Armand Joseph Jurion nicknamed Jef, was a Belgian

Belgium

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 football

Football (soccer)

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 player who played with the Belgium national team from 1955 to 1967. Jurion spent most of his club career at R.S.C. Anderlecht

R.S.C. Anderlecht

Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the...

 where he won 8 championship

Jupiler League

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 titles and one Cup

Belgian Cup

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 and was awarded 2 Golden Shoe

Belgian Golden Shoe

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. He played in the match Belgium-Netherlands

Netherlands national football team

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 in 1964 with 10 fellows from the Anderlecht team after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by Jean Trappeniers.

"Jef" began to play at Ruisbroek

Ruisbroek

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 and earned an early interest by Brussels giants Union

R. Union Saint-Gilloise

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 and Racing White, but he finally signed with Anderlecht. In November 1954, he played his debut game in the first team of Anderlecht against Olympic Charleroi

R.O.C. de Charleroi-Marchienne

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 (won 2-4) as a right winger. Jurion remained in the first team until he left for Gent in 1967, to work as a player/coach. His early breakthrough permitted him to play the first European game of Anderlecht, against Hungarian side Vörös Lobogó (currently MTK) in 1955.

Jurion achieved international fame after a memorable goal against Real Madrid

Real Madrid

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 in 1962 (a 1-0 win) which qualified Anderlecht for the second round of the Champions Cup

UEFA Champions League

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 after the 3-3 draw at Bernabeu

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium

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. After this goal, he received the nickname of "Mister Europe". He began his international career in 1955 against France

France national football team

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. During his 64 appearances, he played at 7 different positions and scored 9 times.

He is also remembered as one of very few notable football players, if not the only one, who constantly wore glasses during games.

Jurion then successively coached KSC Lokeren, KSK Beveren

K.S.K. Beveren

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 and La Louvière

R.A.A. Louviéroise

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