Robert Waseige
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 August 1939 | ||
Place of birth | Rocourt, Belgium | ||
Date of death | 17 July 2019 | (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. 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.[1]
References
- La Deux website (in French)
- Robert Waseige at WorldFootball.net
- Use dmy dates from January 2011
- 1939 births
- 2019 deaths
- Belgian footballers
- RFC Liège players
- R.W.D. Molenbeek players
- K.R.C. Genk players
- Belgian football managers
- Belgian expatriate football managers
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- RFC Liège managers
- K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen managers
- Standard Liège managers
- R. Charleroi S.C. managers
- RWDM Brussels FC managers
- UEFA Euro 2000 managers
- 2002 FIFA World Cup managers
- Belgium national football team managers
- Expatriate football managers in Portugal
- Belgian expatriates in Portugal
- Algeria national football team managers
- Expatriate football managers in Algeria
- Association football defenders