Robert Waseige (26 August 1939 – 17 July 2019) was a Belgian

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manager and player.

Career

While managing

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he helped them win the 1989–90 Belgian Cup. He became the coach of

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before

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and led Belgium to the second round at the

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. He then left the national team, having signed a contract with

Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (; nl, Standard Luik ; german: Standard Lüttich ) or simply Standard in Belgium, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Liège. They are one of the most ...

prior to the 2002 World Cup tournament. After a deceiving start in the

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he was fired by the club and replaced by

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Dominique D'Onofrio. He later managed

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. Waseige also managed several other clubs: Winterslag, FC Liège,

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Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

FC Brussels Racing White Daring Molenbeek Brussels F.C., often simply referred to as RWDM Brussels, F.C. Brussels or simply Brussels was a Belgian association football club based in the municipality of Molenbeek in the Brussels Capital-Region. They last pl ...

and

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in Portugal. As a player, he wore the shirts of FC Liège, RW Brussels and Winterslag. He was for some time a consultant for BeTV, a Belgian private TV channel. He died in a hospital in Liège on 17 July 2019. He was suffering from heart and kidney problems.

Honours

Player

RW Brussels *

Belgian Second Division The Belgian Second Division (known as the Proximus League for sponsorship reasons) was the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Pro League. It was founded by the Royal Belgian Football Associa ...

: 1964–65

Player-manager

KFC Winterslag *

Belgian Third Division The Belgian Third Division ( nl, Derde klasse, french: Division III) was the third highest level in Football in Belgium, Belgian football. It had two leagues of 18 teams each (Belgian Third Division A, A and Belgian Third Division B, B) at the sam ...

: 1971–72

Manager

KFC Winterslag *Belgian Second Division: 1975–76 RFC Liège *

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: 1989–90; runner-up 1986–87 *

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: 1986 Belgium * FIFA Fair Play Trophy:

Individual

* Belgian Professional Manager of the Year: 1984–85 (RFC Liège), 1993–94 (Charleroi), 1994–95 (Standard Liège)

References

External links

La Deux website
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