Olivier De Cock

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Olivier De Cock
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-11-09) 9 November 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Eeklo, Belgium
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Knokke (Reserves manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–2008 Club Brugge 286 (15)
2007–2008 → Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) 18 (0)
2008–2009 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 4 (0)
2010 Oostende 9 (2)
2010–2011 Roeselare 17 (0)
2011–2012 SVV Damme 24 (3)
International career
2002–2005 Belgium 11 (0)
Managerial career
2018–2019 Oostende (U11)
2019– Knokke (reserves)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Olivier De Cock (born 9 November 1975) is a Belgian former professional footballer [1] who played as a right-back. He is manager of the reserve team of R. Knokke FC.

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Club career

De Cock was born in Eeklo. He joined Club Brugge in 1987. In 1995, he was promoted to the first team. De Cock made his debut for the club on 29 November 1996 in a 3–1 league win over Gent. However, it was only after the departure of Eric Deflandre that De Cock got a permanent spot in the starting lineup. When Brian Priske arrived in 2006, he lost his permanent place in the side. [2]

In August 2007 he moved to Fortuna Düsseldorf on loan. [3] He then played for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and Oostende. [4] [5] In the summer of 2010, he joined Roeselare on a one-year contract. After that season, De Cock retired as a professional football player. [6] He then started playing on amateur level for SVV Damme. [7]

International career

De Cock earned 11 caps for the Belgium national team. His first game for them came against Andorra on 12 October 2002 in a 1–0 victory.

Coaching career

In January 2018, De Cock was appointed team manager of his former club Roeselare. [8] [9] In the summer 2018, he was hired as the manager of K.V. Oostende's U11 team. [10]

On 22 April 2019, he was appointed manager of the reserve team of R. Knokke FC. [11]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague
AppsGoals
Club Brugge 1995–9600
1996–97122
1997–9890
1998–99151
1999–00233
2000–01330
2001–02280
2002–03314
2003–04221
2004–05140
2005–06200
2006–0720
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2007–08180

Honours

Club Brugge

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References

  1. ↑ "de Cock, Olivier" (in German). Kicker. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  2. ↑ Van Uytvange, Koen (26 June 2007). "Brian Priske hangt vuile was van Club Brugge buiten". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish).
  3. ↑ "Fortuna leiht Olivier de Cock aus". Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 (in German). 1 September 2007.
  4. ↑ "Fußball 2.Bundesliga: De Cock und RWO müssen sich noch gedulden". Handelsblatt (in German). 14 November 2008.
  5. ↑ "Olivier De Cock aan de slag bij KV Oostende". Het Belang van Limburg (in Flemish). 24 February 2010.
  6. ↑ "Gewezen Club-speler Olivier De Cock op Open VLD-lijst". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 27 March 2012.
  7. ↑ "Olivier De Cock SVV Damme". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 20 March 2012.
  8. ↑ "Ex-Bruggeling Olivier De Cock wordt teammanager bij Roeselare". nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). 9 January 2018.
  9. ↑ Olivier De Cock is de nieuwe teammanager, ksvroeselare.be, 9 January 2019
  10. ↑ Olivier De Cock over Gert Verheyen: "Hij maakt objectieve analyses", kw.be, 28 October 2018
  11. ↑ Olivier De Cock volgend seizoen beloftentrainer en T3, rkfc.be, 22 April 2019
  12. ↑ "RACING GENK - CLUB BRUGGE 0-2". clubbrugge.be. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  13. ↑ "CLUB BRUGGE - LA LOUVIÈRE 1-1". clubbrugge.be. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  14. ↑ "SUPERCOUPE DE BELGIQUE. FIN". besoccer.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
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