Bart Carlier

Bart Carlier
	Carlier in 1955
Personal information
Full name	Anthonius Hubertus Carlier
Date of birth	23 June 1929
Place of birth	Venlo, Netherlands
Date of death	4 May 2017 (aged 87)
Place of death	Strasbourg, France
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
–1952	VVV
1952–1953	1. FC Köln
1953–1954	Pirmasens
1954–1955	Strasbourg
1955–1958	Fortuna '54
1958–1964	Monaco
1964–1965	Fortuna '54
International career
1955–1957	Netherlands
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anthonius Hubertus "Bart" Carlier (23 June 1929 – 4 May 2017) was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent eight seasons in France, winning league championships with AS Monaco in 1961 and 1963. Carlier appeared for the Netherlands national team five times, scoring two goals.

Club career

A left-sided striker, Carlier played the majority of his career in France, starting there at a time professional football was not allowed in Holland. When it was introduced, he returned to Limburg to play for big spending Fortuna '54 alongside star players Cor van der Hart, Bram Appel and Frans de Munck.^[1]

International career

Carlier made his debut for the Netherlands in a November 1955 friendly match against Norway and earned during his career a total of 5 caps, scoring 2 goals. His final international was a November 1957 friendly against Belgium.^[2]

Personal life

Carlier lost his almost his entire family in 1944, when they were killed during a bombing of Venlo in World War II.^[3] Carlier died on 4 May 2017, aged 87.^[4]

References

^ Alleen de herinnering aan sterren blijft - NRC (in Dutch)
^ Intl career stats - EUFootball
^ Profile - Voetbal Legends (in Dutch)
^ "OUD-VVV'ER BART CARLIER OVERLEDEN". VVV Venlo.^{[permanent dead link]}

Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.

External links

Bart Carlier at National-Football-Teams.com
Profile at Netherlands federation official site at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-06-19)
Voetbalstats.nl at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-04-07)
Bart Carlier at WorldFootball.net

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[1] Alleen de herinnering aan sterren blijft - NRC (in Dutch)

[2] Intl career stats - EUFootball

[3] Profile - Voetbal Legends (in Dutch)

[4] "OUD-VVV'ER BART CARLIER OVERLEDEN". VVV Venlo.^{[permanent dead link]}

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