Jan Ceulemans

Jan Ceulemans
Personnel
Surname	Jan Anna Gummaar Ceulemans
birthday	February 28, 1957
place of birth	Lier ,  Belgium
size	191 cm
position	striker
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1974-1988	Lierse SK	110 0(39)
1978-1992	Club Bruges	407 (191)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1974-1975	Belgium U-19	4 00(1)
1977	Belgium U-21	6 00(2)
1977-1991	Belgium	96 0(22)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1992-1996	VC Eendracht Aalst 2002
1997-1999	Ingelmunster
1999-2005	KVC Westerlo
2005-2006	Club Bruges
2007–2012	KVC Westerlo
2012–	Cappellen FC
1 Only league games are given.

Jan Anna Gummaar Ceulemans (born February 28, 1957 in Lier ) is a former Belgian football player . With 96 appearances (22 goals), "Cazze" Ceulemans is the record national player in his country, as well as three-time Belgian footballer of the year (1980, 1985, 1986). He was included by FIFA on the list of the best living soccer players of all time, FIFA 100 .

career

societies

The left-footed football career began in 1967 in Lierse. He played there until 1978 - on March 26, 1977 he had already made his debut in the national team - and completed 66 games with 26 goals in the two rounds in 1976/77 and 1977/78 in the league. In the 1975/76 season Lierse had played in the cup final . In the 1978/79 round, the young national player moved to Club Bruges. He celebrated the championship with Bruges in 1980, 1988, 1990 and 1992 , was runner-up in 1985 and 1986 and also won the Belgian Cup in 1986 and 1991 , after losing two cup finals with his team in 1979 and 1983. With Bruges he prevailed in the final of the Belgian Supercup in 1980, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991 and 1992 . At national level, he completed a total of 517 first division games for Lierse SK and Club Brugge , in which he was able to score 230 goals. In the 1979/80 series, he set his personal record with 29 goals in 34 league games. In the election for European Footballer of the Year , he finished fifth this season.

National team, 1977 to 1991

Ceulemans was a striker and midfielder who took part in all major international tournaments for Belgium between 1980 and 1990. His greatest success was the 1980 European Championship . In the first group game in the finals in Italy, he equalized England's 1-0 lead by Ray Wilkins with his goal in the 30th minute. He also stormed against Spain (2: 1), Italy (0: 0) and in the final on June 22nd in Rome against Germany in the narrow 1: 2 defeat for Belgium. In qualifying for the 1982 World Cup in Spain, he scored two goals in seven games. In the World Cup tournament, the final rounds against the Argentine defending champions, El Salvador, Hungary, Poland and the Soviet Union were added. In qualifying for the European Football Championship in France in 1984, Ceulemans played all six games in Group 1 against Switzerland, GDR and Scotland and scored in the 18th minute of the 2-1 win on April 27, 1983 in Brussels against the GDR 1: 1 equalizer. In the final round, coach Guy Thys's players lost to hosts France (0: 5) and Denmark (2: 3) and could only hold their own against Yugoslavia 2: 0. He was also active in Group 1 in Europe against Poland, Albania and Greece in the qualifying matches for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. Belgium and Poland led the group tied with 8: 4 points each and the Ceulemans team had to play two relegation games against the Netherlands as runners-up. With a 1-0 win in Brussels and a 2-1 defeat in Rotterdam, the ticket was bought for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. Seven games were added to Ceuleman's international appearances. At the 1986 World Cup , he was fourth with his team. The captain had played seven other World Cup games and scored three goals. The game on June 25, 1986 for 3rd place he and his team lost 4-2 after extra time against the 1984 European champions, France. In the World Cup encyclopedia by Hardy Grüne he is listed in the "World Cup Elf 1986".

The qualifying games for the European Championship in Germany in 1988 were unsuccessful. It was enough for Belgium against Ireland, Bulgaria, Scotland and Luxembourg only to third place. Ceulemans had scored two goals for the "rode duivels" in six games. Belgium drew 2-2 in Brussels and 0-0 in Dublin against group winners Ireland. In the goalless draw, the Belgian midfield formed with Patrick Vervoort , Enzo Scifo , Ceulemans and Franky Vercauteren . Striker Nico Claesen had scored seven goals in eight games in qualifying. The veteran from Bruges contributed to the successful participation in the World Cup in Italy in 1990 with one goal in seven games against Czechoslovakia, Portugal, Switzerland and Luxembourg. In Italy, he was eliminated from the World Cup tournament in the round of 16 after a 1-0 defeat after extra time against England with his teammates. Ceulemans and Scifo had dominated the game for most of the time, but David Platt scored the goal in the 119th minute. In 52 international matches, Ceulemans, often acting as a "lagging left winger", led the "Red Devils" onto the field as captain. Ceulemans played a total of 16 games in three World Cup tournaments and scored four goals. In two European Championship finals, there are seven games with two goals. In the qualification for the EM tournaments he is noted with 19 appearances with four goals. The Belgian record player played his last international match on February 27, 1991. The European Championship qualifier against Luxembourg took place in Brussels. The hosts won 3-0 goals and Ceulemans said goodbye with the goal to make it 2-0. The formation at his 96th international match was: Michel Preud'homme - Marc Emmers , Georges Grün , Philippe Albert , Bruno Versavel - Frank Dauwen , Enzo Scifo , Marc Degryse , Ceulemans - Marc Wilmots , Erwin Vandenbergh .

Between 2007 and 2012 Ceulemans was coach at the Belgian first division club KVC Westerlo . The third division club Cappellen FC has been training since 2012 .

literature

• Michael Horn: Lexicon of international soccer stars. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-89533-466-9 .
• Hardy Greens : Football World Cup Encyclopedia. 1930-2006. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2002, ISBN 3-89784-205-X .
• German Sports Club for Football Statistics (DSFS): 50 Years of the European Football Championship , Volume 1 - 1960 to 1996, Berlin 2008.

Web links

• Jan Ceulemans in the database of the Belgian Football Association (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hardy Greens: World Cup Encyclopedia 1930-2006 , AGON Sportverlag, Kassel, p. 348

predecessor	title	successor
0 Jean Janssens Enzo Scifo	Belgium's Footballer of the Year 1980 1985, 1986	0 Erwin Vandenbergh Michel Preud'homme