Paul Van Himst is regarded by many as the greatest Belgian footballer of the pre-modern era, an elegant forward who defined Anderlecht through the 1960s and early 1970s. Blessed with vision and a delicate touch, he orchestrated attacks as readily as he finished them.
He guided Anderlecht to a long run of league titles and remains one of the club’s most cherished figures, while his goals for the national team made him Belgium’s standard-bearer for a generation before he later turned to management.