Camille Van Hoorden
Encyclopedia
Camille Van Hoorden is a former Belgian
footballer and coach
. He was part of the Belgian team (Universtité de Bruxelles), which won the bronze
medal at the exhibition tournament at the Olympic Games
in Paris in 1900.
He won 24 caps for the Belgian team between 1904 and 1912. He was captain 11 times, and took part in the Belgium – France game of 1904, the first official game played by the two national teams.
Total : 204 matches, 16 goals
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
footballer and coach
Coach (sport)
In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
. He was part of the Belgian team (Universtité de Bruxelles), which won the bronze
Bronze
Bronze is a metal alloy consisting primarily of copper, usually with tin as the main additive. It is hard and brittle, and it was particularly significant in antiquity, so much so that the Bronze Age was named after the metal...
medal at the exhibition tournament at the Olympic Games
Football at the 1900 Summer Olympics
At the 1900 Summer Olympics, a football tournament was contested for the first time. Only two demonstration matches were held between the three club sides, and no medals were awarded...
in Paris in 1900.
He won 24 caps for the Belgian team between 1904 and 1912. He was captain 11 times, and took part in the Belgium – France game of 1904, the first official game played by the two national teams.
Playing career
- Sporting Club de BruxellesSporting Club de BruxellesSporting Club de Bruxelles was an ephemeric football club in Belgium that existed only for three years. It was founded in 1894 as Ixelles Sporting Club but it changed name before the first Belgian championship ever held in 1895-96. The club finished 3rd behind F.C. Liégeois and Antwerp FC...
- Union FC d'Ixelles
- Racing Club de Bruxelles
Total : 204 matches, 16 goals
Honours as player
- Champions of Belgium in : 1908
- Coupe de BelgiqueBelgian CupThe Belgian Cup is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgian Football Association. The first cup was held in 1911-12. The most successful cup club is Club Brugge KV with 10 titles followed by RSC Anderlecht and R Standard de Liège...
in : 1912