Nicolas Dewalque

Nicolas Dewalque
Dewalque in 1968
Personal information
Date of birth (1945-09-20) 20 September 1945 (age 80)
Place of birth Zichen-Zussen-Bolder, Belgium
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position Defender
Youth career
FC Zichen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1976 Standard Liège 296 (15)
1976–1979 RFC Liège 56
International career
1967-1973 Belgium 33 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicolas "Nico" Dewalque (born 20 September 1945) is a Belgian retired footballer who played as a defender for Standard Liège and RFC Liège.

He earned 33 caps for the Belgium national team, and participated in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.[2]

Post-playing career

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After retiring as a player, Dewalque worked as an entrepreneur in different branches. He was convicted of tax evasion in 2006 while working in construction.[3] In 2020, he was accused of having supplied illegal workers to large construction companies.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Nicolas Dewalque at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Nicolas Dewalque, international football player". EU-football.info. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Dewalque a fraudé". La Dernière Heure (in French). 22 September 2006. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  4. ^ "L'ex-diable rouge Nico Dewalque «sur le chemin de la délinquance»: il aurait mis à disposition de la main-d'œuvre illégale pour des sociétés belges". Sudinfo (in French). 1 February 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
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