Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 13 October 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Eeklo, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lokeren-Temse (head coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
VK Knesselare | |||
?–2000 | Club Brugge | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2005 | Club Brugge | 46 | (2) |
2005–2009 | Genk | 102 | (4) |
2009–2015 | Cercle Brugge | 160 | (5) |
2015–2017 | Deinze | 48 | (1) |
2017–2020 | Zwevezele | ||
Total | 356 | (12) | |
International career | |||
1996 | Belgium U15 | 1 | (0) |
1998 | Belgium U16 | 9 | (0) |
1997–1999 | Belgium U17 | 6 | (0) |
1999–2001 | Belgium U18 | 18 | (0) |
2000 | Belgium U19 | 2 | (0) |
2003 | Belgium U21 | 4 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
2019–2022 | Zwevezele | ||
2022– | Lokeren-Temse | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Hans Cornelis (born 13 October 1982) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Belgian Division 2 club Lokeren-Temse.
Cornelis was part of a last minute transfer deal in the late evening of 31 August 2009. Cercle Brugge and Genk came to an extensive agreement: Cornelis was sold to Cercle Brugge, his teammate Jelle Vossen joined him on loan. Thomas Buffel made the opposite move.
Following a trial at Notts County, Cornelis joined Deinze for the 2015–16 season. [1]
After having played for lower league club Zwevezele from 2017, Cornelis took over as player-coach in 2019. [2] One year later, he retired from playing football and continued as the team's manager. [3]
After Zwevezele withdrew from the national competitions after the 2021–22 season, [4] Cornelis was appointed new head coach of Belgian Division 2 club Lokeren-Temse on 4 June 2022. [5]
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