Georges Leekens
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 18 May 1949 | ||
Place of birth | Meeuwen, Belgium | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1958–1969 | Sporting Houthalen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1969–1970 | Dessel Sport | ||
1970–1972 | Crossing Club | ||
1972–1981 | Club Brugge | ||
1981–1984 | Sint Niklase | ||
International career | |||
1975–1978 | Belgium | 3 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1984–1987 | Cercle Brugge | ||
1987–1988 | Anderlecht | ||
1988–1989 | Kortrijk | ||
1989–1991 | Club Brugge | ||
1991–1992 | KV Mechelen | ||
1992–1993 | Trabzonspor | ||
1993–1994 | Cercle Brugge | ||
1994–1995 | Charleroi | ||
1995–1997 | Excelsior Mouscron | ||
1997–1999 | Belgium | ||
1999–2001 | Lokeren | ||
2001–2002 | Roda | ||
2003 | Algeria | ||
2003–2004 | Excelsior Mouscron | ||
2004–2007 | Gent | ||
2007–2009 | Lokeren | ||
2009 | Al Hilal | ||
2009–2010 | Kortrijk | ||
2010–2012 | Belgium | ||
2012 | Club Brugge | ||
2014–2015 | Tunisia | ||
2015–2016 | Lokeren | ||
2016–2017 | Algeria | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Georges Leekens (born 18 May 1949) is a Belgian football manager.
Coaching career
Leekens was first selected as national coach after impressive work at R.E. Mouscron. In his first spell as coach of the Belgium national football team he led it to the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals after a two-legged win against the Republic of Ireland in the qualifying play-off. He was sacked from his role as federal coach after a disappointing 3rd place in the World Cup group stage failed to qualify Belgium for the second round.
On 29 May 2009 he signed a three-year deal with Kortrijk.
On 11 May 2010 Leekens signed a contract until 2012 to take over the Belgium national team for the second time.[1] As a consequence he had to resign from his coaching role at K.V. Kortrijk.
On 12 April 2011 it was announced that Leekens's contract had been extended to 2014 after some promising results in the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.[2] On 13 May 2012 it was announced that Leekens will coach Club Brugge for a second time,[3] but he was fired a few months later after a series of successive defeats.[4]
In 2016, he coached the Algerian national football team, and he made the team to the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. On 24 January 2017, he resigned being a coach after being eliminated in Group B stage. [5]
In February 2017 he was one of a number of managers on the shortlist for the vacant Rwanda national team manager role.[6]
Personal life
Georges Leekens is the cousin of Louis Leekens, who was Belgian National Champion of gymnastics in 1966 and is currently leading the top sports school for gymnastics in Genk.
References
- ^ "DH.be - Georges Leekens: "Le surnom de Diable doit se mériter" (VIDEO)". Dhnet.be. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
- ^ "DH.be - Georges Leekens prolonge jusque 2014 !". Dhnet.be. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
- ^ "Georges Leekens new Club Brugge T1". www.clubbrugge.be. 13 May 2012.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "Club Brugge sacks Georges Leekens" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 4 November 2012.
- ^ http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/38730981
- ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (14 February 2017). "Samson Siasia and Winfried Schafer on Rwanda coach shortlist". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
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