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.
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 22 July 1953 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Spalbeek, Belgium | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1971–1974 | KSC Hasselt | |||||||||||||
1974–1981 | Club Brugge | 233 | (63) | |||||||||||
1981–1983 | Genoa | 28 | (0) | |||||||||||
1983–1986 | Anderlecht | 94 | (13) | |||||||||||
1986–1987 | Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin | 24 | (0) | |||||||||||
1987–1989 | Gent | 41 | (1) | |||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1975–1986 | Belgium | 50 | (3) | |||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
1989–1993 | Gent | |||||||||||||
1993–1994 | Standard Liège | |||||||||||||
1994–1997 | R.W.D. Molenbeek | |||||||||||||
1997 | Anderlecht | |||||||||||||
2000 | Mainz 05 | |||||||||||||
2002–2004 | Twente | |||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Genk | |||||||||||||
2006–2009 | Belgium | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Vandereycken was born in Spalbeek. He played for Club Brugge, Genoa and Anderlecht.
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.
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.
Club Brugge
Anderlecht
Belgium
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