Robert Waseige
Waseige during Euro 2000 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1939-08-26)26 August 1939 | ||
Place of birth | Rocourt, Belgium | ||
Date of death | 17 July 2019(2019-07-17) (aged 79) | ||
Place of death | Liège | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1959–1963 | FC Liège | ||
1963–1970 | RW Brussels | ||
1970–1973 | Winterslag | ||
Managerial career | |||
1971–1976 | Winterslag | ||
1976–1979 | Standard Liège | ||
1979–1981 | Winterslag | ||
1981–1983 | Lokeren | ||
1983–1992 | FC Liège | ||
1992–1994 | Charleroi | ||
1994–1996 | Standard Liège | ||
1996 | Sporting CP | ||
1997–1999 | Charleroi | ||
1999–2002 | Belgium | ||
2002 | Standard Liège | ||
2004 | Algeria | ||
2005 | FC Brussels | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Robert Waseige (26 August 1939 – 17 July 2019) was a Belgian football manager and player.
Career
While managing R.F.C. de Liège he helped them win the 1989–90 Belgian Cup.[1] He became the coach of Belgium before Euro 2000 and led Belgium to the second round at the 2002 World Cup.
He then left the national team, having signed a contract with Standard Liège prior to the 2002 World Cup tournament. After a deceiving start in the Belgian First Division he was fired by the club and replaced by caretaker manager Dominique D'Onofrio. He later managed Algeria. Waseige also managed several other clubs: Winterslag, FC Liège, Lokeren, Charleroi, FC Brussels and Sporting CP in Portugal. As a player, he wore the shirts of FC Liège, RW Brussels and Winterslag. He was for some time a consultant for BeTV, a Belgian private TV channel. He died in a hospital in Liège on 17 July 2019. He was suffering from heart and kidney problems.[2]
Honours
Player
RW Brussels
Player-manager
KFC Winterslag
Manager
KFC Winterslag
RFC Liège
- Belgian Cup: 1989–90;[3] runner-up 1986–87[3]
- Belgian League Cup: 1986
Belgium
Individual
- Belgian Professional Manager of the Year: 1984–85 (RFC Liège), 1993–94 (Charleroi), 1994–95 (Standard Liège)[5]
References
- ^ "LIÈGE-EKEREN, FINALE INSOLITE". lesoir.be. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ Ex-bondscoach Robert Waseige op 79-jarige leeftijd overleden
- ^ a b c d e "Robert Waseige: zijn palmares als speler en coach".
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Erelijst Trainer Van Het Jaar". 28 November 2011.
External links
- La Deux website (in French)
- Robert Waseige at WorldFootball.net
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- 1982–83: Van Himst
- 1983–84: Heylens
- 1984–85: Waseige
- 1985–86: Haesaert
- 1986–87: De Mos
- 1987–88: Keßler
- 1988–89: De Mos
- 1989–90: Leekens
- 1990–91: Vandereycken
- 1991–92: Broos
- 1992–93: Meeuws
- 1993–94: Waseige
- 1994–95: Waseige
- 1995–96: Broos
- 1996–97: Gerets
- 1997–98: Gerets
- 1998–99: Anthuenis
- 1999–2000: Anthuenis
- 2000–01: Anthuenis
- 2001–02: Vergoossen
- 2002–03: Sollied
- 2003–04: Broos
- 2004–05: Sollied
- 2005–06: Dury
- 2006–07: Broos
- 2007–08: Preud'homme
- 2008–09: Bölöni
- 2009–10: Jacobs
- 2010–11: Vercauteren
- 2011–12: Vanhaezebrouck
- 2012–13: Dury
- 2013–14: Maes
- 2014–15: Preud'homme
- 2015–16: Preud'homme
- 2016–17: Weiler
- 2017–18: Leko
- 2018–19: Clement
- 2019–20: not awarded
- 2020–21: Blessin
- 2021–22: Mazzù
- 2022–23: Van Bommel
- 2023–24: Blessin