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Manu Ferrera
Manu Ferrera (born 21 October 1958) is a Spanish-born football coach, best known for his career in Belgium. He works as a scout for Gent. Career As a player He started playing football at Crossing Schaerbeek, the team in which he made his debut in the 70s. The attacker left the Third Division team in the 1980/81 season to move to Second Division team Eendracht Aalst. Over there, he played in 1984 together with Tjapko Teuben. The Dutchman, who was on loan from Club Bruges, got an offer from the Japanese team Mazda SC. Ferrera followed him and went also to Hiroshima in 1985. Due to injuries he did not play much. In 1987, he finished his career as a player in the team of Liedkerke. As a trainer Ferrera, who got an education as a physiotherapist in the early 90s. Afterwards, Ferrera trained JS Racour, a team of the second provincial series in Belgium. After this, he shortly worked as a representative of the sports brand Puma. In 1992, he became a youth trainer at RFC Seraing, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Cerro De Andévalo
El Cerro de Andévalo is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. According to the 2005 census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ..., the municipality has a population of 2,636 inhabitants. References External links El Cerro de Andévalo Cerro de Andevalo, el {{andalusia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleg Iachtchouk
Oleg Yashchuk ( uk, Олег Ростиславович Ящук, born 26 October 1977) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent most of his career in Belgium and also holds the Belgian nationality. His last name is sometimes transliterated as Iachtchouk or Jasjtsjoek. He now coaches the U14 division of R.S.C. Anderlecht. Club career Iachtchouk was born in Hrybova (Hrynky Rural-rada), Lanivtsi Raion, Ternopil Oblast then Ukrainian SSR. He first made a name for himself in the Ukrainian Premier League in the 1995–96 season. Playing for an unfashionable FC Nyva Ternopil side, then a 17-year-old, on matchday 1 he scored a hat trick at Shakhtar Donetsk helping his side to a shock 4–2 away win. He finished the season as the club's top scorer with ten goals as Nyva narrowly avoided relegation. Iachtchouk's talent caught the eye of Anderlecht and he signed for the Belgian club at the end of the season. He made a good start in the first tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Jovanović (footballer, Born 1981)
Milan "Lane" Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Јовановић; born 18 April 1981) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a forward or winger. He began his career with FK Vojvodina and had brief spells at Shakhtar Donetsk and Lokomotiv Moscow before joining Standard Liège, where he was named Belgian Pro League player of the year in 2008 and Belgian Golden Shoe the following year. In 2010–11, he spent the season at Liverpool before returning to Belgium afterwards to spend the rest of his career at Anderlecht. Jovanović earned 44 caps for the Serbian national team from his debut in 2007, and scored 11 international goals. Coach Radomir Antić created a wing-tandem with Jovanović and Miloš Krasić which is remembered as the best wing-partnership in the modern history of the Serbian national team. He represented Serbia at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He is commonly referred to by his nickname Lane. Early life Son of Stamenko and Gordana, Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Defour
Steven Arnold Defour (born 15 April 1988) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, currently manager of Mechelen. In his senior career he played for Genk, Standard Liège, Porto, Anderlecht, Burnley, Antwerp and Mechelen, winning a total of nine honours with the second and third clubs. Defour earned 52 caps for Belgium in an 11-year international career that began in 2006, and represented the nation in the 2014 World Cup. Club career Racing Genk Born in Mechelen, Defour played youth football with local K.V. Mechelen, moving to K.R.C. Genk in 2004 due to the club's financial difficulties. He made his Pro League debut during the 2004–05 season and, at just 17, became first choice, finishing the 2005–06 campaign with 26 games and one goal to help his team to the fifth position. When Genk failed to qualify for European competition, Defour tried to move to AFC Ajax in the summer of 2006. Enraged by earlier reports that Ajax had approached ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axel Witsel
Axel Laurent Angel Lambert Witsel (born 12 January 1989) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Belgian national team. Witsel broke into Belgium's first team as a right-winger, and can also play attacking midfielder, though his natural position is as a central midfielder. He began his career at hometown club Standard Liège, making 183 appearances and scoring 42 goals while winning five domestic trophies. He was awarded the Belgian Golden Shoe in 2008. After a season in Portugal with Benfica, he signed for Zenit Saint Petersburg for a €40 million fee in 2012. Witsel won four honours during his time in Russia, before leaving for Tianjin Quanjian in January 2017. He returned to Europe with Borussia Dortmund in August 2018. With the Bundesliga side, Witsel won the 2019 DFL-Supercup and the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal. Witsel made his senior international debut in 2008 and earned his 100th cap for Belgium on 15 November 2018. He repre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Preud'homme
Michel Georges Jean Ghislain Preud'homme (born 24 January 1959) is a Belgian retired footballer and manager who played as a goalkeeper. Currently, he is vice-president and sports director at Standard Liège. He was considered one of the world's best and most consistent goalkeepers during his professional career; he was the first winner of the Yashin Award as the best goalkeeper at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. At club level, Preud'homme played for Standard Liège, Mechelen and Benfica. With Mechelen, he won the Belgian Cup in 1987, the Cup Winner's Cup and the European Super Cup in 1988 and the Belgian league title in 1989. He also won the Portuguese Cup with Benfica in 1996. He retired as a player in 1999, aged 40. For Belgium, Preud'homme was capped 58 times, from 1979 to 1995. Other than the 1994 World Cup, he also played in the 1990 tournament. Club career Standard Liège Preud'homme is a product of Standard Liège's youth system, which he joined at 10 years old in 1969. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Boskamp
Johannes "Johan/Jan" Boskamp (born 21 October 1948) is a Dutch former football player and manager. He played the majority of his career for hometown club Feyenoord and Belgian side RWDM and managed primarily in the Belgian leagues. Currently he is a regular sports commentator on two Dutch and Belgian football television programs. He is commonly addressed as "Jan" in the Netherlands and "Johan" in Belgium. Playing career Club His former clubs as a player include RVV HOV, Feyenoord Rotterdam, Holland Sport, R.W.D. Molenbeek (with whom he won the Belgian First Division in 1975), and Lierse. Boskamp was furthermore voted Belgian Golden Shoe winner in 1975. International He was part of the Dutch team for the 1978 FIFA World Cup, making one substitute appearance against Scotland. He also won the 1970 Intercontinental Cup, with Feyenoord. Coaching career Later Boskamp became a manager and coached Belgian clubs Lierse, Dender, Beveren, Kortrijk, Anderlecht, Gent. He then moved to G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudi Verkempinck
Rudi, born Albert Rudolph (January 24, 1928 – February 21, 1973), also known as Swami Rudrananda, was born in Brooklyn, New York. Rudi was a spiritual teacher and an antiquities entrepreneur in New York City.Swami Rudrananda udi ''Spiritual Cannibalism''. Links Books, New York, 1973, First Edition. Life and career Early years Albert Rudolph was born January 24, 1928, to impoverished Jewish parents in Brooklyn, New York. His father abandoned the family when he was young. According to his autobiography, Rudolph's first spiritual experience occurred at age 6 in a park. Two Tibetan Buddhist lamas appeared out of the air and stood before him. They told him they represented the heads of the "Red Hat" and "Yellow Hat" sects, and they were going to place within him the energy and wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism. Several clay jars appeared, which they said they would put inside his solar plexus. The lamas said these jars would stay in him and begin to open at age 31. He would then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Nijskens
Angelo Nijskens (born 1 June 1963) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a forward. Career Born in the Netherlands, Nijskens started his career as an attacker in the youth team at HVV '24 and at the age of fifteen went to KSC Lokeren where he joined the first team in 1982. In the 1988-89 season he played for Bayer 05 Uerdingen and then between 1989 and 1991 he played for RFC de Liège, with whom he won the Belgian Cup in 1990. In the 1991–92 season Nijskens played for Sporting Charleroi and in the 1992–93 season he again played for Lokeren, before joining Alemannia Aachen in 1993. In the 1995–96 season, he played for Red Star Haasdonk, before he left for HSV Hoek where he became a player trainer. He was fired in February 2002. Nijskens also had to leave prematurely at KV Kortrijk, SV Oudenaarde and KFC Eeklo. In 2008, he trained WS Lauwe, after which he became a scout and youth coach at Kortrijk. In 2012, he trained HSV Hoek and worked in a media librar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Mommens
Raymond Mommens (born 27 December 1958) is a former Belgian international footballer (position left winger or striker). He is currently managing the Talents Detection Department at the R. Charleroi S.C. Club career As a player his club teams were Lokeren and Charleroi. International career He made his debut for the Belgium national football team during the qualifying rounds of the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He was included in the squads for the 1982 and 1986 World Cups, and the European Championships in 1980 and 1984. Honours Player Lokeren * Belgian First Division: 1980–81 (runners-up) * Belgian Cup: List of Belgian Cup finals, 1980–81 (runners-up) * Bruges Matins (football), Bruges Matins: 1982 Charleroi *Belgian Cup: 1992–93 Belgian Cup, 1992–93 (runners-up) International Belgium * UEFA European Championship: 1980 (runners-up) * FIFA World Cup: 1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Scifo
Vincenzo "Enzo" Daniele Scifo (; born 19 February 1966) is a retired Belgian football midfielder. He has also managed the Belgium national under-21 football team and several Belgian club sides. He played for clubs in Belgium, France and Italy, where he won several domestic titles. At international level, he was a member of the Belgian national team, for which he appeared in four FIFA World Cups, being one of three Belgian players ever to do so. Early life Scifo was born in La Louvière, Wallonia, to Italian parents from Sicily. He proved himself a highly promising talent in youth football and was nicknamed "Little Pelé" at his local team, where he scored 432 goals in only four seasons as a junior. Scifo joined his local club R.A.A. Louviéroise as a seven-year-old in 1973. He transferred to Belgium's most successful club, R.S.C. Anderlecht, in 1982. Club career Scifo made his first team debut with R.S.C. Anderlecht in 1983, at the age of 17. After winning three Belgian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Deschacht
Olivier Deschacht (born 16 February 1981) is a Belgian professional football coach and a former player who played as a left-back or centre-back. He is an assistant coach for the Belgium national under-21 football team. Career Early career At the age of 7, Deschacht began playing for S.K. Begonia Lochristi before he moved to K.A.A. Gent in 1991. He then spent two years (1995–1997) at K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen. Anderlecht In 1997 he signed for R.S.C. Anderlecht to play in their academy. He made his first team debut on 18 December 2001 under the coaching of Aimé Anthuenis. For the 2007 season, Deschacht was awarded the captain's armband replacing teammate Bart Goor during Goor's injuries. After Goor's move to Germinal Beerschot, he was awarded captaincy full-time in 2008. Lokeren In August 2018, free agent Deschacht joined Lokeren on a season-long contract, returning to his former youth club. Retirement In April 2021, Deschacht announced that he would retire at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
