslavia in World Cup qualifiers in October 1968. At the Mexico World Cup in 1970 Polleunis came on as sub in Belgium's win against El Salvador and started against Mexico in the third game replacing Raoul Lambert.In the mid 1970s, "Lon" moved to RWDM.
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Belgium squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup 1 Piot • 2 Heylens • 3 Thissen • 4 Dewalque • 5 Jeck • 6 Dockx • 7 Semmeling • 8 Van Moer • 9 Devrindt • 10 Van Himst • 11 Puis • 12 Trappeniers • 13 Beurlet • 14 Martens • 15 Vandendaele • 16 Polleunis • 17 Verheyen • 18 Lambert • 19 Carteus • 20 Peeters • 21 Janssens • 22 Duquesne • Coach: Goethals
Belgium squad – UEFA Euro 1972 Third Place Belgian Golden Shoe Winners 1954: Coppens | 1955: Van Brandt | 1956: Mees | 1957: Jurion | 1958: Storme | 1959: Olieslagers | 1960: Van Himst | 1961: Van Himst | 1962: Jurion | 1963: Nicolay | 1964: Puis | 1965: Van Himst | 1966: Van Moer | 1967: Boone | 1968: Polleunis | 1969: Van Moer | 1970: Van Moer | 1971: Vandendaele | 1972: Piot | 1973: Martens | 1974: Van Himst | 1975: Boskamp | 1976: Rensenbrink | 1977: Cools | 1978: Pfaff | 1979: Janssens | 1980: Ceulemans | 1981: Vandenbergh | 1982: Gerets | 1983: Vercauteren | 1984: Scifo | 1985: Ceulemans | 1986: Ceulemans | 1987: Preud'homme | 1988: Clijsters | 1989: Preud'homme | 1990: Van der Elst | 1991: Degryse | 1992: Albert | 1993: Zetterberg | 1994: De Bilde | 1995: Okon | 1996: Van der Elst | 1997: Zetterberg | 1998: Strupar | 1999: Staelens | 2000: Koller | 2001: Sonck | 2002: Simons | 2003: Aruna | 2004: Kompany | 2005: Conceição | 2006: Boussoufa | 2007: Defour | 2008: Witsel | 2009: Jovanović | 2010: Boussoufa
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