Robert Waseige
 Waseige during Euro 2000 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Career
[edit]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
[edit]Player
[edit]RW Brussels
Player-manager
[edit]KFC Winterslag
Manager
[edit]KFC Winterslag
RFC Liège
- Belgian Cup: 1989–90;[3] runner-up 1986–87[3]
- Belgian League Cup: 1986
Belgium
Individual
[edit]- Belgian Professional Manager of the Year: 1984–85 (RFC Liège), 1993–94 (Charleroi), 1994–95 (Standard Liège)[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "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
[edit]- La Deux website (in French)
- Robert Waseige at WorldFootball.net
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- 1939 births
- 2019 deaths
- Belgian men's footballers
- RFC Liège players
- R.W.D. Molenbeek (1909) players
- K.R.C. Genk players
- Belgian football managers
- Belgian expatriate football managers
- K.R.C. Genk managers
- RFC Liège managers
- K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen managers
- Standard Liège managers
- Royal Charleroi S.C. managers
- R.W.D.M. Brussels F.C. 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
- Men's association football defenders