Gaëtan Englebert (born 11 June 1976) is a Belgian football coach, official and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the manager and sporting director of RFC Liège.
Club career
Born in Liège, Englebert started playing professionally with local club RFC Liège after spending nearly a decade in its youth system. In 1997, after one season, he moved to K. Sint-Truidense VV, where he made his Pro League debut.
Two years later Englebert signed for Club Brugge KV and was one of the club's most important midfielders during his eight-year spell, winning, amongst other accolades, two leagues and three cups. Overall, he appeared in 344 matches and scored 26 goals.
At 32, Englebert would have his first experience abroad, signing a two-year deal with Tours FC of Ligue 2 in June 2008.[1] On 31 August 2010, choosing to stay in the division, he moved to FC Metz.[2][3]
In July 2011, Englebert returned to his country and joined third level side K.V.V. Coxyde. In the following transfer window he returned to Liège, where he played until 2013; he continued working with the latter club as director of football after retiring.[4]
International career
Englebert collected nine caps for Belgium, the first arriving on 28 February 2001 as the Red Devils thrashed San Marino 10–1 in Brussels during qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
The national side made it to the final stages in South Korea and Japan and the player – following another solid season at Brugge – was picked for the 23-man squad, but did not leave the bench.
Honours
Sint-Truiden[5]
- Belgian League Cup: 1999
Club Brugge[6]
- Belgian First Division: 2002–03, 2004–05
- Belgian Cup: 2001–02, 2003–04, 2006–07; runners-up: 2004–05[7][8]
- Belgian Supercup: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Bruges Matins: 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007[9]
- Jules Pappaert Cup: 2005[10]
Belgium
References
- ^ "Signature de Gaëtan Englebert" [Gaëtan Englebert signs] (in French). Tours FC. 22 June 2008. Archived from the original on 26 June 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2008.
- ^ Englebert signe à Metz (Englebert signs with Metz); L'Équipe, 31 August 2010 (in French)
- ^ Le Belge Englebert transféré de Tours à Metz (Belgian Englebert from Tours to Metz) Archived 16 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine; Le Parisien, 31 August 2010 (in French)
- ^ "Gaëtan Englebert nommé directeur sportif du RFC Liégeois" [Gaëtan Englebert appointed sporting director of RFC Liège] (in French). La Meuse. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ Richard. "Stadion Stayen - Sint Truiden VV - Voetbalstadion.NET". Voetbalstadion.net - Alle grote voetbalstadions in Europa (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 November 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Club Brugge | Palmares".
- ^ "Voetbal - Belgische Beker : Erelijst en medaillewinnaars". www.sportuitslagen.org. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Bruges-Standard : En 2007, Ishiaku sauvait la saison du Club". rtbf.be. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Winnaars Brugse Metten". Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Jules Pappaert Cup".
- ^ FIFA.com. "Belgium honoured with the FIFA Fair Play Award". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
External links
- Gaëtan Englebert at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- Club Brugge archives (in Dutch)
- National team data
- Gaëtan Englebert at the Royal Belgian Football Association
- Gaëtan Englebert – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Gaëtan Englebert – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Gaëtan Englebert at National-Football-Teams.com
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