René Thirifays

René Thirifays

Personal information
Date of birth	(1920-10-08)8 October 1920
Place of birth	Belgium
Date of death	17 October 1986(1986-10-17) (aged 66)
Place of death	Belgium
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1945–1954	Charleroi
International career
1946–1949	Belgium	13	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

René Thirifays (8 October 1920–17 October 1986[1]) was a Belgian football player who finished top scorer of the Belgian League with 26 goals in 1949 while playing for Sporting Charleroi.[2] He played 13 times with the Belgium national team between 1946 and 1949. Thirifays made his international debut on 23 February 1946 in a 7–0 friendly win against Luxembourg.[3]

Honours

Club

Charleroi

• Belgian Second Division B champions: 1946-47[4]

Individual

• Belgian First Division top scorer: 1948–49 (26 goals)[5]

References

1. René Thirifays
2. "Perbet devient le troisième carolo de l'histoire à devenir meilleur buteur" (in French). RTBF. 22 May 2016.
3. Par joueur Archived 24 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Palmarès Charleroi". sporting-charleroi.be (in Dutch). 28 December 2023.
5. "Topscorer Eerste Klasse".

• Liesse, Georges (1953). Le Roi René ou René Thirifays raconte se vie de Footballer. Lodelinsart. p. 76.