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Marc Wilmots Personal information Full name Marc Robert Wilmots Date of birth 22 February 1969 Place of birth Dongelberg, Belgium Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) Playing position Attacking midfielder Club information Current club Belgium (Assistant Coach) Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1987–1988 Sint-Truiden 30 (9) 1988–1991 KV Mechelen 87 (22) 1991–1996 Standard Liège 136 (67) 1996–2000 FC Schalke 04 104 (21) 2000–2001 Bordeaux 30 (8) 2001–2003 FC Schalke 04 34 (6) Total 421 (133) National team 1990–2002 Belgium 70 (28) Teams managed 2003 FC Schalke 04 2004–2005 Sint-Truiden 2009– Belgium (Assistant Coach) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Marc Robert Wilmots (born 22 February 1969 in Dongelberg, Belgium) is a former Belgian football player.
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Career
In his club career, that started in 1987, Wilmots played for Sint-Truiden, KV Mechelen, Standard Liège, Schalke 04, and Bordeaux. At Schalke he helped them to the 1997 UEFA Cup Final. His goal in the first leg was cancelled out by Inter in the second leg, but Schalke went on to win the game on penalties, with Wilmots scoring the decisive kick. He retired in 2003 after his second stint with Schalke.
International career
For Belgium, Wilmots scored 28 goals in 70 caps, his first coming in May 1990. He played in four World Cups, going scoreless in 1994, but getting two goals in 1998 and adding three in 2002. Wilmots is Belgium's leading goal scorer in World Cup history. Wilmots also played in Euro 2000, when Belgium co-hosted the tournament.
Coaching career
He also became a football manager in summer 2004 for Sint-Truidense but was fired in February 2005. On 28 September 2009 he announced his return to the Belgium national football team. From 1 October 2009 on he worked as assistant coach for Dick Advocaat and later for Georges Leekens.[1][2]
Personal
After retiring as a football player, Wilmots went into politics and became a member of the Belgian senate, for the French-speaking liberal party, the Reformist Movement (Mouvement Réformateur or MR).[3] His political career is not considered very successful.[4] In 2005 he announced that he wanted to resign as a senator, a rather unconventional, and criticized constitutional move.[5]
Honours
KV Mechelen
- European Super Cup: 1988
Standard Liege
- Belgian Cup (1): 1993
FC Schalke 04
- DFB-Pokal: 2002
Trivia
- Wilmots is considered by many as one of the best players in his country's history.
- In Belgium, he received the nickname of the Taureau de Dongelberg (The Bull from Dongelberg).
- Wilmots was then nicknamed das Kampfschwein (The Fighting Pig) or Willi das Kampfschwein during his playing days in Schalke, in Germany.
References
- ^ "Ex-Schalker Wilmots wird Co-Trainer in Belgien" (in German). transfermarkt.de. 28 September 2009. http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/news/31601/ex-schalker-wilmots-wird-co-trainer-in-belgien.html. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
- ^ "Principeakkoord KBVB - Wilmots" (in Dutch). footbel.be. 28 September 2009. http://www.footbel.be/templates/_news2Detail/index.php?page=eb973ea1fffe1781c4fc323a34970b03&detail=7170616b3999d20deef83b604ead0b6e&lang=nl. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
- ^ "Marc Wilmots - MR" (in French). senaat.be. http://www.senaat.be/www/?MIval=/showSenator&ID=4290&LANG=fr. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
"Marc Wilmots - MR" (in Dutch). senaat.be. http://www.senaat.be/www/?MIval=/showSenator&ID=4290&LANG=nl. Retrieved 28 September 2009. - ^ James Dart and Georgina Turner (21 September 2005). "Footballers pursuing political careers". football.guardian.co.uk. http://football.guardian.co.uk/theknowledge/story/0,13854,1574327,00.html. Retrieved 31 January 2008.
- ^ Edwin Jacobs (7 September 2005). "Willi das Kampfschwein – Belgian Senate: 0 - 0 ?". lawjustice.blogspot.com. http://lawjustice.blogspot.com/2005/09/willi-das-kampfschwein-belgian-senate.html. Retrieved 31 January 2008.
Belgium squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Preud'homme • 2 Gerets (c) • 3 Albert • 4 Clijsters • 5 Versavel • 6 Emmers • 7 Demol • 8 Van der Elst • 9 Degryse • 10 Scifo • 11 Ceulemans • 12 Bodart • 13 Grün • 14 Claesen • 15 De Sart • 16 De Wolf • 17 Plovie • 18 Staelens • 19 Van Der Linden • 20 De Wilde • 21 Wilmots • 22 Vervoort • Coach: Thys
Belgium squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Preud'homme • 2 Medved • 3 Borkelmans • 4 Albert • 5 Smidts • 6 Staelens • 7 Van der Elst • 8 Nilis • 9 Degryse • 10 Scifo • 11 Czerniatynski • 12 De Wilde • 13 Grün (c) • 14 De Wolf • 15 Emmers • 16 Boffin • 17 Weber • 18 Wilmots • 19 Van Meir • 20 Verlinden • 21 Van Der Heyden • 22 Renier • Coach: Van HimstBelgium squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 De Wilde • 2 Crasson • 3 Staelens • 4 Vidović • 5 Borkelmans • 6 Van der Elst • 7 Wilmots • 8 Oliveira • 9 M. Mpenza • 10 Nilis • 11 Van Kerckhoven • 12 Vande Walle • 13 Verlinden • 14 Scifo(c) • 15 Clement • 16 De Boeck • 17 Verstraeten • 18 Verheyen • 19 Van Meir • 20 E. Mpenza • 21 Boffin • 22 Deflandre • Coach: LeekensBelgium squad – UEFA Euro 2000 1 De Wilde • 2 Deflandre • 3 Valgaeren • 4 Staelens • 5 Clement • 6 Vanderhaeghe • 7 Wilmots • 8 Goor • 9 E. Mpenza • 10 Strupar • 11 Verheyen • 12 De Vlieger • 13 Herpoel • 14 Walem • 15 Peeters • 16 Nilis • 17 Léonard • 18 Van Kerckhoven • 19 Van Meir • 20 De Bilde • 21 M. Mpenza • 22 Hendrikx • Coach: WaseigeBelgium squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 De Vlieger • 2 Deflandre • 3 De Boeck • 4 Van Meir • 5 Van Kerckhoven • 6 Simons • 7 Wilmots (c) • 8 Goor • 9 Sonck • 10 Walem • 11 Verheyen • 12 Van Der Heyden • 13 Vandendriessche • 14 Vermant • 15 Peeters • 16 Van Buyten • 17 Englebert • 18 Vanderhaeghe • 19 Thijs • 20 Strupar • 21 Boffin • 22 Mpenza • 23 Herpoel • Coach: WaseigePreceded by
Eric ViscaalBelgian Young Footballer of the Year
1989–1990Succeeded by
Bertrand CrassonCategories:- 1969 births
- Living people
- Mouvement Réformateur politicians
- Belgian footballers
- K. Sint-Truidense V.V. players
- KV Mechelen players
- Standard Liège players
- FC Schalke 04 players
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Belgian football managers
- FC Schalke 04 managers
- K. Sint-Truidense V.V. managers
- Belgium international footballers
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 2000 players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Ligue 1 players
- Belgian expatriate footballers
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