- Eric Gerets
Football manager infobox
playername = Eric Gerets
fullname = Eric Gerets
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1954|5|15
cityofbirth =Rekem
countryofbirth =Belgium
height = 1,77m
currentclub =Olympique de Marseille (Manager)
position =Right back
years = 19??–19?? 1971–1983 1983–1984 1984–1985 1985–1992
clubs =AA Rekem Standard de Liège AC Milan MVV Maastricht PSV Eindhoven
caps(goals) = 00? 0(?) 318 (23) 013 0(1) 012 0(0) 200 0(8)
nationalyears = 1975–1991
nationalteam = Belgium
nationalcaps(goals) = 086 0(2)
manageryears = 1992–1994
1994–1997
1997–1999
1999–2002
2002–2004
2004–2005
2005–2007
2007–
managerclubs =RFC de Liège Lierse SK Club Brugge PSV Eindhoven 1. FC Kaiserslautern VfL Wolfsburg
Galatasaray SKOlympique de Marseille Eric Gerets (born
May 15 ,1954 inRekem ,Belgium ) is a Belgian former football defender who is currently the coach of French football clubOlympique Marseille . He is best known in football for his advocation of systems thinking.Gerets played for Rekem,
Standard de Liège ,AC Milan ,MVV Maastricht andPSV Eindhoven , winning among others the 1987-88 European Cup, two Belgian championships and six Dutch championships. Although he was a defender, he was well known for a particular attacking skill: long distancethrow-in s. He is with 86 appearances the second most capped player for theBelgium national football team , scoring twice. In the First Round game in Italia 90 against Uruguay, which Belgium won 3-1, Gerets was sent off.As a manager, he worked successively for
FC Liège ,Lierse SK ,Club Brugge ,PSV Eindhoven ,1. FC Kaiserslautern , andVfL Wolfsburg before joining Galatasaray SK at the end of the 2004–05 season. In the season 1996–97 he won the Belgian championships with Lierse, reprising the feat in the season 1998-1999 with Club Brugge. He won the Dutch championships twice (1999–2000 and 2000–01) with PSV Eindhoven. In the season 2005–06, he won the Turkish Premier Super League with Galatasaray SK. Galatasaray SK gained the highest point in its Turkish Premier Super League history at that year. In May 2007, he left the club. On 25 September he became Olympique de Marseille's coach.References
* [http://www.beijen.net/frank/cvs/gerets-e.htm CV Eric Gerets]
External links
*FIFA player|174557|Eric Gerets
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