Léopold Gernaey

Léopold Gernaey
Personal information

Date of birth	(1927-02-25)25 February 1927
Place of birth	Gistel, Belgium
Date of death	1 August 2005(2005-08-01) (aged 78)
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1952–1957	AS Oostende	?	(?)
National team
1953–1957	Belgium	17	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Léopold Gernaey (25 February 1927 – 1 August 2005) was a Belgian international footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Born in Gistel, Gernaey played club football for AS Oostende.

He earned a total of 17 caps for Belgium between 1953 and 1957,^[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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