Wonderful domestic success followed at Standard, winning the championship in 1969, 1970 and 1971 and making it a hat-trick of Golden Shoes by winning the award in both 1969 and 1970.

He was called by the Belgian Football Union to do some prospective work and became assistant coach to national coach in 1995 after a few heavy defeats of the Red Devils. He succeeded Van Himst as a head coach in 1996 for five games.

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Van Moer's international career went on for another two years, long enough to appear in another World Cup Finals series. Named captain in the absence of , for the second-phase game against his international career ended when replaced by at half-time. Belgium trailed by two at the interval and went on to lose 3–0, Poland's inspiration coming from who was the only player to score.

However, people in the Football Union and the press were not very delighted by his lack of communicative skills and at the beginning of 1997, he was, in his turn, replaced by . He has not taken up any managerial tasks since.

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Following relegation for Antwerp in 1968, a protracted move to ensued, Van Moer resisting the interest of to remain in Belgium, and also , with whom he had made a personal agreement. The €150,000 fee for the now established international was at the time a Belgian record.

Born in , Van Moer began with home town club Beveren-Waas, then in the third tier of the Belgian League. A move to in 1965 was influenced not only by a chance to play in the 1st Division, but by the fact he was already working in that city as an electrician. He made his debut for the club in August 1965 against Union Saint-Gilloise. At the end of 1966 he won his first , having won his first international cap earlier that year.

Wilfried van Moer (1 March 1945 – 24 August 2021) was a Belgian who won the three times, first in 1966 while at then in 1969 and in 1970 while at .

It was during his three years at Antwerp under the guidance of coach Harry Game, that Van Moer, against his wishes, was moved from a wide right role to central midfield, preparing him to eventually succeed to another of Belgium's most celebrated players , in the national team.

Wilfried Van Moer

Van Moer suffered a cerebral haemorrhage and died in a hospital in on 24 August 2021.

Prior to 1966 Van Moer played with . He returned to his first club after a spell at in the early 1980s.

After he stopped playing football, he became coach with Sint-Truiden, SK Beveren, Assent and FC Diest, before calling it a day, somewhat disappointed by the general professional level of the Belgian football players.

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