Gunter Van Handenhoven

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Gunter Van Handenhoven
Personal information
Full name Gunter Van Handenhoven
Date of birth (1978-12-16) 16 December 1978 (age 44)
Place of birth Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–1998 Gent 17 (2)
1998–2002 Metz 59 (1)
2003 Gent 8 (0)
2003–2005 La Louvière 42 (4)
2005–2007 Lokeren 14 (1)
2007Sint-Niklaas (loan) 3 (0)
2007–2008 Al Ahli
2008–2009 Roeselare 10 (0)
2009–2010 KFCO Wilrijk
International career
1997 Belgium U-21
Managerial career
2010–2012 Anderlecht U16 [1] [2]
2012–2019 Anderlecht (team manager) [2]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gunter Van Handenhoven (born 16 December 1978) is a Belgian former professional footballer and former team manager of R.S.C. Anderlecht. Since 18 October 2021 he is the assistant-coach of K.V. Kortrijk.

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Club career

Van Handenhoven was born in Sint-Niklaas. He made an early breakthrough in Belgian first division and soon he was transferred to FC Metz. [3] But he came back in the Belgian championship in 2002. In 2008, he returned to the Belgian first division to play for Roeselare.

International career

Van Handenhoven played for Belgium U-21. He played at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship. [4]

Personal life

He was for four years married to model Ann Van Elsen, with whom he has daughter June, [5] and is the brother of Sandrine Van Handenhoven, a singer, who ended fourth in Idool 2004.

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References

  1. Profile at Footballdatabase
  2. 1 2 Anderlecht vond bekende als nieuwe teammanager, voetbalkrant.com, 31 May 2012
  3. Profile Archived 7 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine - FC Metz
  4. Gunter Van Handenhoven FIFA competition record (archived)
  5. Huwelijk Ann Van Elsen definitief voorbij - Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch)