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.
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]
Honours
Player
Club Brugge[3]
- 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[4]
- 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
References
- ^ "Belgien entlässt Coach Rene Vandereycken" [Belgium fires coach Rene Vandereycken] (in German). Goal. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
- ^ "Belgium dispense with Vandereycken". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
- ^ "Club Brugge | Palmares". 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Kirin Cup 1981". leballonrond.fr.
- ^ a b "Le Trophée Pappaert, c'est reparti!" [The Pappaert Trophy is back!]. dhnet.be (in French). 1 October 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "RSC Anderlecht | Palmares".
- ^ "Tijdperk-Vanden Stock: 20 landstitels, 8 bekers en 3 Europabekers" [Vanden Stock era: 20 national titles, 8 cups and 3 European Cups] (in Dutch). Sporza. 20 December 2017.
- ^ "Winnaars Brugse Metten". skynet.be (in Dutch).
- ^ "UEFA Euro 1980". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
- ^ "1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico". FIFA.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016.
- ^ "Red Lions volgen Nina Derwael op met winst van Nationale Trofee voor Sportverdienste" [Red Lions follow Nina Derwael by winning the National Trophy for Sports Merit]. De Standaard (in Dutch). 7 November 2019.
- ^ "Alle palmaressen op een rijtje". De Morgen (in Dutch). 11 May 2008.
External links
- Sport.be website - News (in French)
- René Vandereycken at WorldFootball.net
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