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{{Short description|Belgian footballer (1941–2002)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jean Dockx
| image = Jean Dockx (1968).jpg
| caption = Dockx in 1968
| full_name = Jean Baptiste Dockx
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1941|5|24}}
| birth_place = [[Sint-Katelijne-Waver]], Belgium
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2002|1|15|1941|5|24}}
| death_place = [[Vilvoorde]], Belgium
| height = 1.74 m
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 1952–1957 
| youthclubs1 = [[K.V. Mechelen|Mechelen]]
| years1 = 1957–1966 
| clubs1 = [[K.V. Mechelen|Mechelen]]
| caps1 = 177
| goals1 = 28
| years2 = 1966–1971
| clubs2 = [[R.W.D. Molenbeek (1909)|Racing White]]
| caps2 = 141
| goals2 = 33
| years3 = 1971–1978
| clubs3 = [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]
| caps3 = 214
| goals3 = 12
| totalcaps = 532
| totalgoals = 73
| nationalyears1 = 1967–1975
| nationalteam1 = [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]]
| nationalcaps1 = 35  
| nationalgoals1 = 3 
| manageryears1 = 1978–1981 
| managerclubs1 = Bornem
| manageryears2 = 1981–1982 
| managerclubs2 = [[K.F.C. Diest|Assent]]
| manageryears3 = 1982–1983 
| managerclubs3 = [[R.W.D. Molenbeek (1909)|RWD Molenbeek]]
| manageryears4 = 1983–1984 
| managerclubs4 = [[Royal Antwerp FC|Royal Antwerp]] 
| manageryears5 = 1999
| managerclubs5 = [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]
}}

'''Jean Baptiste Dockx''' (24 May 1941 – 15 January 2002) was a Belgian footballer who played as a [[midfielder]] for [[K.V. Mechelen|Mechelen]], [[R.W.D. Molenbeek (1909)|Racing White]] and [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]], and also for the [[Belgium national football team|Belgium national team]] in the [[1970 FIFA World Cup]] and the [[1972 UEFA European Football Championship]]. He was later a manager, and was caretaker manager of Anderlecht in 1999.

On 15 January 2002, Dockx died unexpectedly at the age of 60 from a [[traumatic aortic rupture]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gijs |first1=Marc |title=Voetballer, trainer en scout Jean Dockx overleden |url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dst16012002_090 |access-date=6 February 2021 |work=De Standaard |date=16 January 2002 |language=nl}}</ref> Anderlecht paid a lot of attention to his death and praised him as one of the most valuable players the club had ever had.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}

In 2005 he was nominated for the title ''[[De Grootste Belg]]'' (The Greatest Belgian), but did not make it to the final nomination list. He ended up in place 401 of those who fell outside the final nomination list.<ref>{{cite news |title=DOCKX, Jean |url=http://verganevoetbalglorie.be/in-memoriam/d/dockx-jean/ |access-date=6 February 2021 |work=verganevoetbalglorie.be |language=nl}}</ref>

== Honours ==
'''Mechelen'''<ref name="eurosport22">{{cite web|title=KV Mechelen {{!}} Geschiedenis|url=http://www.stamnummer25.be/}}</ref>
* [[Belgian Second Division]]: [[List of winners of Belgian Second Division|1962–63]]

'''Anderlecht'''<ref name="eurosport32">{{cite web|title=RSC Anderlecht {{!}} Palmares|url=https://www.rsca.be/nl/club/palmares}}</ref>
* [[Belgian First Division]]: [[1971–72 Belgian First Division|1971–72]], [[1973–74 Belgian First Division|1973–74]]
* [[Belgian Cup]]: [[Belgian Cup|1971–72]], [[Belgian Cup|1972–73]], [[Belgian Cup|1974–75]], [[Belgian Cup|1975–76]]
* [[Belgian League Cup]]: 1973, 1974
* [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]]: [[1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup|1975–76]], [[1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup|1977–78]]; runner-up [[1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup|1976–77]]<ref name="eurosport222">{{cite web|title=Tijdperk-Vanden Stock: 20 landstitels, 8 bekers en 3 Europabekers|url=https://sporza.be/nl/2017/12/20/tijdperk-vanden-stock-20-landstitels-8-bekers-en-3-europabekers-1-3117040/}}</ref>
* [[UEFA Super Cup|European Super Cup]]: [[1976 European Super Cup|1976]]
* [[Amsterdam Tournament]]: 1976<ref name="eurosport">{{cite web|title=Amsterdam Tournament|url=http://users.skynet.be/Crystal/specials/SP1.htm|access-date=30 October 2020|archive-date=31 August 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040831220642/http://users.skynet.be/Crystal/specials/SP1.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Tournoi de Paris]]: 1977<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tournois de Paris : une compétition opposant 4 clubs|url=http://www.psgweb.fr/tournoi-de-paris/|access-date=8 November 2020|language=fr-FR}}</ref>
* [[Jules Pappaert Cup]]: 1977<ref name="eurosport2">{{cite web|title=Jules Pappaert Cup|url=https://www.dhnet.be/sports/football/le-trophee-pappaert-c-est-reparti-5bb21893cd70a16d8128c4d6}}</ref>
* [[Belgian National Sports Merit Award|Belgian Sports Merit Award]]: 1978<ref name="eurosport42">{{cite web|title=Nationale Trofee voor Sportverdienste|url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20191107_04705232}}</ref>

'''Belgium'''
*[[UEFA European Championship]] third place: [[UEFA Euro 1972|1972]]<ref name="Yashin Award2">{{cite web|title=UEFA Euro 1972|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/seasons/1972/matches/}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{WorldFootball.net|jean-dockx}}

{{Belgium Squad 1970 World Cup}}
{{Belgium Squad Euro 1972}}
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[[Category:Belgian men's footballers]]
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[[Category:Belgium men's international footballers]]
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[[Category:R.W.D. Molenbeek (1909) managers]]
[[Category:Royal Antwerp F.C. managers]]
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[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:K.V. Mechelen players]]
[[Category:Footballers from Antwerp Province]]
[[Category:20th-century Belgian sportsmen]]


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