Glen De Boeck (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣlɛn də ˈbuk]; born 22 August 1971) is a Belgian football manager and former player. He was most recently in charge of Kortrijk in the Belgian Pro League after previously managing Cercle Brugge and Waasland-Beveren in the top flight, and Lokeren in the Belgian First Division B. During his career, he played as a central defender, mostly on the books of Anderlecht, with whom he won several league titles, and later was an assistant coach.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 August 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Boom, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1990 | FC Boom | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1992 | FC Boom | 35 | (1) |
| 1992–1995 | Mechelen | 93 | (5) |
| 1995–2005 | Anderlecht | 206 | (14) |
| Total | 334 | (20) | |
| International career | |||
| 1993–2002 | Belgium | 36 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005–2007 | Anderlecht (assistant manager) | ||
| 2007–2010 | Cercle Brugge | ||
| 2010 | Germinal Beerschot | ||
| 2011 | VVV-Venlo | ||
| 2012–2013 | Waasland-Beveren | ||
| 2016 | Mouscron-Péruwelz | ||
| 2017–2018 | Kortrijk | ||
| 2019 | Lokeren | ||
| 2023 | Kortrijk | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editDe Boeck was born in Boom. In the summer of 1995, he moved from KV Mechelen to Anderlecht. In the late 1990s, he was criticized by pundits, who claimed he was not good enough for Anderlecht. He eventually increased his technical performances to become one of the best defenders in The Jupiler Pro League in the early 2000s.
In February 2005, De Boeck decided to end his career due to a heavy knee injury.
International career
editDe Boeck made his international debut with Belgium on 6 October 1993, against Gabon (a friendly), going on to represent his country at two World Cups, with three appearances combined.
Coaching career
editDe Boeck was directly snapped up by his last club Anderlecht to become an assistant manager, together with Daniel Renders.
On 23 April 2007, it was revealed that De Boeck would become manager of first division side Cercle Brugge at the end of the 2006–07 season. He succeeded Harm Van Veldhoven, who had already chosen to leave for Germinal Beerschot. On 1 February 2008, the board of directors at Cercle declared De Boeck had signed a new contract until 2011, as he also became the football section's technical director, being made responsible for the further development of the football team. In March 2009, De Boeck denied K.R.C. Genk in signing him as their new coach. Instead he choose to stay with his current club Cercle Brugge.[1] He left Cercle in June 2010 and was named the manager of Germinal Beerschot who were looking for a successor to Jos Daerden who left to become an assistant coach at Dutch club Twente.
On 30 November 2010, after continuous bad results and disagreements on the management board, he was fired as coach from Germinal Beerschot.
At the start of the 2011–12 season De Boeck was appointed as the new manager of VVV-Venlo, but halfway through the season on 6 December 2011, following a 7–0 defeat to Heracles Almelo, he resigned as manager of VVV-Venlo. In November 2012 he signed for Waasland-Beveren, but was released one year later.
After spells at Mouscron-Péruwelz, Kortrijk and Lokeren, De Boeck became a prominent expert on Belgian television before being re-appointed Kortrijk coach on 26 September 2023 in place of Edward Still, with the club lying bottom of the Belgian Pro League, without a win in their first eight games in the season.
Honours
editPlayer
editAnderlecht[2]
- Belgian First Division: 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04
- Belgian Cup: runners-up 1996–97[3]
- Belgian Super Cup: 2000, 2001
- Belgian League Cup: 2000[4]
- Belgian Sports Team of the Year: 2000[5]
- Jules Pappaert Cup: 2000, 2001[6]
Belgium
Manager
editCercle Brugge
- Belgian Cup: runners-up 2009–10[8]
References
edit- ^ "Glen de Boeck: "Ik zie me nog vijf jaar bij Cercle Brugge"".
- ^ "RSC Anderlecht | Palmares".
- ^ "Anderlecht en de beker: geen successtory".
- ^ "Anderlecht wint de Ligabeker".
- ^ "Rode Duivels Ploeg van het Jaar".
- ^ "Jules Pappaert Cup". October 2018.
- ^ FIFA.com. "Belgium honoured with the FIFA Fair Play Award". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ "De Vereniging | Geschiedenis". Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
External links
edit- Cercle Brugge profile Archived 4 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)
- Glen De Boeck at the Royal Belgian Football Association
