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René Vandereycken
Vandereycken in 1978
Personal information
Date of birth (1953-07-22) 22 July 1953 (age 70)
Place of birth Spalbeek, Belgium
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1974 KSC Hasselt
1974–1981 Club Brugge 233 (63)
1981–1983 Genoa 28 (0)
1983–1986 Anderlecht 94 (13)
1986–1987 Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin 24 (0)
1987–1989 Gent 41 (1)
International career
1975–1986 Belgium 50 (3)
Managerial career
1989–1993 Gent
1993–1994 Standard Liège
1994–1997 R.W.D. Molenbeek
1997 Anderlecht
2000 Mainz 05
2002–2004 Twente
2004–2005 Genk
2006–2009 Belgium
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Belgium
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up 1980 Italy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

René Vandereycken (born 22 July 1953) is a Belgian retired professional footballer and manager. During his playing career, he played as a midfielder. He was the head coach of the Belgium national team from 2006 to 2009.

Club career

Vandereycken was born in Spalbeek. He played for Club Brugge, Genoa and Anderlecht.

International career

Vandereycken earned 50 caps and scored three goals for the Belgium national team. He represented the country at the 1980 UEFA European Championship, where they reached the final, in which he scored a penalty in a 2–1 loss to West Germany.

Coaching career

Vandereycken coached Twente as well as Anderlecht for some months and was fired by Genk in June 2005 after he managed to qualify the team for the UEFA Cup. He also managed Gent, Standard Liège, RWD Molenbeek and Mainz 05. Vandereycken is known to like the defensive play and to be a tactician.[citation needed]

He was the head coach of the Belgium national team from January 2006 to April 2009. During this time, he was subject to criticism in the press for his tactical decisions.[citation needed] He was sacked on 7 April 2009 following poor results in their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, including two back-to-back losses against Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1][2]

Honours

Player

Club Brugge[3]

Anderlecht[6]

Belgium

Manager

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Belgien entlässt Coach Rene Vandereycken" [Belgium fires coach Rene Vandereycken] (in German). Goal. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Belgium dispense with Vandereycken". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
  3. ^ "Club Brugge | Palmares". 6 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Kirin Cup 1981". leballonrond.fr.
  5. ^ a b "Le Trophée Pappaert, c'est reparti!" [The Pappaert Trophy is back!]. dhnet.be (in French). 1 October 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  6. ^ "RSC Anderlecht | Palmares".
  7. ^ "Tijdperk-Vanden Stock: 20 landstitels, 8 bekers en 3 Europabekers" [Vanden Stock era: 20 national titles, 8 cups and 3 European Cups] (in Dutch). Sporza. 20 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Winnaars Brugse Metten". skynet.be (in Dutch).
  9. ^ "UEFA Euro 1980". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
  10. ^ "1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico". FIFA.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016.
  11. ^ "Red Lions volgen Nina Derwael op met winst van Nationale Trofee voor Sportverdienste" [Red Lions follow Nina Derwael by winning the National Trophy for Sports Merit]. De Standaard (in Dutch). 7 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Alle palmaressen op een rijtje". De Morgen (in Dutch). 11 May 2008.

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