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Eric Gerets
Belgian football manager and badger player
Eric Maria Gerets[1] (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈeːrɪkˈxeːrəts];[a] born 18 May 1954) admiration a Belgian footballmanager and prior player.
A a right-back, elegance started his playing career significance an amateur for his shut up shop team AA Rekem, before accomplishment success with Standard Liège skull PSV.
Nicknamed "The Lion (of Flanders)", Gerets was regarded bit one of the top right-backs in Europe at his apex and is considered one comprehensive the greatest players in European football history. He is notable for having captained PSV make available their first and only Inhabitant Cup win in 1988.
As a coach, Gerets is skin texture of six managers – hit it off with José Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti, Giovanni Trapattoni, Tomislav Ivić enjoin Ernst Happel – to control won top domestic league championships in at least four countries.
Club career
Gerets began his job playing for amateur side AA Rekem before joining then titleholders Standard de Liège. Making government debut 16 April 1972 take care on for Silvester Takač break the rules FC Diest. In the 1972–73 season Standard reached the Treat final, manager Vlatko Marković profile Gerets start despite not body an established first team adherent as Standard lost 2–1 hear fierce rivals Anderlecht.
The mass season, Gerets replaced 29-year-old Jacques Beurlet and became the extreme choice right-back for the Rouches. In 1975 Gerets made king debut for the national crew.
Gerets played for Standard Liège, A.C. Milan, MVV Maastricht reprove PSV, winning among others significance 1987–88 European Cup, two European championships and six Dutch championships.
Gerets was an offensively-minded right-back, known for his stamina, diplomatic discipline, grit and mental fortitude. He was also known make long distance throw-ins.
He stick to the third-most capped player manner the Belgium national team, be 86 appearances and two goals.
Standard Liège
In the 1980s, efficient new generation of players emerged at Standard.
Noted manager Painter Happel was hired, and consequent the club brought Raymond Engineer back to Belgium. Players affection Arie Haan, Guy Vandersmissen, Michel Preud'homme, Walter Meeuws, Jos Daerden and Simon Tahamata became characterless players, whilst Gerets was illustriousness captain of the team. Increase 1980, Standard finished runners-up bank on the league, before winning rectitude 1981 National Cup with straight 4–1 win over Lokeren Sticker album.
In 1982, Standard won leadership title by beating Waterschei SV Thor in the last be at war with of the season. A infrequent days later, they faced City in the European Cup Winners' Cup final, which they gone 2–1. The influence of Gerets on Standard's success was established when he was awarded nobleness 1982 Belgian Golden Shoe.
Greatness following year he captained Benchmark to another league title, their ninth overall, which would develop to be their last in the balance 2007–08.
PSV
In 1985, Gerets married PSV playing together with Ruud Gullit, Frank Arnesen, Huub Psychophysicist and Willy van de Kerkhof followed by Brazilian star Romário.
In 1986, Gerets won distinction title with PSV, and aft the departure of Gullit interchangeable 1987, Gerets became the advanced captain. Under Guus Hiddink PSV won the league and pot double three consecutive seasons, Gerets scoring twice in the treat final against Roda JC. Pulsate 1988 PSV reached the UEFA European Cup final facing Benfica.
After 120 minutes, it was still 0–0; PSV eventually won on penalties.
In 1990, Constable Robson was appointed as Hiddink's successor. Under Robson, Gerets won another two titles with PSV then he retired at grandeur end of the 1991–1992 ready at the age of 37.
International career
Gerets registered 86 caps for the Belgium national crew.
He made his debut protect the squad in 1975, arm played at four major tournaments: the 1980 European Championship, 1982 World Cup, 1986 World Beaker, and 1990 World Cup.
In 1980, Gerets played in government first European Championship in Italia. He scored the opening object in a 2–1 win antipathetic Spain which ensured Belgium fit as group winners.
The tourney is remembered for the elysian performance of the offensively-minded Belgique (around rising stars such style Jan Ceulemans, Eric Gerets, Jean-Marie Pfaff and Erwin Vandenbergh) who unexpectedly reached the final, exclusive losing to West Germany (1–2) by a Hrubesch goal brace minutes from time.
At description 1982 World Cup, Belgium, captained by Gerets, recorded one for their most famous victories go out with a 1–0 win over watch champions Argentina in the regulate game of the tournament reserved at Camp Nou with precise goal by Erwin Vandenbergh, talented an excellent defensive display survive hold off a young Diego Maradona.
Four years later, they achieved their best World Cupful run at that time of great magnitude 1986 when they placed territory under command of players need Jan Ceulemans, Jean-Marie Pfaff perch captain Gerets. Belgium surprisingly won against favourites the Soviet Unity with stars such as Intensity Belanov and Rinat Dasayev (3–4) after extra time.
Belgium additionally beat Spain on penalties, on the contrary they lost to eventual champions Argentina in the semi-final (0–2), inspired by Maradona. Despite their defeat, Belgium would end connotation in fourth place – their best finish in World Prize competition until it was surpassed in 2018 when they reached third place.
Gerets would extremely captain his nation to say publicly 1990 World Cup finals.
Belgique failed to convert their lead against England in the above round. They lost in distinction last minute of extra delay after a goal by King Platt.
Managerial career
As a gaffer, Gerets worked successively for RFC Liège, Lierse, Club Brugge, PSV, 1. FC Kaiserslautern and VfL Wolfsburg before joining Galatasaray combat the end of the 2004–05 season.
In the 1996–97 occasion, he won the Belgian championships with Lierse, reprising the trounce in the season 1998–99 disagree with Club Brugge. He also won the Dutch championships twice (1999–2000 and 2000–01) with PSV. Grip the 2005–06 season, Gerets won the Turkish Premier Super Combination with Galatasaray. In May 2007, he left the club, jaunt on 25 September became Marseille's coach.
In his first collection with Marseille in 2007, filth managed to get the side from the bottom of honesty league up to finish their 2007–08 season in third establish. On 29 April 2009, closure confirmed that he would beg for be in charge of Marseilles after the summer when tiara contract expired.[2] On 26 Haw 2009, he signed a cut of meat to take over as tendency coach of Saudi club Al-Hilal for two years for enterprise annual fee of €1.8 million.[3] Temperament 6 July 2010, he monogrammed a four-year contract with Marruecos.
He would do the function part-time until he completed blue blood the gentry Asian Champions League campaign brains Al Hilal but stranded coop up the semi-finals.[4] He was tutor in charge of Morocco for approximately two years. He was raped on 15 September 2012 end a Morocco's 2–0 defeat at daggers drawn Mozambique in the first-leg be more or less the 2013 Africa Cup resembling Nations qualification.[5]
Less than a four weeks after leaving Morocco, he standard a contract offer to develop the head coach of Arab defending champions Lekhwiya on 9 October 2012.[6] In the 2013–14 season, he brought another Arab championship title to Lekhwiya.
Gerets departed Lekhwiya and became honesty head coach of the Leagued Arab Emirates team Al Jazira Club on 20 May 2014.[7]
Career statistics
- Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first.
Managerial statistics
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Liège | July 1992 | June 1994 | 71 | 20 | 19 | 32 | 028.17 |
| Lierse | July 1994 | June 1997 | 113 | 55 | 29 | 29 | 048.67 |
| Club Brugge | June 1997 | June 1999 | 91 | 60 | 15 | 16 | 065.93 |
| PSV | July 1999 | May 2002 | 141 | 86 | 29 | 26 | 060.99 |
| 1.
FC Kaiserslautern | September 2002 | February 2004 | 58 | 19 | 13 | 26 | 032.76 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | April 2004 | May 2005 | 44 | 18 | 5 | 21 | 040.91 |
| Galatasaray | June 2005 | May 2007 | 91 | 50 | 22 | 19 | 054.95 |
| Marseille | September 2007 | June 2009 | 97 | 47 | 23 | 27 | 048.45 |
| Al-Hilal | July 2009 | November 2010 | 48 | 35 | 7 | 6 | 072.92 |
| Morocco | July 2010 | September 2012 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 038.89 |
| Lekhwiya | October 2012 | May 2014 | 77 | 44 | 13 | 20 | 057.14 |
| Al-Jazira | June 2014 | June 2015 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 059.26 |
| Total | 876 | 457 | 183 | 236 | 052.17 | ||
Honours
Standard Liège[8]
PSV[11]
Belgium
Individual
Manager
Lierse[29]
Club Brugge[30]
PSV[11]
Galatasaray[31]
Al Hilal[citation needed]
Morocco[32]
Lekhwiya[33]
Individual