Bob Maertens

Bob Maertens
Personal information
Full name	Robert Maertens
Date of birth	(1930-01-24)24 January 1930
Place of birth	Boom, Belgium
Date of death	11 January 2003(2003-01-11) (aged 72)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1948–1959	Royal Antwerp	282	(8)
1959–1963	Olympic de Charleroi-Marchienne	?	(?)
National team
1952–1956	Belgium	12	(0)
Teams managed
1968-1970	Royal Antwerp
1976-1977	K.R.C. Mechelen
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Robert "Bob" Maertens (24 January 1930 – 11 January 2003) was a Belgian international footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Born in Boom, Maertens played club football for Royal Antwerp and Olympic de Charleroi-Marchienne.

He earned a total of 12 caps for Belgium between 1952 and 1956,^[1] and participated at the 1954 FIFA World Cup.^[2]

Belgium squad – 1954 FIFA World Cup

1 Gernaey 2 Dries 3 Van Brandt 4 Huysmans 5 Carré 6 Mees 7 Vliers 8 Houf 9 Coppens 10 Anoul 11 Mermans (c) 12 Geerts 13 Dirickx 14 Van Kerkhoven 15 H. Van den Bosch 16 P. Van Den Bosch 17 Ausloos 18 Van Der Linden 19 Backaert 20 Maertens 21 Van Steen 22 Van Hoywegen Coach: Livingstone

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