Éric Deflandre

Éric Deflandre
	Deflandre in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	2 August 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Rocourt, Belgium
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1995	RFC Liège
1995–1996	Germinal Ekeren
1996–2000	Club Brugge
2000–2004	Lyon
2004–2007	Standard Liège
2007	FC Brussels
2008–2009	FC Dender
2009–2010	Lierse
2010–2012	RFC Liège
Total
International career
1996–2005	Belgium
Managerial career
2012–2015	Standard Liège (youth)
2015–	Standard Liège (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Éric Deflandre (born 2 August 1973) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a right-back.^[1]

Club career

Deflandre was born in Rocourt. He first signed to Wandre Union but after one year he joined Liège side RFC Liège. He then left for Germinal Ekeren in 1995.

In 1996, he signed for Club Brugge.

In 2000, Deflandre moved to Olympique Lyonnais in France, where he won three straight national championships.

He returned to Belgium in 2004 and played for Standard Liège.

In 2007–08, he split duty with FC Brussels and F.C. Verbroedering Dender E.H. On 25 June 2009, he for Lierse S.K. on a two-year deal. On 9 August 2010, it was announced he would return to RFC Liège,^[2] where he played for two more seasons before retiring.^[3]

International career

Deflandre played his debut match for the Belgium national team against The Netherlands in the qualifying stage for the 1998 World Cup. In the competition's first match, he replaced Bertrand Crasson after 22 minutes, and helped to a 0–0 draw against the Netherlands.

He also appeared for the national side at Euro 2000 and 2002 World Cup. In Euro 2000, he substituted as a goalkeeper after Filip de Wilde was sent off against Turkey.

Honours

Club Brugge

Belgian First Division: 1997–98
Belgian Supercup: 1998

Lyon

French First Division: 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04
French Supercup: 2003

Belgium

FIFA Fair Play Trophy: 2002 World Cup^[4]

References

^ Le Figaro: Le football, solide trait d'union en Belgique 27 December 2007 "le sport le plus populaire de la planète serait un frein pour reculer l'hypothèse d'une scission qui se concrétiserait éventuellement par deux championnats et deux sélections comme en République tchèque et en Slovaquie, selon Éric Deflandre, l'ex-Lyonnais, capé plus de soixante fois aux origines paradoxalement wallonnes."
^ A 37 ans, Eric Deflandre revient au FC Liège
^ Zone-Rouche Deflandre: "Le Lierse n'a aucune chance" 2010 11 25 "S'il y a un joueur qui connaît bien les protagonistes du match de ce samedi entre Liégeois et Lierrois, c'est bien Éric Deflandre. Ce dernier a ..."
^ 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.

External links

Official website (in French)
Éric Deflandre at L'Équipe Football (in French)
Éric Deflandre at the Royal Belgian Football Association
Eric Deflandre at Footgoal.net

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[1] Le Figaro: Le football, solide trait d'union en Belgique 27 December 2007 "le sport le plus populaire de la planète serait un frein pour reculer l'hypothèse d'une scission qui se concrétiserait éventuellement par deux championnats et deux sélections comme en République tchèque et en Slovaquie, selon Éric Deflandre, l'ex-Lyonnais, capé plus de soixante fois aux origines paradoxalement wallonnes."

[2] A 37 ans, Eric Deflandre revient au FC Liège

[3] Zone-Rouche Deflandre: "Le Lierse n'a aucune chance" 2010 11 25 "S'il y a un joueur qui connaît bien les protagonistes du match de ce samedi entre Liégeois et Lierrois, c'est bien Éric Deflandre. Ce dernier a ..."

[4] 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.

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