{{short description|Belgian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Denis Houf |image = Denis_Houf.jpg |image_size = |caption = Houf with Standard Liège. |fullname = |birth_date = {{birth date|1932|2|16|df=y}} |birth_place = Fléron, Belgium |death_date = {{death date and age|2012|12|7|1932|2|16|df=y}} |death_place = Liège, Belgium |height = {{height|m=1.59}} |position = Midfielder |years1 = 1948–1964 |clubs1 = Standard Liège |caps1 = 352 |goals1 = 99 |nationalyears1 = 1954–1961 |nationalteam1 = Belgium |nationalcaps1 = 26 |nationalgoals1 = 5 }} '''Denis Houf''' (16 February 1932 – 7 December 2012) was a Belgian international footballer who played as a midfielder.
==Career== Born in Fléron, Houf played club football for Standard Liège.<ref name="NFT"/>
Houf earned a total of 26 caps for Belgium between 1954 and 1961,<ref name="NFT">{{NFT player|id=25804|accessdate=19 March 2018}}</ref> and participated at the 1954 FIFA World Cup.<ref>{{FIFA player|51025}}</ref>
Houf died on 7 December 2012 in Liège.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://m.walfoot.be/fra/news/lis/2012-12-08/deces-de-denis-houf|title=Décès de Denis Houf|trans-title=Passing of Denis Houf|author=Jordan Horwood|website=walfoot.com|accessdate=19 March 2018|language=French}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Denis Houf|url=http://enmemoire.sudinfo.be/annonce/081398631354965329/houf-denis|accessdate=28 July 2014|language=French|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809194824/http://enmemoire.sudinfo.be/annonce/081398631354965329/houf-denis|archivedate=9 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Honours ==
=== Club === '''Standard Liège<ref>{{cite web |title=Standard de Liège {{!}} Palmares |url=https://standard.be/fr/palmares}}</ref>'''
* Belgian First Division: 1957-58, 1960-61, 1962-63, Runners-up:1961-62 * Belgian Cup: 1953–54<ref name="Yashin Award22">{{cite web |title=Belgium - List of Cup Finals |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/belgcuphist.html}}</ref>
=== Individual ===
* Belgian Silver Shoe: 1956 * Belgian Bronze Shoe: 1961<ref name="Yashin Award2">{{cite web |title=Winnaars Gouden Schoen |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20120111_213}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{RBFA player}}
{{Belgium Squad 1954 World Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Houf, Denis}} Category:1932 births Category:2012 deaths Category:People from Fléron Category:Belgian men's footballers Category:Belgium men's international footballers Category:1954 FIFA World Cup players Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Standard Liège players Category:Footballers from Liège Province Category:20th-century Belgian sportsmen
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