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Louis Bessems scored his first international goal in his debut match on 16 Feb 1913

Football player Louis Bessems

Louis Joseph Bessems

Louis Bessems

Born on 25 September 1892, Anderlecht

National team appearances of Louis Bessems

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Belgium	1913 - 1923	13				1		0.077
Total:		13				1		0.077

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Daring Club de Bruxelles SR, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek	16 Feb 1913 - 05 May 1923	13				1		0.077

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Goals

Goals/ Caps

Friendly matches and other tournaments

0.077

Total:

0.077

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
16 Feb 1913	France	debut; first goal	20 years 4 months 22 days
5 May 1923	England*	last appearance	30 years 7 months 10 days

Record of Louis Bessems's goals by opponent team

Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	Matches by goals in a match				Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	1	2	3	>3	Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
France	1		1	1				1.000	4	0.250
(+) other teams									9
Total:	1		1	1	0	0	0	1.000	13	0.077

Record of national team matches played by Louis Bessems

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Belgium national team	13	7	3	3	27	20	65.4

Louis Bessems's international caps

as player of Daring Club de Bruxelles, Brussel:

debut age, age when scoring first goal - 20 years 4 months 22 days

16 Feb 1913 14:30

Uccle, Stade du Vivier d`Oie

3-0

Belgium vs France

Friendly International

1х

09 Mar 1913 14:30

Antwerp, Beerschot A.C. Stadion

3-3

Belgium vs Netherlands

Coupe Van den Abeele (Het Koperen Dingetje) 1913

20 Apr 1913 14:30 (+0:20)

Zwolle, Z.A.C. Stadion

2-4

Netherlands vs Belgium

Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad Beker 1913

01 May 1913 15:30 (+1:00)

Turin, Campo di Piazza d`Armi, Lato Crocetta

1-0

Italy vs Belgium

Friendly International

04 May 1913 15:00 (+1:00)

Basel, Stadion Landhof

1-2

Switzerland vs Belgium

Friendly International

09 Mar 1919 15:30 (+1:00)

Uccle, Stade du Vivier d`Oie

2-2

Belgium vs France

Friendly International

as player of Daring Club de Bruxelles SR, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek:

15 Jan 1922 14:15

Colombes, Stade de Colombes

2-1

France vs Belgium

Friendly International

07 May 1922 14:30 (+1:20)

Amsterdam, Het Nederlandsche Sportpark (Het Oude Stadion)

1-2

Netherlands vs Belgium

Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad Beker 1922

04 Feb 1923 14:30

Antwerp, Olympisch Stadion (Kielstadion)

1-0

Belgium vs Spain

Friendly International

25 Feb 1923 15:00

Forest, Parc Duden (La Butte)

4-1

Belgium vs France

Friendly International

19 Mar 1923 15:15

London, Highbury (Arsenal) Stadium

6-1

England vs Belgium

Friendly International

29 Apr 1923 14:30 (+0:20)

Amsterdam, Het Nederlandsche Sportpark (Het Oude Stadion)

1-1

Netherlands vs Belgium

Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad Beker 1923

05 May 1923 17:00 (+1:00)

Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Stade à Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

3-0

Belgium vs England*

Friendly International

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Louis Bessems's most often teammates

Armand Swartenbroeks (1913 - 1923) - 11 games
Oscar Verbeeck (1919 - 1923) - 8 games
Jean De Bie (1922 - 1923) - 7 games
Maurice Gillis (1922 - 1923) - 6 games
Rik Larnoe (1922 - 1923) - 6 games
Désiré Bastin (1922 - 1923) - 6 games

Belgium players born on 18 January

André Piters (1931) - 23 caps, 7 goals