Georges Leekens
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 18 May 1949 | ||
Place of birth | Meeuwen, Belgium | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1958–1969 | Sporting Houthalen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1969–1970 | Dessel Sport | ||
1970–1972 | Crossing Club | ||
1972–1981 | Club Brugge | ||
1981–1984 | Sint Niklase | ||
International career | |||
1975–1978 | Belgium | 3 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1984–1987 | Cercle Brugge | ||
1987–1988 | Anderlecht | ||
1988–1989 |
Kortrijk | ||
1989–1991 |
Club Brugge | ||
1991–1992 |
KV Mechelen | ||
1992–1993 | Trabzonspor | ||
1993–1994 | Cercle Brugge | ||
1994–1995 |
Charleroi | ||
1995–1997 | Excelsior Mouscron | ||
1997–1999 | Belgium | ||
1999–2001 | Lokeren | ||
2001–2002 |
Roda | ||
2003 | Algeria | ||
2003–2004 | Excelsior Mouscron | ||
2004–2007 | Gent | ||
2007–2009 | Lokeren | ||
2009 |
Al Hilal | ||
2009–2010 | Kortrijk | ||
2010–2012 | Belgium | ||
2012 |
Club Brugge | ||
2014–2015 | Tunisia | ||
2015–2016 | Lokeren | ||
2016–2017 | Algeria | ||
2017–2018 | Hungary | ||
2018 | Étoile du Sahel | ||
2019 | Tractor | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Georges Leekens (born 18 May 1949) is a Belgian football manager and former player. During his managerial career, he was in charge of four national teams: the Belgian, Tunisian, Algerian and Hungarian national football teams. He also managed numerous clubs in Belgium, the Netherlands, Turkey, Tunisia, Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Playing career
Leekens made his debut as a footballer in 1967 with
Coaching career
Beginning
The same year of his retirement,
First spell in Belgium
In his first spell as coach of the Belgium national team he led them to the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals after a two-legged win against the Republic of Ireland in the qualifying play-off. He was sacked from his role as federal coach after a disappointing third place finish in the World Cup group stage after failing to qualify Belgium for the second round after drawing with Netherlands, Mexico and South Korea.
Algeria
After making a brief pass as coach of
Back to Belgium and a short experience in the Persian Gulf
After his African stage, he returned to the Royal Excelsior Mouscron, then he signed for
Second spell in Belgium
On 11 May 2010, Leekens signed a contract until 2012 to take over the Belgium national team for the second time.[1] As a consequence he had to resign from his coaching role at K.V. Kortrijk.
On 12 April 2011, it was announced that Leekens's contract had been extended to 2014 after some promising results in the
On 13 May 2012, it was announced that Leekens would coach
Tunisia
On 27 March 2014, Leekens signed a two-year contract with the Tunisian Football Federation to coach the Carthage Eagles. For his first tournament with Tunisia, Georges Leekens managed to take the team to the quarterfinals, his team being eliminated 2–1 by Equatorial Guinea, the host country of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. On 27 June 2015, the Tunisian federation announced having terminated its contract amicably.
Return to Algeria
In 2016, he coached the
In February 2017 he was one of a number of managers on the shortlist for the vacant Rwanda national team manager role.[6]
Hungary
In October 2017 it was announced, that Leekens would coach the Hungary national team. After three losses and one draw in four matches, he was fired in June 2018.
Experience in African and Asian clubs
He was appointed by Tunisian club
After less than two months in January 2019, Leekens contracted with Tractor of Iran, but his coaching period did not last long, as the contract was rescinded in May 2019.
In May 2020, nearly a year after his last coaching experience, Leekens announced his retirement, to devote himself to his own affairs.
Personal life
Georges Leekens is the cousin of Louis Leekens, who was Belgian National Champion of gymnastics in 1966 and is leading the top sports school for gymnastics in Genk.
Managerial statistics
Managerial record
- As of 16 May 2019
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Cercle Brugge | 1 July 1984 | 30 June 1987 | 128 | 45 | 37 | 46 | 35.16 |
Anderlecht | 1 July 1987 | 24 February 1988 | 51 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 60.78 |
Kortrijk
|
1 July 1988 | 30 June 1989 | 37 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 29.73 |
Club Brugge
|
1 July 1989 | 30 June 1991 | 79 | 46 | 22 | 11 | 58.23 |
KV Mechelen
|
1 July 1991 | 30 June 1992 | 36 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 41.67 |
Trabzonspor | 1 July 1992 | 24 September 1993 | 45 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 53.33 |
Cercle Brugge | 1 November 1993 | 30 June 1994 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 33.33 |
Charleroi
|
1 July 1994 | 30 June 1995 | 37 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 32.43 |
Excelsior Mouscron | 1 July 1995 | 23 January 1997 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 47.22 |
Belgium | 21 January 1997 | 20 August 1999 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 35.71 |
KSC Lokeren
|
29 August 1999 | 30 June 2001 | 98 | 43 | 28 | 27 | 43.88 |
Roda JC
|
19 September 2001 | 30 June 2002 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 38.89 |
Algeria | 1 February 2002 | 7 July 2003 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33.33 |
Excelsior Mouscron | 8 July 2003 | 18 May 2004 | 34 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 44.12 |
Gent
|
18 May 2004 | 30 June 2007 | 105 | 55 | 20 | 30 | 52.38 |
KSC Lokeren
|
1 July 2007 | 30 March 2009 | 68 | 22 | 27 | 19 | 32.35 |
Al-Hilal
|
1 April 2009 | 3 May 2009 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.00 |
KV Kortrijk
|
28 May 2009 | 11 May 2010 | 44 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 65.91 |
Belgium | 11 May 2010 | 13 May 2012 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 42.11 |
Club Brugge | 13 May 2012 | 4 November 2012 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 45.45 |
Tunisia | 27 March 2014 | 26 June 2015 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 36.84 |
KSC Lokeren | 25 October 2015 | 26 October 2016 | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 31.58 |
Algeria | 27 October 2016 | 24 January 2017 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 33.33 |
Hungary | 30 October 2017 | 18 June 2018 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 |
Étoile du Sahel
|
10 October 2018 | 26 November 2018 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86 |
Tractor | 13 January 2019 | 24 May 2019 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 46.67 |
Total | 1,024 | 451 | 305 | 268 | 44.04 |
Honours
As player
Club Brugge[8]
- Belgian Cup: 1976–77; 1978–79 (finalists)[9]
- Belgian Super Cup: 1980
- UEFA Cup: 1975–76[10]
- European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1977–78[11]
- Jules Pappaert Cup: 1972, 1978[12]
- Bruges Matins: 1979, 1981[13]
- 1981[14]
As manager
Anderlecht
- Belgian Super Cup: 1987[15]
Club Brugge
- Belgian First Division: 1989–90
- Belgian Cup: 1990–91
- Belgian Super Cup: 1990
- Amsterdam Tournament: 1990[16]
Cercle Brugge[17]
- Belgian Cup: 1985
Belgium
- 1999
Individual
References
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- ^ "DH.be - Georges Leekens prolonge jusque 2014 !". Dhnet.be. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
- ^ "Georges Leekens new Club Brugge T1". clubbrugge.be. 13 May 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Club Brugge sacks Georges Leekens" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 4 November 2012.
- ^ "Afcon 2017: Algeria coach Georges Leekens quits after elimination". BBC Sport. 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (14 February 2017). "Samson Siasia and Winfried Schafer on Rwanda coach shortlist". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ "Na minder dan 2 maanden moet Leekens al ophoepelen in Tunesië". sporza.be (in Dutch). 26 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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- ^ "Kirin Cup 1981".
- ^ "Georges Leekens - PLAYER and COACH CAREER".
- ^ "Amsterdam Tournament".
- ^ "De Vereniging | Geschiedenis".
- ^ "Eric Gerets Palmarès de l'entraîneur".