The last day of the year is an appropriate time to look back on the sadder side of life. Unfortunately, many football figures will have left us in 2025. For some of them, that farewell came much too soon. VoetbalPrimeur.be brings an in memoriam in memory of those personalities, from home and abroad.
Belgian football figures died in 2025
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Gilbert “Gille” Van Binst |
Former Anderlecht defender and ex-Red Devil (†3 Jan 2025) |
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Eddy Wauters |
Ex-footballer, long-time chairman of Royal Antwerp FC (†24 Jan 2025) |
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Guy Delhasse |
Ex-goalkeeper of FC Liège and the Red Devils (†27 Jan 2025) |
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Johan Vermeersch |
Player, trainer and ex-chairman of RWDM (†Aug 19, 2025) |
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Raoul Peeters |
Ex-player, trainer and sporting director, known for Racing Mechelen and KV Oostende (†Sep 9, 2025) |
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Rik Pauwels |
Former trainer in Belgian professional football (including Beveren, Racing Mechelen) (†23 Sep 2025) |
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Roger Lukaku |
Former striker in the Belgian league and father of Romelu (†28 Sep 2025) |
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Glen De Boeck |
Ex-professional football player (Anderlecht, Red Devils) and coach (†7 Dec 2025) |
Internationally famous football players and football figures died in 2025
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Denis Law |
Scottish football legend (Manchester United) (†17Jan 2025) |
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Heals Gonzales |
Player died after match injury (†Apr 7, 2025) |
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Leo Beenhakker |
Dutch legendary trainer (†April 10, 2025) |
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Aaron Boupendza |
Spits, died at the age of 28 in China after a deep fall (†Apr 16, 2025 |
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Diogo Jota and his brother André SilvaPeter Rufai |
Portuguese football players, Jota as Liverpool star, died in car accident (†3 July 2025)Nigerian goalkeeper, including at Lokeren and Beveren, and former World Cup player (†3 July 2025) |
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Ove Kindvall |
Swedish football legend at Feyenoord (†Aug 5, 2025) |
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Billy Vigar |
English player died as a result of a match injury (†Sep 25, 2025) |
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Raul Ramirez |
Player died after in-match cardiac arrest (†27 Sep 2025) |
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Billy Bonds |
English West Ham legend (†30 Nov 2025) |
In episode 23 of the second season of Tijd voor Voetbal, the penalty phase in KRC Genk – Club Brugge, the difficult match of RSC Anderlecht is discussed and STVV continues to convince in the JPL. That and much more in Time for Football.
