- Louis Pilot
Infobox Football biography
playername = Louis Pilot
fullname = Louis Pilot
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1940|11|11
cityofbirth = flagicon|LuxembourgEsch-sur-Alzette
countryofbirth =Luxembourg
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height =
nickname =
position =Midfielder
currentclub =
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = ? – 1961
1961 – 72
1972 – 75
1975 – 78
clubs =CS Fola Esch
Standard Liège
Royal Antwerp FC
R. Jet Bruxelles
caps(goals) =
264 (36)
125 (8)
nationalyears = 1959 – 71
nationalteam = flagicon|Luxembourg Luxembourg
nationalcaps(goals) = 49 (7)
manageryears = 1978 – 84
1984 – 86
managerclubs = Luxembourg
Standard Liège Louis Pilot (born
November 11 ,1940 inEsch-sur-Alzette ) is a formerLuxembourg ianfootball (soccer) player andhead coach of Luxembourg's national team. In November 2003, to celebrateUEFA 's jubilee, he was selected by theLuxembourg Football Federation as the country's Golden Player - the greatest player of the last 50 years. [http://www.uefa.com/uefa/news/Kind=256/newsId=130150.html]Pilot started his footballing career at his home town club
CS Fola Esch , before signing for Belgian teamStandard Liège at the age of 20. He went on to play 337 times for Standard, winning 4 Belgian league titles and 2 Belgian cups and then moved onto Royal Antwerp and Racing Jet. Pilot also represented the national team, winning 49 caps between1959 and1971 , scoring seven goals in this time. He retired from playing football in1978 .Later that year, Pilot returned to Luxembourg and became the national team coach on
April 12 , leading his nation in this capacity until1984 , when he became the head coach at the club where he had enjoyed his most successful playing period,Standard Liège . He lasted only one season at Standard, before returning back to Luxembourg and taking up similar roles at Etzella Ettelbruck andFC Avenir Beggen , before assuming a less active role in football.External links
* [http://www.uefa.com/uefa/history/associationweeks/association=82/newsId=209650.html - Luxembourg's Golden Player]
s-ttl|title=
Luxembourgian Sportsman of the Year
years=1968 –1969
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