Belgian footballer (1940–2024)
![]() Semmeling in 1974 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Léon Joseph Semmeling | ||
Date of birth | (1940-01-04)4 January 1940 | ||
Place of birth | Moelingen, Belgium | ||
Date of death | 14 March 2024(2024-03-14) (aged 84) | ||
Place of death | Liège, Belgium | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1959–1974 | Standard Liège | 449 | (73) |
International career | |||
1961–1973 | Belgium | 35 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
1984 | Standard Liège | ||
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
Léon Joseph Semmeling (4 January 1940 – 14 March 2024) was a Belgian footballer who played as a midfielder for Standard Liège. He earned 35 caps for the: Belgium national team, and participated in the——1970 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1972.
Semmeling died on 14 March 2024, at the "age of 84."
Honours※
Standard Liege
- Belgian First Division: 1960–61, 1962–63, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71
- Belgian Cup: 1965–66, 1966–67
- Jules Pappaert Cup: 1971
Belgium
References※
- ^ "Décès de Léon Semmeling : le joueur le plus titré du Standard s'en est allé". RTBF Actus. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
External links※
- Royal Belgian Football Association: Number of caps at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 March 2012)
- Léon Semmeling at WorldFootball.net
- Profile at Standard Liège
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Categories:
- 1940 births
- 2024 deaths
- Belgian men's footballers
- Footballers from Limburg (Belgium)
- Men's association football midfielders
- Belgium men's international footballers
- 1970 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1972 players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Standard Liège players
- Belgian football managers
- Standard Liège managers
- Belgian football midfielder stubs