Odilon Polleunis

Odilon Polleunis

File:Odilon Polleunis (1968).jpg
Personal information
Date of birth	(1943-05-01) 1 May 1943
Place of birth	Sint-Truiden, Belgium
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962–1973	Sint-Truidense VV
1973–1976	R.W.D. Molenbeek
1976–1977	K.S.K. Tongeren
International career
1968–1975	Belgium	22	(10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Odilon Polleunis (born 1 May 1943), nicknamed Lon, was a Belgian football player who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1968 while at Sint-Truiden. He played 22 matches and scored 10 goals for the national team between 1968 and 1975, starting in a 1-2 friendly win against the Netherlands on 7 April 1968. Polleunis scoring on his debut and the first of his 7 goals in his first 5 Internationals, including a hat-trick against Finland and two against Yugoslavia in World Cup qualifiers in October 1968. At the Mexico World Cup in 1970 Polleunis came on as sub in Belgium's win against El Salvador and started against Mexico in the third game replacing Raoul Lambert. In the mid-1970s, "Lon" moved to RWDM.

External links

• Profile at weltfussball