Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 November 1968 | ||
Place of birth | Seraing, Belgium | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder Winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
-1988 | R.F.C. Seraing | ||
`1988-1989 | Club Brugge KV | 6 | (0) |
-1996 | Standard Liège | 137+ | (31+) |
1996-1997 | FC Linz [1] | 27 | (2) |
1997-1999 | FC Gueugnon | 46 | (10) |
1999-2000 | R.A.A. Louviéroise | ||
2000-2001 | RFC Liège | ||
2002-2002 | R.C.S. Verviétois | ||
International career | |||
1994-1995 | Belgium | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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