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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Florimond Vanhalme | ||
| Date of birth | (1895-03-21)21 March 1895 | ||
| Place of birth | Sint-Andries (Bruges),Belgium | ||
| Date of death | 4 July 1979(1979-07-04) (aged 84) | ||
| Place of death | Ostend,Belgium | ||
| Position | midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cercle Brugge | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1911–1931 | Cercle Brugge | 320 | (33) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1927–1931 | Belgium | 39 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| Cercle Brugge | |||
| VC Vlissingen | |||
| Kortrijk Sport | |||
| FC Knokke | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 January 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 January 2008 | |||
Florimond Vanhalme (21 March 1895 – 4 July 1979) was aBelgiumfootballmidfielder, who still is recordBelgian international forCercle Brugge, the team where he spent all of his career. After his playing career, Vanhalme stayed in football ascoach.
Vanhalme debuted at the highest level on 5 May 1912, in a match againstExcelsior Brussel. The match was won 1–4, with Vanhalme scoring once. One season later, Vanhalme was part of the squad that played thecup final againstUnion SG. After 90 minutes, the score was 2–2, and with no rules about what should be done, officials of theKBVB/URBSFA decided on the spot thatextra time had to be played. This would be the first time in Belgian football history that a match would be decided this way. Union SG eventually won the match with 3–2.
Vanhalme was twicechampion of Belgium with Cercle Brugge, in1927 and in1930. He also was called up for Belgium at the1924 and1928 Summer Olympics. He did not come into action in 1924. In 1928, he played the matches againstLuxembourg andArgentina.[1]
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