René Verheyen

René Verheyen
Personnel
birthday	March 21, 1952
place of birth	Beerse ,  Belgium
size	186 cm
position	midfield player
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1971-1974	KFC Turnhout	88 (18)
1974-1982	SC Lokeren	300 (60)
1982-1987	Club Bruges	106 (15)
1987-1988	KAA Gent	26 0(5)
1988-1989	White Star Lauwe Menen
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1974	Belgium U-21	2 0(0)
1976-1984	Belgium	24 0(3)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1989-1992	SV Waregem
1992-1999	Club Brugge (Co-Tr.)
1999-2000	Club Bruges
2000-2006	Club Brugge (Co-Tr.)
2007–	KMSK Deinze
1 Only league games are given.

René Verheyen (born March 21, 1952 in Beerse ) is a former Belgian football player .

Player career

Verheyen probably began his time in men's football at KFC Turnhout , where he appeared from 1971 to 1974 before moving to SC Lokeren . In the eight years in Lokeren he could not win a title. In 1982 he moved to Club Bruges . At Den De Boeren, he won the Belgian Cup in 1986 and the Belgian Supercup in the same year. After the successful years on the Atlantic , he moved to KAA Gent for a year . After another year with the Gentern, he let his career end with the lower-class club White Star Lauwe Menen. In 1989 he ended his career.

International playing career

Verheyen took part in the 1980 European Football Championship in Italy and was runner-up with the team. At the Soccer World Cup in Spain in 1982 , he advanced with the Belgians to the second group stage, but was eliminated there as the bottom of the group. Two years later, at the European Football Championship in France in 1984 , they couldn't get beyond a third group place in the preliminary round.

Career as a coach

Three years after his active career ended, Verheyen became assistant coach at Club Bruges in 1992 . After seven years as an assistant coach, he was allowed to try his hand at head coach in the 1999/2000 season. In 2000 he became an assistant coach again and held the office until 2006. During his time in the coaching staff of Bruges, he won the Belgian championship four times, the Belgian Cup five times and the Belgian Supercup seven times.

successes

as a player

• 1 time Belgian cup winner (1986)
• 1 time Belgian Supercup winner (1986)

as assistant coach

• 4 times Belgian champion (1996, 1998, 2003, 2005)
• 5 times Belgian cup winner (1994, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2004)
• 7 times Belgian Supercup winner (1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)

Web links

• René Verheyen in the database of the Belgian Football Association (English)