Walter Meeuws
 Walter Meeuws in 1981 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walter Meeuws[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 July 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Gierle, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1972 | K.R.C. Mechelen | 54 | (22) |
| 1972–1978 | Beerschot | 154 | (25) |
| 1978–1981 | Club Brugge | 90 | (16) |
| 1981–1984 | Standard de Liège | 88 | (6) |
| 1984–1985 | Ajax | 11 | (0) |
| 1985–1987 | KV Mechelen | 30 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 1977–1984 | Belgium | 46 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1987–1988 | Lierse | ||
| 1989–1990 | Belgium | ||
| 1990–1991 | Sint-Truiden | ||
| 1991–1993 | Antwerp | ||
| 1993–1994 | Gent | ||
| 1995–1997 | Lommel S.K. | ||
| 1998–2001 | Lierse | ||
| 2001 | Gençlerbirliği | ||
| 2001–2003 | Raja Casablanca | ||
| 2004 | Al-Ittihad | ||
| 2005–2006 | Al Jazira | ||
| 2007–2008 | Beveren | ||
| 2007–2009 | FAR Rabat | ||
| 2010–2012 | Wadi Degla | ||
| 2016 | Lommel United | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Walter Meeuws (born 11 July 1951) is a Belgian former footballer and manager.
Playing career
[edit]During his career he played for K. Beerschot V.A.C., Club Brugge K.V., R. Standard de Liège, AFC Ajax, K.V. Mechelen. He earned 46 caps for the Belgium national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1980 and the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
After retiring from playing, he has been working as a manager, including a stint as the national team manager from 1989 to 1990.
As a player, he won 4 championships, 2 with Standard in Belgium, 1 with Bruges in Belgium and 1 with Ajax in the Netherlands. He also won 2 cups and played the final of the European Championship with Belgium in Italy in 1980. He is considered one of the best Belgian defenders ever.
Managerial career
[edit]As a manager, he won 3 cups with Lierse S.K., FC Antwerp and FAR Rabat (2009), 1 Supercup with Lierse and was runner-up in the African Champions League Final with Raja Casablanca and also runner-up with Antwerp in the final of the European Cup-Winners Cup in 1993 at Wembley. He is the last manager ever that reached a European Final with a Belgian Team.
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]Club Brugge[2]
- Belgian First Division: 1979-1980
- Belgian Super Cup: 1980
- Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer: 1981[3]
- Jules Pappaert Cup: 1978[4]
Standard de Liège[5]
- Belgian First Division: 1981-1982, 1982-83
- Belgian Super Cup: 1981, 1983
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1981-82 (runners-up)
- Intertoto Cup Group Winners: 1982[6]
Ajax Amsterdam[7]
KV Mechelen[8]
International
[edit]Belgium
Manager
[edit]Royal Antwerp[11]
Lierse SK[12]
Raja de Casablanca
FAR Rabat[14]
Individual
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Walter Meeuws". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ "Club Brugge | Palmares".
- ^ "Kirin Cup 1981".
- ^ "Jules Pappaert Cup".
- ^ "Standard de Liège | Palmares".
- ^ "Wildstat | Intertoto Cup 1982".
- ^ "Ajax | Prijzenkast".
- ^ "KV Mechelen | Geschiedenis". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ^ "UEFA Euro 1980".
- ^ "UEFA Euro 1980".
- ^ "FC Antwerp | Palmares".
- ^ "Lierse SK | Geschiedenis".
- ^ "Walter Meeuws ontslagen in Marokko".
- ^ "FAR Rabat | Palmarès".
- ^ "Eric Gerets Palmarès de l'entraîneur".
- Royal Belgian Football Association: Number of caps
- Walter Meeuws at WorldFootball.net
- Profile at Standard de Liège
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- 1951 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Antwerp Province
- Men's association football defenders
- Belgian men's footballers
- Belgian expatriate men's footballers
- Belgium men's international footballers
- UEFA Euro 1980 players
- 1982 FIFA World Cup players
- K. Beerschot V.A.C. players
- Club Brugge KV players
- Standard Liège players
- AFC Ajax players
- K.V. Mechelen players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Eredivisie players
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Belgian football managers
- Lierse S.K. managers
- Al-Gharafa SC managers
- Royal Antwerp F.C. managers
- Belgium national football team managers
- Gençlerbirliği S.K. managers
- K.S.K. Beveren managers
- AS FAR managers
- K.V. Mechelen managers
- K.A.A. Gent managers
- Raja CA managers
- Expatriate football managers in Turkey
- Expatriate football managers in Morocco
- Expatriate football managers in Qatar
- Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates
- Expatriate football managers in Egypt
- Wadi Degla SC managers
- Lommel S.K. managers
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Morocco
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Botola managers
- 20th-century Belgian sportsmen