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Belgian footballer and manager

Lorenzo Staelens
Personal information
Full name Lorenzo Jules Staelens
Date of birth (1964-04-30) 30 April 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Lauwe, Belgium
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Sweeper, midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1987 KWSC Lauwe
1987–1989 Kortrijk 64 (11)
1989–1998 Club Brugge 286 (75)
1998–2000 Anderlecht 67 (10)
2001 Ōita Trinita 26 (2)
International career
1990–2000 Belgium 70 (8)
Managerial career
2002–2003 Mouscron
2004 Eendracht Aalst
2006–2007 Kortrijk (director of sports)
2007–2008 Roeselare (assistant)
2008–2013 Cercle Brugge (assistant)
2013–2014 Cercle Brugge
2015 OMS Ingelmunster
2016–2017 Royal Mouscron (assistant)
2017–2018 KV Kortrijk (assistant)
2018–2019 Knokke
2019 Lokeren (assistant)
2022 HSV Hoek
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lorenzo Jules Staelens (Dutch pronunciation: [loːˈrɛnzoː ˈstaːləns]; born 30 April 1964) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player. He most recently coached Dutch club HSV Hoek.

Having started his career as a defensive midfielder, he finished it as a sweeper at nearly 40, and scored more than 100 goals overall.

Staelens appeared for the Belgium national team in three World Cups, adding the Euro 2000 tournament played on home soil.

Club career

Born in Lauwe, Staelens started his professional career with K.V. Kortrijk at already 23, and his two solid seasons there attracted the attention of top division giants Club Brugge KV.

There, he proceeded to form a legendary midfield partnership with Franky Van der Elst, that would last nearly a decade. Staelens played 369 games in all competitions for the club, scoring 105 goals.

At already 34, and more often than not playing in the backline, he moved to R.S.C. Anderlecht, still being instrumental in the club's back-to-back championships (2000 and 2001), and winning the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1999; however, he did not finish his last year, moving to Japan's Ōita Trinita in early 2001 and retiring shortly after.

Staelens took up coaching subsequently, first with R.E. Mouscron. After only two months at V.C. Eendracht Aalst, he returned to first club Kortrijk as its general manager, only returning to the benches in 2007, as assistant coach at K.S.V. Roeselare. Staelens kept that role in the subsequent years, with the other team from Bruges, Cercle KSV.

International career

As an inexperienced international player, Staelens was selected to Belgium's squad for the 1990 FIFA World Cup; there, he appeared in the 2–1 group stage loss against Spain.

From then on, Staelens became an essential national team member, representing it also at the 1994 and 1998 World Cups and in UEFA Euro 2000, totalling a further 10 complete matches.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League
Division Apps Goals
Kortrijk 1987–88 Belgian Pro League 32 4
1988–89 32 7
Total 64 11
Brugge 1989–90 Belgian Pro League 34 4
1990–91 33 4
1991–92 31 5
1992–93 34 7
1993–94 33 12
1994–95 34 16
1995–96 30 12
1996–97 31 8
1997–98 26 6
Total 286 74
Anderlecht 1998–99 Belgian Pro League 24 6
1999–2000 29 1
2000–01 14 3
Total 67 10
Oita Trinita 2001 J2 League 26 2
Career total 443 97

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Belgium 1990 3 0
1991 3 0
1992 4 1
1993 6 0
1994 11 0
1995 8 0
1996 3 0
1997 6 5
1998 8 0
1999 11 1
2000 7 1
Total 70 8

Honours

Club Brugge

Anderlecht

Individual

References

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  2. Lorenzo Staelens – FIFA competition record (archived)
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  4. "Winnaars Brugse Metten". RFCB (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 3 June 2013.
  5. "Amsterdam Tournament". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  6. Delhauteur, Benoît; Dubois, Michel (1 October 2018). "Le Trophée Pappaert, c'est reparti!". DHnet (in French). Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  7. "Palmares | RSC Anderlecht". R.S.C. Anderlecht (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  8. "Aimé en Marc terug in het Astridpark | RSC Anderlecht". R.S.C. Anderlecht (in Dutch). 30 November 2018. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  9. "Rode Duivels Ploeg van het Jaar". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Flemish). 22 December 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  10. ^ "OVERZICHT. Wie waren de voorgangers van Gouden Schoen-winnaar Matias Suarez?". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 11 January 2012. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.

External links

Belgium squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup
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Belgium squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup
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Belgium squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup
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Belgium squad – UEFA Euro 2000
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Belgian Professional Footballer of the Year
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