Joseph Vliers

Joseph Vliers (18 December 1932 in Tongeren – 19 January 1994 in Tongeren^[5]), (mostly called Jef Vliers), was a Belgian football player who finished top scorer of the Belgian First Division with 25 goals and in 1958 while playing for Beerschot. He formerly played with Patria Tongeren and then with Racing de Bruxelles. In the summer of 1955, he moved to Beerschot and he eventually played with Standard Liège. Vliers played six times with the Belgium national team between 1955 and 1963. He made his international debut on 3 April 1955 in a 1–0 friendly defeat to the Netherlands. He was in the team for the 1954 FIFA World Cup but he did not play.

Jef Vliers

Vliers with Standard de Liège in 1965
Personal information
Full name	Joseph Jean Vliers
Date of birth	(1932-12-18)18 December 1932
Place of birth	Tongeren, Belgium
Date of death	19 January 1994(1994-01-19) (aged 61)
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1951–1954	K.S.K. Tongeren	138[1]	(104)
1954–1956	RC Brussels	28[2]	(10)
1956–1959	K. Beerschot V.A.C.	90[3]	(44)
1959–1966	Standard de Liège	186[4]	(23)
Total		439	(181)
International career
1955–1963	Belgium	6	(0)
Managerial career
1967–1969	Racing White
1969–1970	Beerschot
1972–1974	Beringen
1976–1977	Royal Antwerp
1978–1979	Waterschei Thor
1979	1. FC Nürnberg
1981–1983	Tongeren
1983–1984	Beringen
1984	Luxembourg
1988	Standard de Liège
1988–1989	Genk
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Honours

Club

Standard Liège

Source:^[6]

• Belgian First Division champions: 1960-61, 1962-63
• Belgian First Division runners-up: 1961-62, 1964-65

Individual

• Belgian First Division top scorer: 1957–58 (35 goals)^[7]