Filip De Wilde

Football player infobox
playername = Filip De Wilde


nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1964|7|5
cityofbirth = Zele
countryofbirth = Belgium
height = 1.81m (5ft 11in)
currentclub = R.S.C. Anderlecht "(goalkeeper coach)"
clubnumber = Goalkeeper-Coach
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears = 1971-1980
1980-1982
youthclubs = Eendracht Zele
K.S.K. Beveren
years = 1982-87
1987-96
1996-98
1998-2003
2003
2004
2004-05
clubs = K.S.K. Beveren
Anderlecht
Sporting Clube de Portugal
Anderlecht
SK Sturm Graz
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen
K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel
caps(goals) = 176 (0)
245 (0)
50 (0)
124 (0)
17 (0)
17 (0)

nationalyears = 1989-2000
nationalteam = Belgium
nationalcaps(goals) = 33 (0)
manageryears = 2005-
managerclubs = Anderlecht "(goalkeeper coach)"
pcudate = 4 May, 2008
ntupdate = 5 September, 2008

Filip de Wilde (born July 5, 1964 in Zele) is a former Belgian football goalkeeper, who was on the squad of the Belgium national football team in three FIFA World Cups: 1990, 1994 and 1998, and played at club level mainly with R.S.C. Anderlecht.

At the age of nine, De Wilde entered Eendracht Zele before joining the famous K.S.K. Beveren goalkeeper school in 1980. He then signed for R.S.C. Anderlecht in 1987, where he became a legend.

He left the club for a period of two years to play in Portugal for Sporting Clube de Portugal, in 1996-1997 and 1997-1998, before returning home to Anderlecht in April 1998 for the rest of that season and five more. In January 2004 he joined, at 39, KSC Lokeren, for his two final seasons as a professional footballer, following a brief stint with Austria's Sturm Graz, although he did join, for a period of two months in April 2005, lowly club Verbroedering Geel.

De Wilde played the first of his 33 matches with the "Red Devils" against Denmark in a 1989 friendly, where he replaced Gilbert Bodart at half-time. He went on to represent his country in three World Cups, the first two as a backup goalie to Michel Preud'homme. After the latter's retirement, he became first-choice, playing in the 1998 edition. His last international appearance was a sour one, as the match Belgium-Turkey at the 2000 UEFA European Championship was lost by the hosts 2-0 and De Wilde was sent off with five minutes to go. Belgium was eliminated in the first round.

His son Frédéric de Wilde played for K.F.C. Dessel Sport.