Peter Balette

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Peter Balette
Personal information
Date of birth 11 April 1961
Place of birth Heusden, Belgium
Position(s) Midfielder [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1979–1983 SK Heusden
1983–1986 Berkenbos VV
1986–1989 Tervant AC
1989–1993 SK Heusden
1993–1996 Lanaken VV [1]
Managerial career
1996–1998 K. Kabouters Opglabbeek
1998–2001 Verbroedering Meerhout
2001–2005 Heusden-Zolder
2005–2006 KVSK United
2007–2011 Club Brugge (assistant)
2011–2013 Standard Liège (assistant and caretaker)
2013–2014 Gent (assistant)
2014 Gent (caretaker)
2015–2016 Genk (assistant) [2]
2016–2017 Gent (assistant)
2017 Gent (caretaker)
2017–2020 Gent (assistant) [3] [4]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Balette (born 11 April 1961) is a Belgian football coach. He is currently technical director at K.A.A. Gent.

Coaching career

As of 9 June 2007, he was working at Club Brugge, first as the assistant to Jacky Mathijssen, and later on as the assistant to Matthijssens' successor, Adrie Koster. In June 2011, the contract between Club Bruges and Balette was broken by mutual agreement. He became the assistant coach at Standard Liège from June 2011, under José Riga, and, starting on 29 May 2012, under Ron Jans. After Jans' dismissal on 23 October 2012, he was the interim head coach, and on 27 October 2012, he became the assistant to Mircea Rednic. Before the start of the 2013–14 season, he was fired along with Rednic. When Rednic signed at KAA Gent on 1 October 2013, he took Balette as his assistant. On 9 April 2014, Balette became the head coach, assisted by Bernd Thijs, after Rednic was sent away due to disappointing results. In the 2015–2016 season, he was the assistant coach at K.R.C. Genk, with head coach Peter Maes. After one season at Genk, he returned to K.A.A. Gent. [5]

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References

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