Robert Waseige

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Robert Waseige
Personnel
Surname Robert Waseige
birthday August 26, 1939
place of birth Rocourt ,  Belgium
date of death 17th July 2019
Place of death Liege ,  Belgium
position Defender
Juniors
Years station
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1957-1959 KRC Genk
1959-1963 RFC Liege
1963-1970 Racing White Brussels
1970-1973 KFC Winterslag
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1971-1976 KFC Winterslag
1976-1979 Standard Liège
1979-1981 KFC Winterslag
1981-1983 Sporting Lokeren
1983-1992 RFC de Liège
1992-1994 RSC Charleroi
1994-1996 Standard Liège
1996 Sporting CP
1997-1999 RSC Charleroi
2000-2003 Belgium
2003-2004 RSC Charleroi
2004 Algeria
2005 FC Brussels
1 Only league games are given.

Robert Waseige (born August 26, 1939 in Rocourt , † July 17, 2019 in Liège ) was a Belgian football manager and professional footballer . He coached the Belgian national team during the 2000 European Football Championship and led Belgium to the second round of the 2002 World Cup , where he was awarded the FIFA Fair Play Prize .

life and work

Robert Waseige began his playing career at RFC Liège , where he played over 100 games in four years. In 1962 he moved to Racing White Brussels for eight seasons. In 1971 he became a coach at KFC Winterslag and then at Standard Liège , where he was very successful.

Waseige was coach of the Belgian national team before the EM 2000 . At this tournament Belgium, together with the Netherlands hosts, were eliminated in the preliminary round. In 2002 he led the Belgian selection to the second round at the World Cup in Japan and South Korea.

He later became the national coach in Algeria. For some time he worked as a consultant for Be-TV, a Belgian private TV broadcaster.

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ↑ Julien Duez: Robert Waseige, une historie belge. In: sofoot.com. July 18, 2019, accessed on September 13, 2019 (French).
  3. ↑ Football World Cup special price for Oliver Kahn , at SPIEGEL.de
  4. ↑ Robert Waseige dismissed , at kicker.de
  5. ^ "Mérite Wallon" for Benoît Poelvoorde and Robert Waseige. Belgian Broadcasting, September 12, 2019, accessed September 13, 2019 .

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personal data
SURNAME Waseige, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian football player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Rocourt
DATE OF DEATH 17th July 2019
Place of death Liege