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Georges Leekens
Leekens in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth
(1949-05-18) 18 May 1949 (age 75)
Place of birth
Meeuwen, Belgium
Position(s)
Defender
Youth career
1958–1969
Sporting Houthalen
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1969–1970
Dessel Sport
1970–1972
Crossing Club
1972–1981
Club Brugge
1981–1984
Sint Niklase
International career
1975–1978
Belgium
3
(0)
Managerial career
1984–1987
Cercle Brugge
1987–1988
Anderlecht
1988–1989
Kortrijk
1989–1991
Club Brugge
1991–1992
KV Mechelen
1992–1993
Trabzonspor
1993–1994
Cercle Brugge
1994–1995
Charleroi
1995–1997
Excelsior Mouscron
1997–1999
Belgium
1999–2001
Lokeren
2001–2002
Roda
2003
Algeria
2003–2004
Excelsior Mouscron
2004–2007
Gent
2007–2009
Lokeren
2009
Al Hilal
2009–2010
Kortrijk
2010–2012
Belgium
2012
Club Brugge
2014–2015
Tunisia
2015–2016
Lokeren
2016–2017
Algeria
2017–2018
Hungary
2018
Étoile du Sahel
2019
Tractor
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Georges Leekens (born 18 May 1949) is a Belgian football manager and former player. During his managerial career, he was in charge of four national teams: the Belgian, Tunisian, Algerian and Hungarian national football teams. He also managed numerous clubs in Belgium, the Netherlands, Turkey, Tunisia, Iran and Saudi Arabia.
coaching experience, Leekens announced his retirement, to devote himself to his own affairs. GeorgesLeekens is the cousin of Louis Leekens, who was Belgian...
May 2010, Advocaat was replaced as manager by GeorgesLeekens. After featuring as a starter in Leekens first three matches in charge, Hazard began appearing...
Retrieved 10 July 2013. lbo; M., Jan (13 May 2012). "Leekens verlaat Rode Duivels voor Club Brugge" [Leekens leaves Red Devils for Club Brugge]. De Standaard...
promoted to a full first team player for Manchester City. Belgium manager GeorgesLeekens selected Boyata for two Euro 2012 qualifiers against Kazakhstan and...
coach: Paulo César Carpegiani Head coach: Javier Clemente Head coach: GeorgesLeekens Head coach: Manuel Lapuente Head coach: Guus Hiddink Head coach: Cha...
the case in association football. Until 2011 under Dick Advocaat and GeorgesLeekens the former Belgium U-23 captain Thomas Vermaelen was chosen as national...
Georg Keßler (1982–84) Henk Houwaart (1 July 1984 – 30 June 1989) GeorgesLeekens (1 July 1989 – 30 June 1991) Hugo Broos (1 July 1991 – 1 July 1997)...
of the preliminary squad, Rui Dabó was added to the squad. Coach: GeorgesLeekens A 32-man provisional squad was announced on 22 December 2016. The final...
were defeated by Luxembourg 2–1 in a friendly. On 30 October 2017, GeorgesLeekens was appointed as a new head coach. Hungary lost both matches in March...
took over on an interim basis for two games between the dismissal of GeorgesLeekens and the appointment of Juan Carlos Garrido. His debut as a senior manager...
national team under Dick Advocaat and later GeorgesLeekens. On 15 May 2012, following the exit of Leekens, Wilmots assumed the Belgium reins on an interim...
scored a goal and assists for Carl Medjani. Mahrez was named in coach GeorgesLeekens' Algeria squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. In their...
draw against Cameroon. The Algerian Football federation then hired GeorgesLeekens who did no better than his predecessor by losing to Nigeria 3–1 during...
transformed into a right back by head coaches Juan Carlos Garrido, GeorgesLeekens and Michel Preud'homme due to the lack of players playing in that position...
deal. 18 months into his time with the Yellow-Reds, Vrancken moved to GeorgesLeekens-coached Kortrijk during the 2009-10 winter break in a player-exchange...
match against Bulgaria in Brussels after his former coach at Kortrijk, GeorgesLeekens, became national coach. On 15 August 2012, he scored his first goal...
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