Camille Dimmer
 Camille Dimmer lining up for Luxembourg before a game against the Netherlands on 30 October 1963 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 April 1939 | ||
| Place of birth | Clervaux, Luxembourg | ||
| Date of death | September 2023 (aged 84) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957–1959 | FC Claravallis[1] | ||
| 1959–1960 | Anderlecht | ||
| 1960–1966 | R. Crossing Club Molenbeek | ||
| 1966–1967 | Red Boys Differdange | ||
| International career | |||
| 1957–1964 | Luxembourg | 19 | (9) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Camille Dimmer (20 April 1939 – September 2023) was a Luxembourgish professional footballer and politician. By profession, he was an engineer.[2]
Football career
[edit]Born in Clervaux on 20 April 1939,[3] Dimmer played for the Luxembourg national team a number of times, most prominently during the country's giant-killing run in the 1964 European Nations' Cup, during which Luxembourg came close to reaching the final four. Dimmer scored both goals in the second leg of the second round, against the Netherlands, to put Luxembourg through to the quarter-finals against Denmark, which Luxembourg lost in a replay after being tied after two legs.
Political career
[edit]After his football career, Dimmer went into politics, sitting in the Chamber of Deputies for the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) from 1984 until 1994. Dimmer was General Secretary of the CSV from 1990 until 1995.[2] He held the position of substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 1989 to 1994.[4] After leaving the Chamber, he was appointed an honorary member, and was the President of the Association of Former Deputies.[5]
Death
[edit]Camille Dimmer died in September 2023, at the age of 84.[6]
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Camille Dimmer, international footballer". eu-football.info. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Perséinlechkeeten aus der CSV" (in Luxembourgish). Christian Social People's Party. Archived from the original on 26 January 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
- ^ "Camille Dimmer" (in French). Chamber of Deputies. Archived from the original on 28 March 2002. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
- ^ "M. Camille DIMMER". Council of Europe. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
- ^ "Comité de l'Association des Anciens Députés" (PDF) (in French). Chamber of Deputies. 19 January 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
- ^ "Ehemaliger Fußballprofi und CSV-Politiker Camille Dimmer ist tot". L'Essentiel (in German). 20 September 2023.
External links
[edit]- (in French) Chamber of Deputies official webpage on Camille Dimmer
- Camille Dimmer at WorldFootball.net
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