Henri "Rik" Coppens - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Belgian player scored 21 goals in 47 international matches for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born:  29- 4-1930 in Antwerpen
Died:   5- 2-2015
Country:  Belgium
Caps: 47 (W16-D11-L20- GF89-GA109 - %45.74)    
Goals: 21 (% 0.45 per match)   
Age First Cap:	 18 yr 318 d	13- 3-1949 vs. Netherlands 3-3
Age Last Cap:	 29 yr 158 d	 4-10-1959 vs. Netherlands 1-9
National Team Career: 10 yr 205 d


Cap Goals    Date    Venue          Opponent          Score    Competition  
  1        13- 3-49  Amsterdam      Netherlands        3-3   
  2  1  1  23-11-49  Cardiff        Wales              1-5     
  3     1  16- 4-50  Antwerpen      Netherlands        2-0     
  4     1  10- 5-50  Brussel        Ireland            5-1     
  5     1   4- 6-50  Brussel        France             4-1     
  6     1   1-11-50  Paris          France             3-3 
  7     1  20- 5-51  Bruxelles      Scotland           0-5     
  8     1  24- 2-52  Brussel        Italy              2-0     
  9     1  23- 3-52  Wien           Austria            0-2     
 10  2  3   6- 4-52  Antwerpen      Netherlands        4-2     
 11     3  22- 5-52  Bruxelles      France             1-2     
 12     3  26-11-52  London         England            0-5     
 13     3  25-12-52  Paris          France             1-0     
 14     3  19- 3-53  Barcelona      Spain              1-3     
 15  1  4  19- 4-53  Amsterdam      Netherlands        2-0     
 16     4  14- 5-53  Brussel        Yugoslavia         1-3     
 17  3  7  25- 5-53  Helsinki       Finland            4-2     World Cup Qualifier
 18     7  28- 5-53  Stockholm      Sweden             3-2     World Cup Qualifier
 19     7  23- 9-53  Bruxelles      Finland            2-2     World Cup Qualifier
 20  1  8   8-10-53  Brussel        Sweden             2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 21     8  25-10-53  Rotterdam      Netherlands        0-1     
 22     8  22-11-53  Zürich         Switzerland        2-2     
 23     8  14- 3-54  Bruxelles      Portugal           0-0     
 24  2 10   4- 4-54  Antwerpen      Netherlands        4-0     
 25  1 11   9- 5-54  Zagreb         Yugoslavia         2-0     
 26    11  30- 5-54  Brussel        France             3-3     
 27  1 12  17- 6-54  Basel          England            4-4 aet World Cup
 28    12  20- 6-54  Lugano         Italy              1-4     World Cup
 29  1 13  26- 9-54  Bruxelles      West Germany       2-0     
 30  2 15  24-10-54  Brussel        Netherlands        4-3     
 31    15  11-11-54  Paris          France             2-2     
 32    15  16- 1-55  Bari           Italy              0-1     
 33    15   3- 4-55  Amsterdam      Netherlands        0-1     
 34  1 16  25- 9-55  Praha          Czechoslovakia     2-5     
 35    16  28- 9-55  Bucuresti      Romania            0-1     
 36    16  16-10-55  Rotterdam      Netherlands        2-2     
 37    16  23-12-56  Köln           West Germany       1-4     
 38    16  28- 4-57  Amsterdam      Netherlands        1-1     
 39    16  26- 5-57  Brussel        Romania            1-0     
 40  2 18   5- 6-57  Bruxelles      Iceland            8-3     World Cup Qualifier
 41    18  17-11-57  Rotterdam      Netherlands        2-5     
 42    18   2- 3-58  Bruxelles      West Germany       0-2     
 43  2 20  13- 4-58  Antwerpen      Netherlands        2-7     
 44    20  19- 4-59  Amsterdam      Netherlands        2-2     
 45    20  24- 5-59  Bruxelles      Austria            0-2     
 46  1 21  14- 6-59  Wien           Austria            2-4     
 47    21   4-10-59  Rotterdam      Netherlands        1-9     

Total Record  

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    47    16   11   20   89- 109      43      45.74

21 Goals in 47 Matches (0.45 per match)  

Types of             Matches and Goals
Friendlies             40         14
World Cup Qualifiers    5          6
World Cup               2          1

Total                  47         21




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