- Michel De Wolf
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Michel de Wolf Personal information Full name Michel Jean de Wolf Date of birth 19 January 1958 Place of birth Nivelles, Belgium Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Playing position Left back Club information Current club FC Brussels (Head coach)[1] Youth career –1972 Clabecq 1972–1977 Molenbeek Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1977–1983 Molenbeek 175 (1) 1983–1988 Gent 150 (3) 1988–1990 Kortrijk 67 (2) 1990–1994 Anderlecht 109 (3) 1994–1995 Marseille 39 (0) Total 540 (9) National team 1980–1994 Belgium 42 (1) Teams managed 1996–1998 KFC Avenir Lembeek 1998–1999 KSC Grimbergen (Youth coach) 1998–1999 Kortrijk 2002–2003 Gabon 2004–2005 CS Nivellois 2007–2009 SC Clabecq (Team chef) 2009 RSC Charleroi (Assistant coach)[2] 2011 FC Brussels * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Michel Jean de Wolf (born 19 January 1958 in Nivelles, Walloon Brabant) is a retired Belgian footballer, who played as a left defender.
Club career
During his Belgium career, de Wolf played, always as first-choice safe for one season out of 17, for R.W.D. Molenbeek[3], K.A.A. Gent (winning the 1984 Belgian Cup), K.V. Kortrijk and R.S.C. Anderlecht[4] (where he arrived at the ripe age of 32, winning three leagues).
At 36 years of age, he moved abroad, signing with Olympique de Marseille of Ligue 2 - the club had just been relegated due to a match-fixing scandal[5], playing in more than 40 official matches in one sole season, after which he retired from professional football, still going on to appear for K.F.C. Avenir Lembeek and KSC Grimbergen at amateur level (and as player-coach).[6] He played during his career 483 matches in the Jupiler League.[7]
International career
De Wolf was capped 42 times for the Belgian national team[8], his debut coming in 1980, and appeared at three FIFA World Cups: he played two matches in the 1986 edition[9], four in 1990 - scoring from 35 meters in the Diables Rouges' 2–0 win against South Korea, in the group stage[10] - and another four (at 36) in 1994.
De Wolf was also selected for UEFA Euro 1984, in France.
References
- ^ Michel De Wolf - Footgoal.net
- ^ Sur le site dhnet.be, le 23 juin 2009
- ^ Fiche du joueur sur le site rwdm-fcbrussels.be
- ^ Biographie du joueur sur le site anderlecht-online.be
- ^ Fiche du joueur sur omstatsclub.com
- ^ Biography at RWDM (French)
- ^ Statistique du joueur
- ^ Michel De Wolf at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Sélections du joueur sur le site de l'URBSFA
- ^ Michel De Wolf – FIFA competition record
Belgium squad – UEFA Euro 1984 1 Pfaff • 2 Grün • 3 Lambrichts • 4 Clijsters • 5 De Wolf • 6 Vercauteren • 7 Vandereycken • 8 Claesen • 9 Vandenbergh • 10 Coeck • 11 Ceulemans(c) • 12 Munaron • 13 Baecke • 14 De Greef • 15 Verheyen • 16 Scifo • 17 Voordeckers • 18 Czerniatynski • 19 Mommens • 20 De Coninck • Coach: Thys
Belgium squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place 1 Pfaff • 2 Gerets • 3 F. Van der Elst • 4 De Wolf • 5 Renquin • 6 Vercauteren • 7 Vandereycken • 8 Scifo • 9 Vandenbergh • 10 Desmet • 11 Ceulemans (c) • 12 Munaron • 13 Grün • 14 Clijsters • 15 L. Van der Elst • 16 Claesen • 17 Mommens • 18 Veyt • 19 Broos • 20 Bodart • 21 Demol • 22 Vervoort • Coach: ThysBelgium squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Preud'homme • 2 Gerets (c) • 3 Albert • 4 Clijsters • 5 Versavel • 6 Emmers • 7 Demol • 8 Van der Elst • 9 Degryse • 10 Scifo • 11 Ceulemans • 12 Bodart • 13 Grün • 14 Claesen • 15 De Sart • 16 De Wolf • 17 Plovie • 18 Staelens • 19 Van Der Linden • 20 De Wilde • 21 Wilmots • 22 Vervoort • Coach: ThysBelgium squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Preud'homme • 2 Medved • 3 Borkelmans • 4 Albert • 5 Smidts • 6 Staelens • 7 Van der Elst • 8 Nilis • 9 Degryse • 10 Scifo • 11 Czerniatynski • 12 De Wilde • 13 Grün (c) • 14 De Wolf • 15 Emmers • 16 Boffin • 17 Weber • 18 Wilmots • 19 Van Meir • 20 Verlinden • 21 Van Der Heyden • 22 Renier • Coach: Van HimstGabon national football team – managers Prouff (1960) · Vicot (1979) · de Martigny (1985–87) · Da Costa (–89) · Weigang (1989–XX) · Pintenat (1991–92) · Thissen (1992–94) · Da Costa (1994–97) · Dumas (1998–2000) · Rayelomanan (2000) · Da Costa (2000–02) · De Wolf (2002–03) · Mbourounot (2003) · Jairzinho (2003–05) · Nzamba-Nzamba (2005–06 (c)) · Giresse (2006–10) · Rohr (2010–)
Categories:- 1958 births
- Living people
- People from Nivelles
- Belgian footballers
- Association football defenders
- Belgian Pro League players
- R.W.D. Molenbeek players
- K.A.A. Gent players
- K.V. Kortrijk players
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- Ligue 2 players
- Olympique de Marseille players
- Belgium international footballers
- UEFA Euro 1984 players
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- Belgian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Belgian football managers
- K.V. Kortrijk managers
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