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{{Short description|Belgian footballer (1945–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Frans Janssens
| image = Frans_Janssens.png
| upright = 
| caption = Janssens with Lierse, around 1980
| full_name = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1945|9|25}}
| birth_place = [[Turnhout]], Belgium
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2024|1|8|1945|9|25}}
| death_place = [[Lier, Belgium|Lier]]
| height = 1.70 m<ref>{{Worldfootball.net|frans-janssens}}</ref>
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| years1 = 1963–1966
| clubs1 = [[KFC Turnhout|Turnhout]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1966–1981
| clubs2 = [[Lierse S.K. (1906)|Lierse]]
| caps2 = 
| goals2 = 
| years3 = 1982–1983
| clubs3 = [[K. Sint-Niklase S.K.E.|Sint-Niklase SK]]
| caps3 = 
| goals3 = 
| years4 = 1983–1984
| clubs4 = {{ill|KVVOG Vorselaar|nl}}
| caps4 = 
| goals4 = 
| totalcaps = 
| totalgoals = 
| nationalyears1 = 1964
| nationalteam1 = [[Belgium national under-19 football team|Belgium U19]]
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1972–1973
| nationalteam2 = [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]]
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| manageryears1 = 
| managerclubs1 = 
}}

'''Frans Janssens''' (25 September 1945 – 8 January 2024) was a Belgian [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[forward (association football)|forward]], most notably for [[Lierse S.K. (1906)|Lierse]]. He earned two caps for the [[Belgium national football team|Belgium national team]], and participated in the [[1970 FIFA World Cup]] and [[UEFA Euro 1972]]. Janssens died on 8 January 2024, at the age of 78.<ref>{{cite news |title=L'ancien Diable Rouge et légende du Lierse, François 'Swat' Janssens, est décédé |url=https://www.lesoir.be/560002/article/2024-01-09/lancien-diable-rouge-et-legende-du-lierse-francois-swat-janssens-est-decede |access-date=9 January 2024 |publisher=Le Soir |date=9 January 2024}}</ref>

== Honours ==
'''Lierse'''
* [[Belgian Cup]]: 1968–69

'''Belgium'''
* [[UEFA Euro]] third place: [[UEFA Euro 1972|1972]]

'''Individual'''
* [[:nl:Man van het Seizoen|Man of the Season (Belgian First Division)]]: 1973–74<ref>{{cite web|title=Homme de la saison belge|url=https://www.football-the-story.com/homme-de-la-saison-belge}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Sources ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120320092928/http://www.footbel.be/en/nationale_elftallen/statistieken_1/aantal_caps.html Royal Belgian Football Association: Number of caps]

== External links ==
* {{RBFA player}}
* {{Worldfootball.net|frans-janssens}}

{{Belgium Squad 1970 World Cup}}
{{Belgium Squad Euro 1972}}

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[[Category:1945 births]]
[[Category:2024 deaths]]
[[Category:Footballers from Turnhout]]
[[Category:Belgian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Belgium men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Belgium men's youth international footballers]]
[[Category:1970 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:UEFA Euro 1972 players]]
[[Category:KFC Turnhout players]]
[[Category:Lierse S.K. players]]
[[Category:K. Sint-Niklase S.K.E. players]]
[[Category:20th-century Belgian sportsmen]]


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