Alphonse Six

Alphonse Six ( Bruges , January 1st 1890 - Boutersem , August 19 1914 ) was a Belgian footballer . He knew the attacker in Belgium success at Cercle Brugge and inFrance with Olympique Lillois . He also played nine games as international, in which he scored eight times.

Six was educated at the youth of Cercle Brugge . In the season 1909/1910 Alphonse received its first base in the A-team of Cercle. Alphonse knew that year to score 27 times. On March 13, 1910 he made ​​his debut for the Belgian national team against the Netherlands, where he scored once (the game finished 3-2) [1] . In the season1910/1911 he scored 38 times, and he picked up with Cercle Brugge first league title in club history. In February 1912 he set a club record means that even in the 21st century would still stand: he scored five times in one game, in particular with a 0-6 victory at SC Excelsior Brussels .

In the season 1912/1913 he received an offer from the successful club Union Saint-Gilloise . The club not only promised him a place in the team, but also a job. When the latter promise was revoked Six refused to move to union. Six was eventually suspended by the Belgian Football Association . He then sought refuge in Lille, where he signed for Olympique Lillois for the season 1913/14. He won that season's French championship title, making him the first Belgian player who has picked up a foreign championship title.

European competitions were interrupted by the First World War and Alphonse, who lancer was, had to go back under arms in August 1914 . He died after only four daysBoutersem .