Peter Maes () (born 1 June 1964) is a Belgian retired

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turned coach. He is currently unemployed after most recently managing Beerschot VA in the

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. Prior to Lokeren, he also managed KV Mechelen and

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. until 26 December 2016.

Career

In May 2020,

Lommel S.K. Lommel SK is a Belgian association football club based in the city of Lommel, Limburg, that competes in the Challenger Pro League. History The roots of the club date back to the 1920s when the club Vlug & Vrij Overpelt-Usines (Fast & Free ...

parted ways with coach Maes. The club announced that they were looking for a new head coach. In December 2020, the STVV team welcomed 56-year-old Peter Maes as its new head coach. Maes, who had been a goalkeeper with

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R.S.C. Anderlecht ; french: Les Mauves et Blancs) , short name = R.S.C.A. , founded = , ground = Constant Vanden Stock Stadium , capacity = 22,500 , owntitle = Chairman , owner = Wouter Vandenhaute , manager = Brian Riemer , ...

Waasland-Beveren Sportkring Beveren is a professional Belgian association football club located in the municipality of Beveren, East Flanders. They play in the Belgian First Division B. History The club was founded in 1936 as Red Star and registered to an amate ...

and

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, among others, decided to enter the coaching job after his active career as a player. Maes was named coach of the year in 2014. Popular throughout the country, the coach played with

Guy Hellers Guy Hellers (; born 10 October 1964) is a Luxembourgish football manager and former player, who played as a midfielder. He was the head coach of the Luxembourg national team, having succeeded Dane Allan Simonsen in 2004. In 2010, Hellers r ...

at Standard de Liège from 1996 to 1998. Maes also won two Belgian Cups in 2012 and 2014.

Investigation

In October 2018, Maes, coach of the

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K.S.C. Lokeren Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen (; often simply called Sporting Lokeren or Lokeren) was a Belgium, Belgian professional association football, football club based in the city of Lokeren, in the province of East Flanders. The clu ...

, was arrested for corruption in

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football. After

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, Maes is the second coach to be imprisoned in this case.

Honours

Lokeren *

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: 2011–12 Belgian Cup, 2011-12, 2013–14 Belgian Cup, 2013-14

References

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