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My Take
Éric Deflandre is the sort of player I instinctively want to defend. A right-back from Rocourt, Belgium, he worked one of football's least glamorous and most exhausting positions, sprinting up and down the flank for ninety minutes, defending and attacking in equal measure. Full-backs rarely make the highlight reels, yet teams collapse without them. The fact that he keeps a personal website dedicated to his career suggests a man who values his own footprint in the game, however unflashy. Born in 1973, he's a craftsman who quietly held Belgian football together, and craftsmen like that deserve more applause than they get.
Overview
Éric Deflandre (born 2 August 1973) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Éric Deflandre
- Name (Japanese)
- エリック・ドフランドル
- Reading
- えりっく・どふらんどる
- Born
- August 2, 1973 (age 52)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Ox
- Origin
- Rocourt, Belgium
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 181 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Belgium →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.