Jan Van Cant

Jean "Jan" Van Cant (6 June 1891 – 20 March 1926) was a Belgian international footballer who played as a forward for Racing Club Mechelen and the Belgian national team.

Playing career Van Cant began his career at Racing Club Mechelen, and he remained loyal to the club for over 10 years until 1921,

In early 1915, Van Cant, together with a small group of Belgian players who had retreated to France because of WWI, formed a committee of the Belgian FA in Paris, which organized one match against France every year. Even though this Belgian team had some former internationals, such as Van Cant, Emile Hanse, Félix Balyu, and Maurice Vandendriessche, its games and its results are recognized as official only by the CFI, but not by FIFA, who categorized them as "War-time Internationals". He was also a member of the Belgian Front Wanderers, the team that toured Great Britain on 15–29 November 1917 to play charity matches for the benefit of Belgian war refugees and front-line soldiers in the trenches, playing six matches against British and Canadian army teams in the large stadiums of all the major English cities.

In total, Van Cant scored 13 goals in 61 matches in Division 1.

Career statistics International goals Belgium score listed first, score column indicates score after each Van Cant goal.