Ludo Coeck (25 September 1955 – 9 October 1985) was a Belgian footballer who played as left winger or central midfielder. His clubs included Berchem Sport, Anderlecht, Inter Milan and Ascoli Calcio. First capped for the Belgium national team at the age of 19, he went on to play for his country 46 times, scoring four goals, over an international career which lasted a decade. Coeck was a member of the Belgium squad at España 82, where he played in all five of his country's games and scored with a long-range free-kick against El Salvador, and at Euro 84, where he appeared as a substitute in the defeats by France and Denmark. On 7 October 1985, while he was on his way back to Antwerp, after signing for R.W.D. Molenbeek and taking part to a TV sports programme in Brussels, Coeck was badly injured when his BMW ploughed into crash barriers on a motorway near the town of Rumst. He died two days later, at the University of Antwerp Clinic in Edegem. He was 30 years old. Honours Player RSC Anderlecht Belgian First Division: 1973–74, 1980–81 Belgian Cup: 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76 Belgian League Cup: 1973, 1974 European Cup Winners' Cup: 1975–76 (winners), 1976–77 (runners-up), 1977–78 (winners) European Super Cup: 1976, 1978 UEFA Cup: 1982–83 (winners) Amsterdam Tournament: 1976 Tournoi de Paris: 1977 Jules Pappaert Cup: 1977, 1983 Belgian Sports Merit Award: 1978 Individual Belgian Golden Shoe of the 20th Century (1995): 10th place DH The Best RSC Anderlecht Team Ever: 2020 Ludo Coeck stadium in Berchem References External links 1955 births 1985 deaths Flemish sportspeople Belgian footballers Belgium international footballers Belgian expatriate footballers K. Berchem Sport players R.S.C. Anderlecht players Inter Milan players Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. players R.W.D. Molenbeek players Belgian Pro League players Serie A players Expatriate footballers in Italy 1982 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1984 players Road incident deaths in Belgium People from Berchem UEFA Cup winning players Association football midfielders Footballers from Antwerp