Félix Balyu (5 August 1891 – 15 January 1971) was a Belgian association football player who played for Club Brugge and the Belgium national football team.
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| Date of birth | 5 August 1891 | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 15 January 1971 (aged 79) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| Club Brugge | |||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1920 | Belgium | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
International career
editBalyu was named to the Belgium squad for the 1920 Olympic Football Tournament, which Belgium hosted.[1] He made his sole appearance for his country in Belgium's first match, a 3–1 second-round[note 1] victory over Spain. Balyu played poorly and would not see the pitch for the remainder of the tournament.[2] Although Balyu did not play for Belgium again, he collected a gold medal as Belgium defeated Netherlands in the semifinals and Czechoslovakia in a controversial final match.
Notes
edit- ^ Belgium received a first-round bye, as there were only fifteen teams entered to play in the single-elimination tournament.
References
edit- ^ "Félix Balyu". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Le Tournoi Olympique de Football". Vélo-Sport (in French). Vol. 3, no. 1327. Brussels. 31 August 1920. p. 1. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
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