Ludo Coeck

Ludo Coeck

Personal information
Date of birth	(1955-09-25)25 September 1955
Place of birth	Berchem, Belgium
Date of death	9 October 1985(1985-10-09) (aged 30)
Place of death	Edegem, Belgium
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1972	Berchem Sport	7	(7)
1972–1983	R.S.C. Anderlecht	292	(54)
1983–1984	Inter Milan	9	(0)
1984–1985	Ascoli Calcio (loan)	0	(0)
1985	R.W.D. Molenbeek	0	(0)
Total		308	(61)
International career
1974–1984	Belgium	46	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ludo Coeck (25 September 1955 – 9 October 1985) was a Belgian footballer who played as left winger or central midfielder. His clubs included Berchem Sport, Anderlecht, Inter Milan and Ascoli Calcio.

First capped for the Belgian national team at the age of 19, he went on to play for his country 46 times, scoring four goals, over an international career which lasted a decade.

Coeck was a member of the Belgian squad at España 82, where he played in all five of his country's games and scored with a long-range free-kick against El Salvador, and at Euro 84, where he appeared as a substitute in the defeats by France and Denmark.

On 7 October 1985, while he was on his way back to Antwerp, after signing for R.W.D. Molenbeek and taking part to a TV sports programme in Brussels, Coeck was badly injured when his BMW ploughed into crash barriers on a motorway near the town of Rumst. He died two days later, at the University of Antwerp Clinic in Edegem. He was 30 years old.

Honours[edit]

Player[edit]

RSC Anderlecht^[1]

• Belgian First Division: 1973–74, 1980–81
• Belgian Cup: 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76
• Belgian League Cup: 1973, 1974
• European Cup Winners' Cup: 1975–76 (winners), 1976–77 (runners-up), 1977–78 (winners)
• European Super Cup: 1976, 1978
• UEFA Cup: 1982–83 (winners)
• Amsterdam Tournament: 1976^[2]
• Tournoi de Paris: 1977^[3]
• Jules Pappaert Cup: 1977, 1983^[4]
• Belgian Sports Merit Award: 1978^[5]

Individual[edit]

• Belgian Golden Shoe of the 20th Century (1995): 10th place^[6]
• DH The Best RSC Anderlecht Team Ever: 2020^[7]
• Ludo Coeck stadium in Berchem

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Ludo Coeck at WorldFootball.net

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