Odilon Polleunis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Odilon Polleunis

Belgian footballer

Date of Birth: 01-May-1943

Place of Birth: Sint-Truiden, Flemish Region, Belgium

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Odilon Polleunis (born 1 May 1943), nicknamed Lon, was a Belgian football player who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1968 while at Sint-Truiden.
He played 22 matches and scored 10 goals for the national team between 1968 and 1975, starting in a 1-2 friendly win against the Netherlands on 7 April 1968.
Polleunis scoring on his debut and the first of his 7 goals in his first 5 Internationals, including a hat-trick against Finland and two against Yugoslavia in World Cup qualifiers in October 1968.
At the Mexico World Cup in 1970 Polleunis came on as sub in Belgium's win against El Salvador and started against Mexico in the third game replacing Raoul Lambert.
In the mid-1970s, "Lon" moved to RWDM.