Hans Cornelis
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 October 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Eeklo, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Charleroi | ||
| Youth career | |||
| VK Knesselare | |||
| –2000 | Club Brugge | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2005 | Club Brugge | 46 | (2) |
| 2005–2009 | Genk | 102 | (4) |
| 2009–2015 | Cercle Brugge | 160 | (5) |
| 2015–2017 | Deinze | 48 | (1) |
| 2017–2020 | Zwevezele | ||
| Total | 356 | (12) | |
| International career | |||
| 1996 | Belgium U15 | 1 | (0) |
| 1998 | Belgium U16 | 9 | (0) |
| 1997–1999 | Belgium U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Belgium U18 | 18 | (0) |
| 2000 | Belgium U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2003 | Belgium U21 | 4 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2019–2022 | Zwevezele | ||
| 2022–2025 | Lokeren-Temse | ||
| 2025– | Charleroi (assistant) | ||
| 2025– | Charleroi | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Hans Cornelis (born 13 October 1982) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who is the caretaker head coach of Belgian Pro League club Charleroi.
Cornelis was part of a last minute transfer deal in the late evening of 31 August 2009. Cercle Brugge and Genk came to an extensive agreement: Cornelis was sold to Cercle Brugge, his teammate Jelle Vossen joined him on loan. Thomas Buffel made the opposite move.
Following a trial at Notts County, Cornelis joined Deinze for the 2015–16 season.[1]
Managerial career
After having played for lower league club Zwevezele from 2017, Cornelis took over as player-coach in 2019.[2] One year later, he retired from playing football and continued as the team's manager.[3]
After Zwevezele withdrew from the national competitions after the 2021–22 season,[4] Cornelis was appointed new head coach of Belgian Division 2 club Lokeren-Temse on 4 June 2022.[5] He led the club to two consecutive promotions to reach the second-tier 2024–25 Challenger Pro League.
On 27 June 2025, Cornelis was hired by Charleroi as an assistant coach to Rik De Mil.[6] On 10 December 2025, De Mil moved to Gent mid-season, and Cornelis was appointed caretaker manager for Charleroi.[7] He was fired from this position on 7 April 2026 and replaced with Mario Kohnen, the T2 coach.[8]
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