Martin Lippens

Martinus "Martin" Lippens (8 October 1934 – 2 November 2016) was a Belgian international football player and trainer who only played for one club, Sporting Anderlecht, as a midfielder.^[4]

Martin Lippens

Lippens in 1961
Personal information
Full name	Martinus Lippens
Date of birth	(1934-10-08)8 October 1934
Place of birth	Belgium
Date of death	2 November 2016(2016-11-02) (aged 82)
Place of death	Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1954–1966	Anderlecht[1][2]	232	(52)
International career
1955	Belgium U-19	1	(0)
1957–1963	Belgium[3]	33	(2)
Managerial career
1966–1967	VW Hamme
1992	Sint-Truiden
1994	RWDM
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

He played for Anderlecht in the entire 1950s; seven times he took home the Belgian Championship with the Mauves, and once he also won the Belgian Cup. He played 232 official matches in the first division for that club,^[2] and appeared 33 times in the national selection.^[3] After his player career was head coach for different clubs for short periods, but mainly worked as youth trainer or assistant-coach.

Player palmares

Club career

Anderlecht

• Belgian First Division (7): 1954–55, 1955–56, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66
• Belgian Cup (1): 1964–65

International career

• 33 selections for the Belgium national team and 2 goals