Paul Van Himst
Be the first in the stands
BelgiumCounted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.
Paul Guillaume van Himst is a Belgian former football player and a football manager who played as a forward, most notably for R.S.C. Anderlecht. Regarded as Anderlecht's ultimate club icon, Van Himst holds the record of four Belgian Golden Shoe awards and was named best "Belgian footballer of the twentieth century". — Wikipedia
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In the line-ups
5 appearances in recorded line-ups · 1970–1972The archive holds 5 team sheets naming Paul Van Himst in Belgium's starting line-up, from 1970-06-03 to 1972-06-17.
5 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.
International goals in our archive
15 goals across 9 scoring matches · 3 tournaments · 1960–1972| Date | Opponent | Result | Minutes | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972-06-17 |  Hungary | W2–1(h) | 28' | UEFA Euro | Liège |
| 1972-05-18 |  Iceland | W4–0(h) | 12' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Liège |
| 1972-05-13 |  Italy | W2–1(h) | 71' | UEFA Euro qualification | Brussels |
| 1971-02-03 |  Scotland | W3–0(h) | 57' 85' (pen) | UEFA Euro qualification | Liège |
| 1967-03-19 |  Luxembourg | W5–0(a) | 19' 36' | UEFA Euro qualification | Luxembourg |
| 1966-11-11 |  France | W2–1(h) | 51' 54' | UEFA Euro qualification | Brussels |
| 1965-11-10 |  Israel | W5–0(a) | 24' 33' 69'hat-trick | FIFA World Cup qualification | Ramat Gan |
| 1965-10-27 |  Bulgaria | W5–0(h) | 18' 55' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Brussels |
| 1960-11-20 |  Switzerland | L2–4(h) | 82' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Brussels |
Honours
21 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours21 | ||||
| Belgian First Division | ×9 | 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1984–85 | Anderlecht | |
| Belgian Cup | ×4 | 1964–65, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75 | Anderlecht | |
| Belgian League Cup | ×2 | 1973, 1974 | Anderlecht | |
| Tournoi de Paris | ×2 | 1964, 1966 | Anderlecht | |
| Belgian Super Cup | ×1 | 1985 | Anderlecht | |
| Belgian Third Division | ×1 | 1976–77 | Aalst | |
| Jules Pappaert Cup | ×1 | 1985 | Anderlecht | |
| UEFA Cup | ×1 | 1982–83 | Anderlecht | |
| Individual honours35 | ||||
| Scoring titles · 9 | ||||
| Belgian Golden Shoe | ×4 | 1960, 1961, 1965, 1974 | ||
| Belgian First Division top scorer | ×3 | 1963–64, 1965–66, 1967–68 | ||
| Platina 11 (nl) - Best Team in 50 Years of Golden Shoe Winners | 2003 | |||
| The Best Golden Shoe Team Ever | 2011 | |||
| Player of the year · 7 | ||||
| Ballon d'Or nominations | ×4 | 1963, 1966, 1967, 1972 | ||
| Ballon d'Or | ×2 | 1964, 1965 | ||
| Planète Foot's 50 of the World's Best Players | 1996 | |||
| Teams of the season · 1 | ||||
| IFFHS All Time Belgium Dream Team | 2021 | |||
| More honours · 18 | ||||
| 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||||
| 1966–67 European Cup | ||||
| 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fair Cup | ||||
| Belgian Footballer of the 20th Century | 1995 | |||
| Belgian National Sports Merit Award | 1974 | |||
| Belgian Professional Manager of the Year | 1982–83 | |||
| Bronze Zinneke award | 2006 | |||
| Brusseleir vè’t Leive | 2015 | |||
| DH The Best RSC Anderlecht Team Ever | 2020 | |||
| Former Belgium's Most Capped Player | 1973–1989 | |||
| Honorary Citizen of Dilbeek | 2009 | |||
| Honorary member of the Belgian trainers association BFC Pro | 2012 | |||
| IFFHS European Player of the Century (39th) | 2000 | |||
| L' Equipe European Oscar | 1967 | |||
| L' Equipe Oscar of the Oscars | 1971 | |||
| Man of the Season (Belgian First Division) (nl) | 1970–71 | |||
| Super Gouden Schoen | 1991 | |||
| UEFA Golden Player Award | 2003 | |||