René Vandereycken

René Vandereycken ( born July 22, 1953 in Spalbeek ) is a Belgian football manager and former football player. Since April 2009 he has been without a club.

Playing career

Association

René Vandereycken began his professional career in 1971 at the Belgian club KSC Hasselt unterklassigen. In the summer of 1974, the former midfielder joined the Belgian top club FC Bruges. In seven years in Bruges he could win with the team in 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1980 the championship. In addition to the Cup success in 1977, when you made ​​the double perfect this season. In addition Vandereycken could with the victory of the Super Cup in 1980 and still win the last national title for his collection. For the season 1981/82 he moved to Belgium to Genoa, the former Italian Serie A climber. With the 13th, the team secured the league. The breakthrough, however, did not make Vandereycken and it changes again in 1983 in the Belgian home to RSC Anderlecht. There he had again three successful years and could be 1985 and 1986 Belgian champion with the team. For the season 1986/87 it tried Vandereycken abroad again and signed with the former Bundesliga Blue-White 90 Berlin. His debut in Germany's top flight he was then on 11 game against Bayern Munich on 18 October 1986. After the descent of Berlin, the midfielder decided again to go to Belgium and KAA Gent joined to. Two years later, he ended his professional career.

National

Vandereycken took as a player with the Belgian national team at the European Championship in 1980, the 1982 World Cup, the European Championships in 1984 and the 1986 World Cup in part.

1980 reached the final of the European Championship the team, but had to admit defeat Germany 1-2. After 1-0 by Horst Hrubesch in the 10th minute was like Vandereycken in the 76th -minute penalty from before again Hrubesch scored the final score.

At Euro 1984, the Belgian team already retired from after the first round. At the 1982 World Cup they reached the second round, four years it was only in the semi -circuit when the team against Argentina failed 0-2. The match for third place was lost with 2:4 after extra time against France.

See also:

• Belgium at the 1982 World Cup
• Belgium at the 1984 European
• Belgium at the World Cup 1986

Successes as a player

• Belgian champion with FC Bruges: 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980
• Belgian Cup winner with FC Bruges: 1977
• Belgian Super Cup winner with FC Bruges: 1980
• Belgian champion RSC Anderlecht: 1985, 1986

Coaching career

After the active career Vandereycken the KAA Gent took over seamlessly. He had there held the head coach post, before the two sides parted in March 1993 a total of four years. In October 1993, he moved to Standard Liege. But after one year was there Vandereycken circuit and was replaced by Robert Waseige. So he signed with the club unterklassigen RWD Molenbeek. There he was active until 1997, to his former club RSC Anderlecht hired him, where he inherited Johan Boskamp. After a short time but he was replaced by Arie Haan. After a three year break Vandereycken was from 1 June 2000 to 14 November 2000 13 Matches coach of the first FSV Mainz 05 After a poor start, however, he was quickly released. From 2002 to 2004 he was responsible for the Dutch club FC Twente Enschede and then to 2005 KRC Genk. In Genk, he was surprisingly sacked. Previously, he led the team still in the UEFA Cup, as one could beat Standard Liege in the playoff games. From 1 January 2006 to 7 April 2009, he was the coach of Belgium. Seven days before his release, the team lost 1:2 in the qualifier for the 2010 World Cup against Bosnia- Herzegovina. It was the third competitive match defeat in a row for his team and the qualifications thus moved into the distance. Already in 2008, he missed his team the championship. Since then, the football coach is without a club.