Paul Van Himst
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Van Himst with Anderlecht in 1973 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Paul Guillaume Van Himst | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 October 1943 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1951–1959 | Anderlecht | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1959–1975 | Anderlecht | 456 | (234) | |||||||||||
| 1975–1976 | Molenbeek | 21 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1976–1977 | Eendracht Aalst | |||||||||||||
| Total | 477 | (235) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1960–1974 | Belgium | 81 | (30) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1986 | Anderlecht | |||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | Molenbeek | |||||||||||||
| 1991–1996 | Belgium | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Paul Guillaume van Himst (born 2 October 1943) is a Belgian former football player and a football manager who played as a forward, most notably for R.S.C. Anderlecht. Regarded as Anderlecht's ultimate club icon, Van Himst holds the record of four Belgian Golden Shoe awards and was named best "Belgian footballer of the twentieth century".