Nico Claesen - International Appearances


The outstanding Belgian player obtained 36 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born:   1-10-1962 in Leut
Country:  Belgium
Caps:	36	(W10-D12-L14 - GF47-GA51 - %44.44)
Goals:  12
Age First Cap:	 21 yr  11 d	12-10-1983 vs. Scotland 1-1
Age Last Cap:	 27 yr 268 d	26- 6-1990 vs. England 0-1
National Team Career:  6 yr 257 d


Caps   Date    Venue          Opponent          Score    Competition

  1  12-10-83  Glasgow        Scotland           1-1     European Champ. Qual.
  2   9-11-83  Bern           Switzerland        1-3     European Champ. Qual.
  3  29- 2-84  Brussel        West Germany       0-1     
  4  17- 4-84  Warszawa       Poland             1-0     
  5   6- 6-84  Bruxelles      Hungary            2-2     
  6  13- 6-84  Lens           Yugoslavia         2-0     European Championship
  7  16- 6-84  Nantes         France             0-5     European Championship
  8  19- 6-84  Strasbourg     Denmark            2-3     European Championship
  9  17-10-84  Bruxelles      Albania            3-1     World Cup Qualifier
 10  19-12-84  Athinai        Greece             0-0     World Cup Qualifier
 11  22-12-84  Tiranë         Albania            0-2     World Cup Qualifier
 12  16-10-85  Brussel        Netherlands        1-0     World Cup Qualifier
 13  23- 4-86  Bruxelles      Bulgaria           2-0     
 14  19- 5-86  Brussel        Yugoslavia         1-3     
 15   3- 6-86  Cd. de México  Mexico             1-2     World Cup
 16   8- 6-86  Toluca         Iraq               2-1     World Cup
 17  11- 6-86  Toluca         Paraguay           2-2     World Cup
 18  15- 6-86  León           Soviet Union       4-3 aet World Cup
 19  22- 6-86  Puebla         Spain              1-1 [1] World Cup
 20  25- 6-86  Cd. de México  Argentina          0-2     World Cup
 21  28- 6-86  Puebla         France             2-4 aet World Cup
 22  10- 9-86  Bruxelles      Ireland            2-2     European Champ. Qual.
 23  14-10-86  Luxembourg     Luxembourg         6-0     European Champ. Qual.
 24  19-11-86  Brussel        Bulgaria           1-1     European Champ. Qual.
 25   4- 2-87  Braga          Portugal           0-1     
 26   1- 4-87  Bruxelles      Scotland           4-1     European Champ. Qual.
 27  29- 4-87  Dublin         Ireland            0-0     European Champ. Qual.
 28   9- 9-87  Rotterdam      Netherlands        0-0     
 29  23- 9-87  Sofia          Bulgaria           0-2     European Champ. Qual.
 30  14-10-87  Glasgow        Scotland           0-2     European Champ. Qual.
 31  11-11-87  Brussel        Luxembourg         3-0     European Champ. Qual.
 32  25-10-89  Brussel        Luxembourg         1-1     World Cup Qualifier
 33  17- 1-90  Athinai        Greece             0-2     
 34  21- 2-90  Bruxelles      Sweden             0-0     
 35  26- 5-90  Brussel        Romania            2-2     
 36  26- 6-90  Bologna        England            0-1 aet World Cup

[1] aet, Belgium won 5-4 on penalties  

Total Record  

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    36    10   12   14   47-  51      32      44.44

Types of Matches
Friendlies             10 
World Cup               8
World Cup Qualifiers    5  
European Championship   3  
European Champ. Qual.  10

Total                  36


Goals:

Cap   9     1 goal
Cap  14     1 goal
Cap  16     1 goal
Cap  18     1 goal
Cap  21     1 goal
Cap  22     1 goal
Cap  23     3 goals
Cap  26     3 goals

Total:     12 goals


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Last updated: 10 Jun 2020

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