Ives Serneels

Ives Serneels
	Serneels in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	16 October 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth	Bonheiden, Belgium
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1979–1986	Ourodenberg Sport
1986–1988	Aarschot Sport
1988–1990	TH Diest
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990–1999	Lierse SK
1999–2002	Westerlo
2002–2003	Denderleeuw
2003–2004	KFC Dessel Sport
Managerial career
2003–2006	KFC Dessel Sport
2007	Berchem Sport
2008–2010	Lierse SK (youth)
2010–2011	Lierse SK (women)
2011–	Belgium women
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:11, 8 September 2015 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:11, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

Ives Serneels (born 16 October 1972) is a Belgian former professional footballer who is the head coach of the Belgium women's national football team.

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Playing career

On 22 August 1990 Lierse SK manager Barry Hulshoff gave Serneels his debut in a match at Lokeren. Serneels remained with the club for nine seasons and was part of the 1996–97 title-winning team. After making 245 appearances in all competitions and scoring ten goals for Lierse he joined Westerlo in 1999. He then wound down his playing career with short spells at Denderleeuw and KFC Dessel Sport.

Coaching career

In March 2011 Serneels was appointed coach of the Belgium women's national football team, nicknamed the "Red Flames".^[1] The team's results improved under Serneels and national captain Aline Zeler compared him to Marc Wilmots, the successful manager of Belgium's male national team.^[2]