Michel De Wolf

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Michel de Wolf
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De Wolf in 2013
Personal information
Full name Michel Jean de Wolf
Date of birth (1958-01-19) 19 January 1958 (age 65)
Place of birth Nivelles, Belgium
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
Clabecq
1972–1977 Molenbeek
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1977–1983 Molenbeek 175 (1)
1983–1988 Gent 150 (3)
1988–1990 Kortrijk 67 (2)
1990–1994 Anderlecht 109 (3)
1994–1995 Marseille 39 (0)
Total540(9)
International career
1980–1994 Belgium 42 (1)
Managerial career
1996–1998 Avenir Lembeek
1998–1999 Grimbergen (youth)
1998–1999 Kortrijk
2002–2003 Gabon
2004–2005 CS Nivellois
2009 Charleroi (assistant)
2011 FC Brussels
2012 BX Brussels [1]
2012–2014 BX Brussels (sporting director)
2017 Tubize (assistant)
2019–2023 Union SG (youth coordinator)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michel Jean de Wolf (born 19 January 1958) is a Belgian football coach and retired player who played as a left back. [2]

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Club career

De Wolf was born in Nivelles, Walloon Brabant. During his career in his homeland, he played, always as first-choice safe for one season out of 17, for R.W.D. Molenbeek, K.A.A. Gent (winning the 1984 Belgian Cup), K.V. Kortrijk and R.S.C. Anderlecht. He arrived at the age of 32, winning three leagues).

In the 1994 summer, 36-year-old de Wolf moved abroad, signing with Olympique de Marseille of Ligue 2 – the French club had just been relegated due to a match-fixing scandal – playing in more than 40 official games in one sole season after which he retired from professional football, still going on to appear for K.F.C. Avenir Lembeek and KSC Grimbergen at amateur level (and as player-coach).

International career

De Wolf was capped 42 times for the Belgium national team, his debut coming in 1980, and appeared at three FIFA World Cups: he played two matches in the 1986 edition, four in 1990  – scoring from 35 meters in the Diables Rouges' 2–0 group stage win against South Korea [3]  – and another four (at 36) in 1994.

De Wolf was also selected for UEFA Euro 1984, in France.

Honours

Gent

Anderlecht [5]

Marseille [6]

Belgium

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ Et Michel De Wolf entrainera le RWDM/FC Bleid‚ walfoot.be, 30 June 2017
  2. ↑ Division 1B: Michel De Wolf nommé T2 de Sadio Demba à l’AFC Tubize!‚ lavenir.net, 3 July 2017
  3. ↑ "Two second-half goals give Belgium opening victory over South Korea: World Cup: Tight defense meant that South Koreans didn't get a shot on goal for more than an hour". Los Angeles Times . 12 June 1990. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "AA Gent | Geschiedenis".
  5. ↑ "RSC Anderlecht | Palmares".
  6. ↑ "Palmarés OM".
  7. ↑ "FIFA 1986 World Cup". Archived from the original on 5 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "Erelijst Trofee Jean-Claude Bouvy". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 20 May 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
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