Franck "Francky" Vandendriessche (; born 7 April 1971) is a Belgian former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Vandendriessche was born in

Waregem Waregem (; vls, Woaregem), sometimes known as Waereghem, is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality lies in the valley of the river Leie, between Kortrijk and Ghent. It is part of the arrondiss ...

. Among his former clubs are

K.S.V. Waregem Koninklijke Sportvereniging Waregem was a Belgian football club that existed between 1925 and 2001. It played three spells at the highest level in the Belgian football league system each separated by a single season at the second level: from ...

and

Cercle Brugge Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging () is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges. Cercle have played in the Belgian Pro League since the 2003–04 season, having previously spent several years in the Belgian Second Divisio ...

International career

Vandendriessche played one game with the Belgium national team against

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due to the injuries of both

Geert De Vlieger Geert De Vlieger (; born 16 October 1971) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career De Vlieger was born in Dendermonde. He started his career in his home country playing for Anderlecht and Beveren before mo ...

and Frédéric Herpoel and Belgium lost 4–0. He was in the team for the

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Coaching career

After his playing career, Vandendriessche became goalkeeping

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for his former team Mouscron. But due to financial uncertainty at Mouscron, he decided to move to

Mons Mons (; German and nl, Bergen, ; Walloon and pcd, Mont) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium. Mons was made into a fortified city by Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut in the 12th century. T ...

during the summer break of 2009. Assistant manager

Geert Broeckaert Geert Broeckaert (;In isolation, ''Geert'' is pronounced . born 15 November 1960) is a former Belgian professional football player and a football coach. Career Broeckaert was a youth product of AA Gent, but at the age of 17 he moved to Cercle B ...

would follow him a bit later. On 10 July 2009, he became goalkeeping coach of the Belgium national team but was sacked on 6 October 2009 for having allegedly given a journalist from the Flemish newspaper ''Het Laatste Nieuws'' details about team selection before it had been officially announced. The Belgian goalkeeper

Stijn Stijnen Stijn Stijnen (; born 7 April 1981) is a Belgian retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and the current manager of Patro Eisden Maasmechelen. He played in 189 Belgian Pro League games during thirteen seasons, mainly with C ...

retired from the Belgian football team on the same day in connection with this incident. He was from 2007, the goalkeeping coach at Excelsior Mouscron until June 2009, and a short time later became the goalkeeper coach at

. In May 2011, he became goalkeeping coach at

K.V. Kortrijk Koninklijke Voetbalclub Kortrijk (often simply called KV Kortrijk or KVK) is a Belgian professional football club based in Kortrijk, West Flanders. They play in the Belgian First Division, and they achieved their best ranking ever during the 200 ...

Honours

Player

KSV Waregem *

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: 1993–94 Belgium * FIFA Fair Play Trophy:

Individual * Belgian Professional Goalkeeper of the Year: 2001–02

References

External links

Cerclemuseum.be

from the

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* 1971 births Living people People from Waregem Belgian footballers Belgium international footballers Association football goalkeepers Royal Excel Mouscron players Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players 2002 FIFA World Cup players Belgian Pro League players Association football goalkeeping coaches Footballers from West Flanders {{Belgium-footy-goalkeeper-stub