Marc Wilmots

Marc Wilmots (born 22 February 1969) is a Belgian football manager and former football player. He played for the Belgian national team.

Marc Wilmots
Senator
In office 5 June 2003 – 12 July 2007
Constituency	French-speaking electoral college
Personal details
Born	Marc Robert Wilmots (1969-02-22) 22 February 1969 (age 55) Jodoigne, Belgium
Political party	Mouvement Réformateur
Association football career Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Position(s) Attacking midfielder Youth career 1980–1985 CS Jodoigne 1985–1987 Sint-Truiden Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1987–1988 Sint-Truiden 30 (9) 1988–1991 Mechelen 87 (22) 1991–1996 Standard Liège 136 (67) 1996–2000 Schalke 04 104 (21) 2000–2001 Bordeaux 30 (8) 2001–2003 Schalke 04 34 (6) Total 421 (133) National team 1986–1987 Belgium U19 9 (3) 1987–1989 Belgium U21 9 (6) 1990–2002 Belgium 70 (28) Teams managed 2003 Schalke 04 (interim) 2004–2005 Sint-Truiden 2009–2012 Belgium (assistant) 2012–2016 Belgium 2017 Ivory Coast 2019 Iran 2021–2022 Raja CA * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[1]

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sint-Truiden	1987–88	30	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	31	9
Mechelen	1988–89	30	4	0	0	0	0	6	2	36	6
	1989–90	25	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	29	10
	1990–91	32	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	34	8
	Total	87	22	0	0	0	0	12	2	99	24
Standard Liège	1991–92	33	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	10
	1992–93	25	22	0	0	0	0	6	2	31	24
	1993–94	28	11	0	0	0	0	4	3	32	14
	1994–95	24	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	10
	1995–96	26	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	14
	Total	136	67	0	0	0	0	10	5	146	72
Schalke 04	1996–97	29	6	2	1	0	0	11	6	42	13
	1997–98	31	7	2	1	0	0	7	2	40	10
	1998–99	12	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	15	2
	1999–2000	32	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	34	7
	Total	104	21	7	2	0	0	20	9	131	32
Bordeaux	2000–01	30	8	2	1	1	0	5	2	38	11
Schalke 04	2001–02	24	6	6	0	0	0	3	0	33	6
	2002–03	10	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	14	1
	Total	34	6	7	0	0	0	6	1	47	7
Career total		421	133	16	3	1	0	54	19	492	155

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[2]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Belgium	1990	4	0
	1991	6	0
	1992	7	4
	1993	3	4
	1994	4	0
	1995	0	0
	1996	1	0
	1997	3	1
	1998	9	4
	1999	6	3
	2000	9	2
	2001	9	6
	2002	9	4
Total		70	28

Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wilmots goal.

List of international goals scored by Marc Wilmots^[3]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	25 March 1992	Parc des Princes, Paris, France	France	3–2	3–3	Friendly
2	22 April 1992	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Cyprus	1–0	1–0	1994 World Cup qualification
3	3 June 1992	Svangaskarð, Toftir, Iceland	Faroe Islands	2–0	3–0	1994 World Cup qualification
4				3–0
5	22 May 1993	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Faroe Islands	1–0	3–0	1994 World Cup qualification
6				3–0
7	6 October 1993	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Gabon	1–1	2–1	Friendly
8				2–1
9	11 October 1997	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Wales	3–0	3–2	1998 World Cup qualification
10	25 March 1998	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Norway	2–1	2–2	Friendly
11	3 June 1998	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Colombia	2–0	2–0	Friendly
12	20 June 1998	Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux, France	Mexico	1–0	2–2	1998 World Cup
13				2–0
14	18 August 1999	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium	Finland	2–3	3–4	Friendly
15	4 September 1999	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Netherlands	4–3	5–5	Friendly
16	13 November 1999	Stadio Via del Mare, Lecce, Italy	Italy	2–1	3–1	Friendly
17	3 June 2000	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark	Denmark	2–2	2–2	Friendly
18	7 October 2000	Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia	Latvia	1–0	4–0	2002 World Cup qualification
19	28 February 2001	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	San Marino	7–0	10–1	2002 World Cup qualification
20	24 March 2001	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland	1–2	2–2	2002 World Cup qualification
21	2 June 2001	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Latvia	1–0	3–1	2002 World Cup qualification
22	6 June 2001	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino	1–0	4–1	2002 World Cup qualification
23				4–1
24	14 November 2001	Letna Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic	Czech Republic	1–0	1–0	2002 World Cup qualification
25	18 May 2002	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	France	2–1	2–1	Friendly
26	4 June 2002	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan	Japan	1–0	2–2	2002 World Cup
27	10 June 2002	Ōita Big Eye Stadium, Ōita, Japan	Tunisia	1–0	1–1	2002 World Cup
28	14 June 2002	Shizuoka Ecopa Stadium, Shizuoka, Japan	Russia	3–1	3–2	2002 World Cup

Managerial statistics

As of match played 14 November 2019

Team	From	To	Competition	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Schalke 04	26 March 2003	30 June 2003	Bundesliga	8	3	1	4	10	10	+0	037.50
			Total	8	3	1	4	10	10	+0	037.50
Sint-Truiden	1 July 2004	20 February 2005	Belgian Pro League	20	5	5	10	23	35	−12	025.00
			Belgian Cup	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
			Total	22	5	6	11	25	38	−13	022.73
Belgium	15 May 2012	15 July 2016	Competitive	30	22	4	4	57	17	+40	073.33
			Friendlies	20	10	4	6	37	29	+8	050.00
			Total	50	32	8	10	94	46	+48	064.00
Ivory Coast	21 March 2017	15 November 2017	Competitive	4	1	1	2	4	4	+0	025.00
			Friendlies	2	0	1	1	1	6	−5	000.00
			Total	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	016.67
Iran	1 June 2019	6 December 2019	Competitive	4	2	0	2	17	3	+14	050.00
			Friendlies	2	1	1	0	6	1	+5	050.00
			Total	6	3	1	2	23	4	+19	050.00
Career totals			League	28	8	6	14	33	45	−12	028.57
			Cup	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
			Competitive	38	25	5	8	78	24	+54	065.79
			Friendlies	24	11	6	7	44	36	+8	045.83
			Total	92	44	18	30	155	108	+47	047.83

Honours

Player

KV Mechelen^[4]

• Belgian First Division: 1988–89^[5]
• European Super Cup: 1988
• Amsterdam Tournament: 1989^[6]
• Jules Pappaert Cup: 1990^[7]

Standard Liège^[8]

• Belgian Cup: 1992–93
• Intertoto Cup: runner-up 1996^[9]

Schalke 04^[10]

• UEFA Cup: 1996–97
• DFB-Pokal: 2001–02

Belgium

• FIFA Fair Play Trophy: 2002 World Cup^[11]

Individual

• Young Professional Footballer of the Year: 1989–90^[12]
• Kicker German Football Rankings - International Class Player: 1997–98, 2001-02^[13]
• Best Belgian Footballer Abroad: 2001, 2002^[14]
• Belgian Sports Merit Award: 2002^[15]
• Golden Shoe Lifetime Achievement Award: 2002^[16]
• 4 FIFA World Cup participations: 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002
• Belgian Sports Coach of the Year: 2013,^[17] 2014^[18]
• Raymond Goethals Award: 2015^[19]
• Globe Soccer Awards Best Coach of the Year: 2015^[20]

References

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13. "Kicker Ranking / Rangliste 1955 to 2017 (in German)".
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18. "Rode Duivels zijn grote slokop op Sportgala" (in Dutch). Sporza. 14 December 2014. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
19. "Trofee Raymond Goethals". 21 March 2014.
20. "Globe Soccer Awards : le triplé pour le Barça, le doublé pour New York City". L'Équipe (in French). 27 December 2015. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2015.