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Rik De Saedeleer

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Rik De Saedeleer
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Personal information
Full name Rik De Saedeleer
Date of birth (1924-01-17)17 January 1924
Place of birth Mechelen, Belgium
Date of death 3 March 2013(2013-03-03) (aged 89)
Place of death Knokke, Belgium
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1939–1954 Racing Mechelen 285 (160)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rik De Saedeleer (17 January 1924 – 3 March 2013) was a Belgian footballer, columnist and television sports commentator.

Playing career

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De Saedeleer played the majority of his career at hometown club Racing Mechelen with whom he was runner-up in the 1951–52 Belgian First Division and was once called up for the Belgium national team for a 1949 friendly match against a squad made up of London-based professionals.

Media career

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After retiring as a player, De Saedeleer wanted to be a football coach[1] but instead became columnist at Het Laatste Nieuws and Belgium's best known football commentator, reporting from several World Cups. He was known for his emotional and humorous reports.[2] He retired after the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.

He died on 3 March 2013 after spending most of his final years in hospital. He was survived by his wife and two daughters.[3]

Bibliography

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  • Rik De Saedeleer (1990). Goooooal! Goal! Goal! (in Dutch). ISBN 9789050960632.
  • Carl Huybrechts; Benno Wauters; Rik De Saedeleer (2011). Rik De Saedeleer: de stem van ons voetbal: memoires [Rik De Saedeleer: the voice of our football: memoirs] (in Dutch). ISBN 9789089312501.

References

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  1. ^ Rik De Saedeleer (87) over zijn carrière en de Rode Duivels - HUMO (in Dutch)
  2. ^ Rik, de dertiende man van de Rode Duivels Archived 2016-06-28 at the Wayback Machine - Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch)
  3. ^ Rik De Saedeleer overleden - Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch)
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