Robert Coppée

A striker for Union Saint-Gilloise, Robert Coppée was first selected for the Red Devils, Belgium’s national team, in 1919. He would be capped a total of 15 times, scoring 9 goals. He scored three goals in the Olympic quarter-final match against Spain. He also opened the scoring in the controversial final against Czechoslovakia, which was eventually abandoned by the Czechs. Coppée also played his last international at the Olympics, the 1924 Games in Paris, when Belgium went out in their first match. Domestically, Coppée’s greatest success came in 1923, when Union won the title, having finished runner-up in 1920 and 1921 (and again in 1924). He had joined the club in 1908 and played his first game in the First Division in 1913, eventually playing a total of 116 matches and scoring 91 goals. Coppée ended his football career in 1929.