René Vandereycken
Belgian football player and manager
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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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Vandereycken in 1978 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 22 July 1953 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Spalbeek, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | 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 | |||||||||||||||||
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]
Career statistics
International
- Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vandereycken goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 28 March 1979 | Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, Belgium |  Austria |
1–0 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 1980 qualification |
| 2 | 27 February 1980 | Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium |  Luxembourg |
2–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 3 | 22 June 1980 | Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy |  West Germany |
1–1 | 1–2 | UEFA Euro 1980 |
Honours
Player
Club Brugge[4]
- Belgian First Division: 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1979–80
- Belgian Cup: 1976–77
- Belgian Super Cup: 1980
- European Champion Clubs' Cup runner-up: 1977–78
- UEFA Cup runner-up: 1975–76
- Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer: 1981[citation needed]
- Jules Pappaert Cup: 1978[5]
Anderlecht[6]
- Belgian First Division: 1984–85, 1985–86
- Belgian Super Cup: 1985
- UEFA Cup runner-up: 1983–84[7]
- Bruges Matins: 1985[8]
- Jules Pappaert Cup: 1983, 1985[5]
Belgium
- UEFA European Championship runner-up: 1980[9]
- FIFA World Cup fourth place: 1986[10]
- Belgian Sports Merit Award: 1980[11]
Manager
Individual
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