Biography of Jean-Marie Pfaff -

Jean-Marie Pfaff (born December 4, 1953) was a
Belgium|Belgian soccer|football goalkeeper.   

At the age of 6, Pfaff joined K.S.K. Beveren with
whom he won a Belgian champions title (1979) and a
Belgian Cup (1978). The same year, he receives the
Belgian Golden Boot.  In 1982, he entered the
Bayern Munich squad, getting three Bundesliga
titles (from 1985 to 1987) and two German cups
(1984 and 1986).

Pfaff first played with the Belgium national
football team|Red Devils in 1976 against legendary
rival the Netherlands national football
team|Netherlands. He was the goalkeeper during
1980 European Football Championship|Euro 80 and
1984 European Football Championship|Euro 84, and
the Football World Cup 1982|1982 and Football
World Cup 1986|1986 World Cups.

Pfaff was named by PelÃ© as one of the FIFA
100|top 125 greatest living footballers in March
2004. He is now a TV star in Europe with the
reality show De Pfaffs showing him and his family.

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==External link==
*http://www.belgium.be/eportal/application?languag
eParameter=en&pageid=contentPage&docId=7843
Jean-Marie Pfaff

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