René Vandereycken (born 22 July 1953) is a Belgian football manager and a former player. He was the head coach of the Belgium national team from 1 January 2006 to 7 April 2009.
Club career
Vandereycken was born in Spalbeek. He played for Club Brugge, Genoa and Anderlecht.
International career
As a player, he got 50 caps and scored three goals for the Belgium national team, and represented Belgium at the Euro 1980, in the final of which he scored a penalty.
Coaching career
Vandereycken coached FC Twente as well as R.S.C. Anderlecht for some months and was fired by K.R.C. Genk in June 2005 after he managed to qualify the team for the UEFA Cup. The other teams he managed were Gent, Standard, RWDM and Mainz 05. Vandereycken is known to like the defensive play and to be a tactician.
He was the head coach of the Belgium national team from January 2006 to April 2009. During this time, he was subject to a lot of criticism in the press for his tactical decisions. He was sacked on 7 April 2009 after not managing to get any points from two matches against Bosnia in World Cup qualifying.[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: 1986 (fourth place)[10]
- Belgian Sports Merit Award: 1980[11]
Manager
References
- ^ Belgien entlässt Coach Rene Vandereycken
- ^ "Belgium dispense with Vandereycken". Uefa.com. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
- ^ "Club Brugge | Palmares". 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Kirin Cup 1981".
- ^ a b "Jules Pappaert Cup". 6 August 2023.
- ^ "RSC Anderlecht | Palmares".
- ^ "Tijdperk-Vanden Stock: 20 landstitels, 8 bekers en 3 Europabekers". 20 December 2017.
- ^ "Winnaars Brugse Metten".
- ^ "UEFA Euro 1980".
- ^ "FIFA 1986 World Cup". Archived from the original on 5 June 2016.
- ^ "Nationale Trofee voor Sportverdienste". 7 November 2019.
- ^ "Palmares Trainer van het Jaar". 11 May 2008.
External links
- Sport.be website - News (in French)
- René Vandereycken at WorldFootball.net
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