Player · Belgium · Forward

Nico Claesen

Goals from 17 Oct 1984 to 1 Apr 1987

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Caps: 8
Starts: 6
Minutes: 716
Win % when playing: 25%
Goals: 11
Matches scored in: 7
Penalties: 1
Hat-tricks: 2
For their side: 20th of 161
Yellow cards: 1
Sent off: 0
Longest gap: 1.6 yrs
Minutes per goal: 239

Goals by year

FinalsQualifiers

1984198519861987

Tallest: 7 · Year

When they scored

By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.

1–15′16–30′31–45′46–60′61–75′76–90′ET

Tallest: 3 · Minute

What the goals did

Extended lead4

Opening goal3

Winning goal3

Equaliser1

Belgium with and without them

Belgium's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.


With them	8	2	2	4	12	16	25%
Without them	3	2	0	1	6	3	66.7%

Played most alongside10


Enzo Scifo	8
Jan Ceulemans	8
Stéphane Demol	8
Eric Gerets	7
Georges Grün	7
Jean-Marie Pfaff	7
Franky Vercauteren	6
Patrick Vervoort	6
Daniel Veyt	5
Michel Renquin	5

Faced most10


Adolfino Cañete	Paraguay	1
Ahmed Radhi	Iraq	1
Albert Rust	France	1
Alfredo Mendoza	Paraguay	1
Ali Hussein Shihab	Iraq	1
Anatoliy Demyanenko	Russia	1
Andoni Zubizarreta	Spain	1
Andriy Bal	Russia	1
Basil Gorgis	Iraq	1
Bernard Genghini	France	1

Against7


Luxembourg	3	1
Scotland	3	1
Albania	1	1
France	1	1
Iraq	1	1
Republic of Ireland	1	1
Russia	1	1

At tournaments4

Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.


UEFA Euro qualification 1987	3	1
UEFA Euro qualification 1986	4	2
FIFA World Cup 1986	3	3
FIFA World Cup qualification 1984	1	1

Every goal11


1 Apr 1987	v Scotland	4–1	86′	—	Extended lead	4–1	UEFA Euro qualification 1987
1 Apr 1987	v Scotland	4–1	55′	—	Winning goal	2–1	UEFA Euro qualification 1987
1 Apr 1987	v Scotland	4–1	10′	—	Opening goal	1–0	UEFA Euro qualification 1987
14 Oct 1986	v Luxembourg	6–0	89′	—	Extended lead	6–0	UEFA Euro qualification 1986
14 Oct 1986	v Luxembourg	6–0	54′	—	Extended lead	4–0	UEFA Euro qualification 1986
14 Oct 1986	v Luxembourg	6–0	9′	—	Extended lead	2–0	UEFA Euro qualification 1986
10 Sep 1986	v Republic of Ireland	2–2	14′	—	Opening goal	1–0	UEFA Euro qualification 1986
28 Jun 1986	v France	2–4	73′	—	Equaliser	2–2	FIFA World Cup 1986 · Third-place play-off
15 Jun 1986	v Russia	4–3	110′	—	Winning goal	4–2	FIFA World Cup 1986 · Round of 16
8 Jun 1986	v Iraq	2–1	21′	pen	Winning goal	2–0	FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage
17 Oct 1984	v Albania	3–1	59′	—	Opening goal	1–0	FIFA World Cup qualification 1984

Every match on record12

In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.


26 Jun 1990	v England	0–1	came on 64′	56	—	—	FIFA World Cup 1990 · Round of 16
1 Apr 1987	v Scotland	4–1	—	—	3	—	UEFA Euro qualification 1987
14 Oct 1986	v Luxembourg	6–0	—	—	3	—	UEFA Euro qualification 1986
10 Sep 1986	v Republic of Ireland	2–2	—	—	1	—	UEFA Euro qualification 1986
28 Jun 1986	v France	2–4	started	120	1	—	FIFA World Cup 1986 · Third-place play-off
25 Jun 1986	v Argentina	0–2	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 1986 · Semi-final
22 Jun 1986	v Spain	1–1	started	120	—	—	FIFA World Cup 1986 · Quarter-final
15 Jun 1986	v Russia	4–3	started	120	1	—	FIFA World Cup 1986 · Round of 16
11 Jun 1986	v Paraguay	2–2	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage
8 Jun 1986	v Iraq	2–1	started	90	1	Yellow	FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage
3 Jun 1986	v Mexico	1–2	came on 60′	30	—	—	FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage
17 Oct 1984	v Albania	3–1	—	—	1	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 1984

Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.