Name: Jean Baptiste Dockx



Country: Belgium
Club: RSC Anderlecht
Position: *DMF, CMF, SMF, SB
Side: RF/LS
Age: 31-36 years (24/05/1941)

Height: 174 cm
Weight: 75 kg

Attack: 72
Defence: 78
Balance: 75
Stamina: 86
Top Speed: 79
Acceleration: 82
Response: 80
Agility: 79
Dribble Accuracy: 78
Dribble Speed: 78
Short Pass Accuracy: 82
Short Pass Speed: 80
Long Pass Accuracy: 76
Long Pass Speed: 78
Shot Accuracy: 69
Shot Power: 79
Shot Technique: 74
Free Kick Accuracy: 73
Curling: 72
Header: 74
Jump: 74
Technique: 78
Aggression: 75
Mentality: 82
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 85

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition: 7
Weak Foot Accuracy: 6
Weak Foot Frequency: 6
Consistency: B
Growth Type: Late/Lasting

CARDS:
P12 - Enforcer
S05 - 1-Touch Play
S09 - Covering

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Centre - 1-Touch Pass - Side - Covering

Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Balanced

INFO:
He evolved at Racing White into a football player who, over time, became eligible for the ‘White Duivels’ of Raymond Goethals. A hard worker with style, great tackling and short pass game who moved to Anderlecht after the 1970 World Cup, Dockx developed into the man without whom the star players could not shine and score. He became a super sub at the end of his career and was always ready to serve.

"Jean Dockx, Jean Dockx, Jean Dockx,..." During twinty minutes the fans tried to convince trainer Raymond Goethals to line-up papa Doc during the final of the Cup Winners' Cup in Paris, with 4-0 on the scoreboard. But the trainer was too euphoric to hear to fans. It was the young Franky Vercauteren who asked the trainer to be replaced by Dockx. Assistent-coach Martin Lippens whispered to Goethals: "Trainer, the fans want Dockx and Franky is willing to give up his place." Three minutes before the end of the game, Dockx came on the field. He was 37 years old and played his last European final. Not much later, Anderlecht organised a galamatch to salute Dockx, but that one ended dramatically. Dockx got injured and couldn't continue the game. He had played 35 European games, won two titles with Anderlecht, 4 cups, two Cup Winners' Cups and one European Supercup against Bayern München. Impressive!

On November 22 1967, Constant Vanden Stock, technical advisor for the national team, selected him for the first time for international duty. On the World Cup of 1970, the midfielder playing for Racing White, earned his place in the starting line up of the Red Devils. The World Cup was a disaster, but Dockx was the only one playing at an acceptable level. Raymond Goethals kept his faith in the player and lined him up in international games after that World Cup.

Born on May 24, 1941 in Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Dockx played his first game for K.V. Mechelen. He made his debute on the age of 16 and scored after 15 minutes of play. During the next 8 years, he became the best player of his team. During the season 1966-1967, Dockx got severely injured and the direction board of KV Mechelen feared the end of his carreer. He was transfered to Racing White. Trained by Norberto Höfling, Dockx became the stronghold of a team with Waseige, Stassart, Wynants, Carlos Lua, Paulinho,... In 1969, he played in the cup final. Sporting, where Constant Vanden Stock was in charge now, paid a lot of money for Dockx. He reinforced the midfield, where Paul Van Himst was already playing.

Aged 30, he wore the Anderlecht shirt for the first time. He stayed in Brussels for 7 years and won a lot of prizes. After a difficult start, he lead Sporting to many victories, together with Robbie Rensenbrink and coach Georg Kessler. The German coach initially had problems with players like Van Himst, Mulder, Plaskie and Kialunda, while Dockx, Van Binst and Broos followed his lead. But at the end of the season, Anderlecht had won the title and the cup. Dockx always claimed that winning that double was the best prestation of Anderlecht he ever saw, though in the next few years the Mauves would play three European finals: "It wasn't football anymore, it was ballet. That beautiful. It was the best team Anderlecht ever had, with players like Van Himst, Jurion, Verbiest, Puis, Hanon,... But the team that played the three European finals was good too. I played together with Rensenbrink, Vercauteren, Coeck, Thissen, Broos, Dusbaba and Swat Vander Elst."

Aged 34, his contract ended, but the Mauves offered him a new one for one year. They repeated that in the 2 upcoming years. In 1978, after 394 games in the highest division, 45 goals and 38 European games, Dockx left Anderlecht.

Dockx made his debut in the Belgium national football team in the 1968 European Championship qualifier against Luxembourg. He played for Belgium at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico and the 1972 European Championship in Belgium, where the team managed to take third place. He played his last game against France on November 15, 1975. After Belgium lost the knockout matches against the Dutch national football team and was therefore not allowed to participate in the European Championship in Yugoslavia, Dockx stopped as an international.