Jean-Marie Pfaff

Jean-Marie Pfaff

Pfaff in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Jean-Marie Pfaff
Date of birth	4 December 1953
Place of birth	Lebbeke, Belgium
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1982	Beveren	305	(0)
1982–1988	Bayern Munich	156	(0)
1988–1989	Lierse	23	(0)
1989–1990	Trabzonspor	22	(0)
Total		506	(0)
National team
1976–1987	Belgium	64	(0)
Teams managed
1998–1999	K.V. Oostende
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Jean-Marie Pfaff (born 4 December 1953 in Lebbeke) is a Belgian former football goalkeeper^[1] who spent most of his professional career with Beveren and Bayern Munich. Pfaff was capped 64 times playing for Belgium, and participated at the 1982 FIFA World Cup and 1986 FIFA World Cup tournaments.

Biography

At the age of 16, Pfaff joined K.S.K. Beveren with whom he won a Belgian champions title (1979) and a Belgian Cup (1978). The same year, he received the Belgian Golden Shoe. In 1982, he entered the Bayern Munich squad, getting three Bundesliga titles (from 1985 to 1987) and two German cups (1984 and 1986).^[2]

Pfaff first played with the Red Devils in 1976 against legendary rival the Netherlands. He was the goalkeeper during Euro 80 and Euro 84, and the 1982 and 1986 World Cups.

Pfaff was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. He is now a TV star in Belgium with the reality show De Pfaffs showing him and his family from 2002 to 2012.^[3]

At the 1982 World Cup Pfaff was nearly drowned after he was pushed into the swimming pool by a journalist, while he couldn't swim.

Pfaff married Carmen Seth (born 24 March 1956) on 27 June 1974. They have three daughters: Debby Edilbert Gerdina (born 30 May 1975), Kelly Yvonne Danny (born 26 July 1977) and Lyndsey Linda Marc (born 4 October 1978).

Honours

Club

Beveren

• Belgian League: 1978–79
• Belgian Cup: 1977–78

Bayern Munich

• Bundesliga: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87
• DFB-Pokal: 1983–84, 1985–86

Individual

• Belgian Golden Shoe: 1978
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1986
• IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper: 1987^[4]
• FIFA 100: 2004
• Golden Foot Legends Award: 2014^[5]

Career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Belgium			League		Belgian Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1973–74	Beveren	First Division	27	0
1974–75			32	0
1975–76			36	0
1976–77			33	0
1977–78			34	0
1978–79			34	0
1979–80			33	0
1980–81			22	0
1981–82			25	0
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Other		Europe		Total
1982–83	Bayern Munich	Bundesliga	27	0
1983–84			32	0
1984–85			14	0
1985–86			24	0
1986–87			34	0
1987–88			25	0
Belgium			League		Belgian Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1988–89	Lierse	First Division	23	0
Turkey			League		Türkiye Kupası		League Cup		Europe		Total
1989–90	Trabzonspor	Süper Lig	22	0
Total	Belgium		299	0
	Germany		156	0
	Turkey		22	0
Career total

References

1. "Jean-Marie Pfaff". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
2. "Jean Marie PFAF". FIFA.com. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
3. "De Pfaffs". IMDB. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
4. José Luis Pierrend (27 March 2015). "IFFHS' World's Best Goalkeeper of the Year". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
5. "Legends". Golden Foot. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

External links

• Official website
• Jean-Marie Pfaff – FIFA competition record