Louis Debackere

Louis Debackere (1 September 1937 –  November 2024) was a Belgian football player from Bruges, playing as a midfielder. He played eight seasons with Club Brugge K.V. from 1957 to 1965.

Biography
Sports career
He started playing football with Royal Antwerp F.C.. Aftwerwards in 1957, Debackere moved to Club Brugge K.V.. With Club Brugge he played as a midfielder eight season in the main team between 1957 and 1965.

Debackere was on the team when it promoted from the Belgian Second Division to the Belgian First Division A, the top division in Belgium, in 1959. After that, he played all his following years at the highest level in Belgium. He played a total of 167 matches with Club Brugge and scored seven goals, including 151 competition matches and four Belgian Cup matches.

Debackere was also a member of the Belgium national under-21 football team and played in March and April 1960 against Scotland and East Germany. Later the year in  October and November he played with the Belgium national aspirants football team in Switzerland and Hungary.

Personal life
Debackere was born on 1 September 1937. After his playing career he was owner of furniture store “Meubels en Keukens Debackere” in Assebroek for decades.Voormalig Clubspeler Louis Debackere (87) overleden When he was 82 year old, he was reported missing after he left the  hospital in Brugge in January 2020. He was found in good health a day later.

Debackere died in November 2024, at the age of 87 years old.

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Category:Belgian footballers
Category:1937 births
Category:2024 deaths
Category:People from Bruges
Category:Place of death missing
Category:Association football midfielders