Flor Lambrechts

Flor Lambrechts

Personal information
Full name	Florent Jan Maria Lambrechts
Date of birth	(1910-03-25)25 March 1910
Place of birth	Antwerp, Belgium
Date of death	14 April 1990(1990-04-14) (aged 80)
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward, midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1926–1937	Antwerp	196[1]	(143[1])
1945–1946	La Forestoise	8	(7)
Total		208	(150)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Florent "Flor" Jan Maria Lambrechts (25 March 1910 – 14 April 1990) was a Belgian footballer who played as a forward and midfielder. He played in the First Division for several seasons with

.

With Antwerp, Lambrechts won the

in a single First Division game.

After troubles inside the club, he had to move out of Antwerp to RCS La Forestoise in 1937. In 1941, the club achieved promotion to the Belgian First Division by winning the 1941–42 Belgian Second Division [fr]

In total he played 208 games in the Belgian First Division, scoring 150 goals.

Biography

Lambrechts made his debut in 1927 in the Antwerp first team in a friendly match, little more than a month after celebrating his 18th birthday. By the 1929/30 season he had secured a place as a starter. Lambrechts became national champion with Antwerp in 1929 and 1931^[2] and reached second place in 1930, 1932 and 1933.

In the

.

After a conflict with the dismissed trainer Molnar, Antwerp suspended a number of fundamental players in 1937, including Lambrechts. That year he had to move to the then second division team RCS La Forestoise. Eventually, he continued to play there until 1946. The club was able to achieve promotion to the First Division in 1941. After the championship, which had been interrupted due to the Second World War, was resumed in 1945, he played there one more season. In total he played 208 games in First Division and scored 150 goals.^[3][4]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[5]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Antwerp	1926–27	Belgian First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	1927–28		4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
	1928–29		6	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	1
	1929–30		19	7	0	0	0	0	2	1	21	8
	1930–31		26	18	0	0	0	0	3	2	29	20
	1931–32		26	21	0	0	0	0	6	1	32	22
	1932–33		24	16	0	0	0	0	6	7	30	23
	1933–34		25	18	0	0	0	0	2	3	27	21
	1934–35		18	16	3	5[6]	0	0	5	4	26	25
	1935–36		26	37[7]	0	0	0	0	4	0	30	35
	1936–37		22	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	24	11
	Total		196	143	3	5	0	0	34	18	233	166
La Forestoise	1945–46	Belgian First Division	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	7
Career total			208[3]	150[3]	3	5	0	0	34	18	241	173

Honours

Club

Antwerp

• 1930–31

La Forestoise

• Belgian Second Division: 1941–42

Individual

• Belgian First Division top scorer: 1935–36 (37 goals)^[7]

References