René Thirifays
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 October 1920 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgium | ||
| Date of death | 17 October 1986 (aged 66) | ||
| Place of death | Belgium | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1945–1954 | Charleroi | ||
| International career | |||
| 1946–1949 | Belgium | 13 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
René Thirifays (8 October 1920–17 October 1986[1]) was a Belgian football player who finished top scorer of the Belgian League with 26 goals in 1949 while playing for Sporting Charleroi.[2] He played 13 times with the Belgium national team between 1946 and 1949. Thirifays made his international debut on 23 February 1946 in a 7–0 friendly win against Luxembourg.[3]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]Charleroi
[edit]- Belgian Second Division B champions: 1946-47[4]
Individual
[edit]- Belgian First Division top scorer: 1948–49 (26 goals)[5]
References
[edit]- ^ René Thirifays
- ^ "Perbet devient le troisième carolo de l'histoire à devenir meilleur buteur" (in French). RTBF. 22 May 2016.
- ^ Par joueur Archived 24 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Palmarès Charleroi". sporting-charleroi.be (in Dutch). 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Topscorer Eerste Klasse".
- Liesse, Georges (1953). Le Roi René ou René Thirifays raconte se vie de Footballer. Lodelinsart. p. 76.
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