Jean Louis Straetmans, nicknamed Cabiche, (Saint Peter's Woluwe, September 26, 1931, October 9, 2016) is a Belgian former football player who acted as an attacker. Straetmans played five international matches with the Belgian football team, although he never played in First Class. Career
Straetmans was born in St. Peter's Woluwe where his father Gustave had a painting company and his mother used a cafe in front of the White Star Woluwe AC site. His father also played a few matches in the second division with White Star in 1927 .
Straetmans went through the youth series of White Star and debuted in 1949 as an attacker in the first team who was currently in Second Class. He immediately acquired a permanent base in the ambitious team who wanted to take her back in 1947 in the highest national department. Straetmans turned up as a smooth goalkeeper and the team finished the first seasons in the top of the second-class ranking. In 1951 and 1953, the promotion was missed on the last day.
His peak season was undoubtedly the season 1952-53 when he was selected six times for the Belgian football team, which included Rik Coppens and Leopold Anoul. In total, Straetmans played four matches for the national team in that season and scored two goals. In the 2-3-year qualifying match for the World Cup in 1954 against Sweden, Straetmans scored a goal by scoring a goal in the victory which allowed Belgium to go to Switzerland. At the end of the match, Straetmans walked in a severe muscle injury so he could not participate in the world championship.
After a long rehabilitation, Straetmans returned to his top level in 1956 and his White Star club finished in a few seconds in the top of the ranking in Second Class. After a break of almost three years, he played a final match for the national team but could not score in it. In total, he was selected seven times for the Red Devils and played five international championships for the team.
Straetmans remained the star of his team and charmed RSC Anderlecht who made a bid for him in 1958. However, he should not leave his chairman. In 1959, Straetmans was painting an eight-meter high posture, breaking his right-hand heel. Straetmans was out of battle for a long time and never reached the level he had before his fall. He stayed at White Star, which was subdued to a middle-class second-class football.
In 1963, White Star and Racing Club broke Brussels to Racing White. Straetmans played another season for the merger team and then left a point behind his players career at the national level. In total, he played 273 games in the second grade and scored 151 goals with which he was 15th of the second-class runners of all time.
Straetmans then continued to his 54th at Entente Bleu-Blanc, a team from the amateur association ABSSA. Externe link
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