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Jan Van Cant scored his first international goal in his debut match on 20 Feb 1912
Scored one hat-trick in international matches

Football player Jan Van Cant

Joannes Baptista Van Cant

Jan Van Cant

Born on 20 November 1888, Kessel-Lo
Died on 18 March 1926, Sint-Niklaas (aged 37)

National team appearances of Jan Van Cant

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Belgium	1912 - 1914	10				7		0.700
Total:		10				7		0.700

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
RC Malines, Mechelen	20 Feb 1912 - 26 Apr 1914	10				7		0.700

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Goals

Goals/ Caps

Friendly matches and other tournaments

0.700

Total:

0.700

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
20 Feb 1912	Switzerland	debut; first goal	23 years 3 months
28 Apr 1912	Netherlands	first cap as captain	23 years 5 months 8 days
23 Nov 1913	Germany	first hat-trick	25 years 3 days
26 Apr 1914	Netherlands	last appearance	25 years 5 months 6 days

Record of Jan Van Cant'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
Germany	3		1			1		3.000	1	3.000
Switzerland	2		1		1			2.000	1	2.000
France	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
Netherlands	1		1	1				1.000	4	0.250
(+) other teams									3
Total:	7		4	2	1	1	0	1.750	10	0.700

Record of national team matches played by Jan Van Cant

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Belgium football team	10	2	0	8	28	36	20.0

Jan Van Cant's international caps

as player of RC Malines, Mechelen:

debut age, age when scoring first goal - 23 years 3 months

20 Feb 1912 14:30

Antwerp, Stadion aan de Broodstraat

9-2

Belgium vs Switzerland

Friendly International

2х

10 Mar 1912 14:30

Antwerp, Beerschot A.C. Stadion

1-2

Belgium vs Netherlands

Coupe Van den Abeele (Het Koperen Dingetje) 1912

08 Apr 1912 15:00

Brussels, Longchamps

1-2

Belgium vs England*

Friendly International

28 Apr 1912 14:30 (+0:20)

Dordrecht, D.F.C.-terrein aan de Markettenweg

4-3

Netherlands vs Belgium

Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad Beker 1912

09 Nov 1912 14:30

Swindon, County Ground

4-0

England* vs Belgium

Friendly International

23 Nov 1913 14:00

Antwerp, Stadion aan de Broodstraat

6-2

Belgium vs Germany

Friendly International

3х

25 Jan 1914 14:30

Lille, Stade Victor Boucquey

4-3

France vs Belgium

Friendly International

1х

24 Feb 1914 14:30

Brussels, Longchamps

1-8

Belgium vs England*

Friendly International

15 Mar 1914 14:30

Antwerp, Beerschot A.C. Stadion

2-4

Belgium vs Netherlands

Coupe Van den Abeele (Het Koperen Dingetje) 1914

26 Apr 1914 14:30 (+0:20)

Amsterdam, Het Nederlandsche Sportpark (Het Oude Stadion)

4-2

Netherlands vs Belgium

Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad Beker 1914

1х

Comments

Rimac Lithuania - Other notes posted on 21 February 2009 at 09:37:45

Jan Van Cant more commomly known as Jean Van Cant (French version).
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Soproni Démon Hungary - Additional information posted on 9 May 2012 at 06:38:46

Jean Van Cant
Died: 21.03.1926 (link:

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Zsorzsinju Hungary - Additional information posted on 16 May 2013 at 19:53:37

Full name:
Jean "Jan" Van Cant

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fast midfielder Netherlands - Other notes posted on 29 May 2014 at 16:43:42

Correct spelling of his name according to Belgias spelling rules: Jan Van Cant. (link:

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sigi Belgium - Error report posted on 10 April 2015 at 09:18:41

Jean ’Jan’ Van Cant was born 20/11/1988? (link:

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db Ukraine - Additional information posted on 20 March 2021 at 11:47:10

Died 18.03.1926 in Sint-Niklaas
Born in Kessel-Lo (link:

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Joannes Baptista Van Cant (link:

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Jan Van Cant's most often teammates

Gaston Hubin (1912 - 1914) - 10 games
Joseph Thys (1912 - 1914) - 9 games
Fernand Nisot (1912 - 1914) - 8 games
Sylva Brébart (1912 - 1914) - 8 games
Joseph Musch (1912 - 1914) - 7 games

Belgium players born on 12 December

Henri Leroy (1887) - 18 caps
Félix Welkenhuysen (1908) - 4 caps
Marius Mondelé (1913) - 4 caps