Michel_De_Wolf
Michel De Wolf
Belgian football coach and former player
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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De Wolf in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michel Jean de Wolf | ||
| Date of birth | (1958-01-19) 19 January 1958 (age 66) | ||
| 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* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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) |
| Total | 540 | (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 | |||
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).
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.
Gent
Anderlecht[5]
- Belgian First Division: 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94
- Belgian Cup: 1994
- Belgian Super Cup: 1991, 1993
Marseille[6]
Belgium
- FIFA World Cup: fourth place 1986[7]
Individual
- Best Gent Player of the Season: 1985–86, 1986–87[8]
- Et Michel De Wolf entrainera le RWDM/FC Bleid‚ walfoot.be, 30 June 2017
- Division 1B: Michel De Wolf nommé T2 de Sadio Demba à l’AFC Tubize!‚ lavenir.net, 3 July 2017
- "FIFA 1986 World Cup". Archived from the original on 5 June 2016.
- "Erelijst Trofee Jean-Claude Bouvy". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 20 May 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- RWDM biography (in French) at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 February 2011)
- Michel De Wolf at National-Football-Teams.com
- Michel De Wolf – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Michel De Wolf at EU-Football.info
- Michel De Wolf at WorldFootball.net
- Michel De Wolf at FootballDatabase.eu