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René Vandereycken
Belgian football player and manager / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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