David Gevaert

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David Gevaert
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-04-15) 15 April 1969 (age 54)
Managerial career
YearsTeam
1999–2002 Ingelmunster (physical)
2002–2003 Anderlecht (physical)
2003–2004 Eendracht Aalst (assistant)
2004–2005 Eendracht Aalst
2005–2007 Sparta Petegem
2007–2009 Racing Waregem
2009–2011 Zulte Waregem (youth)
2011–2014 Zulte Waregem (assistant)
2014–2015 JV De Pinte
2015–2016 Royal Antwerp
2016 Royal Antwerp
2016–2018 Dikkelvennne
2018–2019 Virton
2019–2021 Deinze

David Gevaert (born 15 April 1969) is a Belgian football manager. [1] [2]

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Career

Gevaert studied kinesiotherapy and was a physical trainer in K.S.V. Ingelmunster and R.S.C. Anderlecht, and assistant manager of Eendracht Aalst. [3] Gevaert was promoted from Lorenzo Staelens' assistant [4] when Staelens left in September 2004. [5] Gevaert was sacked in Eendracht Aalst in January 2005, to be replaced with Gilbert Bodart who had been sacked by Oostende three days prior. [4] He was then manager of Sparta Petegem, and until 2009 manager of third-tier club K. Racing Waregem. He was hired by Zulte Waregem in 2009, first as a developer for the promising players, [3]

Gevaert worked at minnows JV De Pinte  [ no ] before he was hired as the new manager of Royal Antwerp F.C. in the summer of 2015. Director Patrick Decuyper knew Gevaert from Zulte Waregem. After missing promotion from the 2015–16 Belgian Second Division, Gevaert was relieved of his job in May 2016. [6] [7] He was succeeded by Frederik Vanderbiest, but was given other tasks within the club. As the team continued to struggle, Gevaert was asked to take over again in October 2016 with John Bico as director of sports. Gevaert resigned in November 2016. [8] [9]

Gevaert had a stint at KSC Dikkelvenne  [ no ] before being hired at Royal Excelsior Virton. He was sacked unexpectedly by Virton in February 2019. [10] After the 2019 season had concluded, he was rumoured to join various clubs, but signed a two-year contract with K.M.S.K. Deinze. [11]

Personal life

Gevaert is married and resides in Nazareth. [6] [11]

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References

  1. David Gevaert at FootballDatabase.eu
  2. David Geveert at Zerozero
  3. 1 2 "Voetbal: David Gevaert wordt beloftentrainer bij Zulte Waregem". De Krant van West-Vlaanderen (in Dutch). 21 April 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Gilbert Bodart tot 2007 trainer bij Aalst". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Dutch). 14 January 2005. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  5. Lorenzo Staelens at FootballDatabase.eu
  6. 1 2 Van Den Broeck, David (7 November 2015). ""Elke dag besef ik wat een plezier het is om voor Antwerp te mogen 'werken'"". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  7. "David Gevaert ontslagen als hoofdcoach van Antwerp". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 6 May 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  8. Minnebo, Olivier (10 November 2016). "Coach Gevaert stapt na nog geen maand zelf op bij Antwerp". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  9. "David Gevaert houdt het geen maand vol bij Antwerp". De Krant van West-Vlaanderen (in Dutch). 10 November 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  10. Geypen, Diederik (13 February 2019). "Gewezen Antwerptrainer David Gevaert plots ontslagen bij Virton: "Ik ben in shock"" (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  11. 1 2 De Groote, Stefaan (18 June 2019). "David Gevaert nieuwe trainer van SK Deinze". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 January 2024.