Henk Houwaart

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Henk Houwaart
Personal information
Date of birth (1945-08-31) August 31, 1945 (age 78)
Place of birth The Hague, Netherlands
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1967 ADO Den Haag 87 (34)
1967 Golden Gate Gales 12 (9)
1967–1969 Twente 34 (7)
1969–1972
R.W.D. Molenbeek
81 (11)
1972–1976 Club Brugge 89 (15)
1975–1976 Antwerp 3 (0)
International career
1969 Netherlands 1 (0)
Managerial career
1977–1978 Roeselare
1978–1979
Eendracht Aalst
1979–1983 K.V. Kortrijk
1983–1984 Cercle Brugge
1984–1989 Club Brugge
1989–1990 K.V. Kortrijk
1990–1991
AO Xanthi
1991–1993 Cercle Brugge
1994 K.S.V. Waregem
1994–2000
K.R.C. Harelbeke
2000 K.A.A. Gent
2000–2001
Omonia Nicosia
2002–2003 Antwerp
2003–2004 AEL Limassol
2004–2005
Omonia Nicosia
2006–2007 Sint-Truiden
2007
Aris Limassol
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henk Houwaart (born August 31, 1945) is a Dutch football manager and a former football player.

Playing career

Born in

championship in 1973. He was transferred to Royal Antwerp F.C. in 1975 but six months later, he sustained an injury in a UEFA Cup match against Śląsk Wrocław
that ended his career.

Coaching career

However, he did not stop his football career and began to work as a trainer. Beginning his career as a trainer of

Eendracht Aalst. K.V. Kortrijk was his next club in 1979 and after finishing second in Belgian Second Division
his team promoted to First Division.

In 1983, he moved to

Belgian Supercup the same year. He also won his first Championship as a coach in the 1987–88 season and the same season his team played in UEFA Cup and reached the semi-finals, when they were eliminated by RCD Espanyol
in extra time.

He was fired in 1989 after bad results and he returned to his former club

.

For the second time in his career he left Belgium, this time he moved to Cyprus in November 2000 and became coach of

.

He moved to Cyprus again, this time for

penal ties after a 2–2 result. The 2005–06, Omonia was contenter for the Championship title, however the team performed badly and he resigned again from Omonia. Since then, he moved to Sint-Truidense V.V. in February 2006, where he saved them from relegation. He is now Head Coach from Belgian lower division team Royal Knokke F.C.

References

  1. ^ "Interlands Henk Houwaart". Archived from the original on 2008-04-07. Retrieved 2009-01-21.

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