Gunter Van Handenhoven

{{short description|Belgian footballer and manager}}

{{BLP sources|date=March 2012}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gunter Van Handenhoven

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|12|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sint-Niklaas, Belgium

| height = 1.75 m{{Worldfootball.net|gunther-van-handenhoven}}

| position = Winger

| currentclub =

| years1 = 1997–1998

| clubs1 = Gent

| caps1 = 17

| goals1 = 2

| years2 = 1998–2002

| clubs2 = Metz

| caps2 = 59

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2003

| clubs3 = Gent

| caps3 = 8

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2003–2005

| clubs4 = La Louvière

| caps4 = 42

| goals4 = 4

| years5 = 2005–2007

| clubs5 = Lokeren

| caps5 = 14

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2007

| clubs6 = → Sint-Niklaas (loan)

| caps6 = 3

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2007–2008

| clubs7 = Al Ahli

| caps7 =

| goals7 =

| years8 = 2008–2009

| clubs8 = Roeselare

| caps8 = 10

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2009–2010

| clubs9 = KFCO Wilrijk

| nationalyears1 = 1997

| nationalteam1 = Belgium U21

| manageryears1 = 2010–2012

| managerclubs1 = Anderlecht U16

| manageryears2 = 2012–2019

| managerclubs2 = Anderlecht (team manager)[https://www.voetbalkrant.com/apphulp/nl/nieuws/lees/2012-05-31/anderlecht-vond-bekende-als-nieuwe-teammanager?ref=team_news Anderlecht vond bekende als nieuwe teammanager], voetbalkrant.com, 31 May 2012

}}

Gunter Van Handenhoven (born 16 December 1978) is a Belgian former professional footballer and former team manager of Anderlecht. Since 18 October 2021 he is the assistant coach of K.V. Kortrijk.

Club career

Van Handenhoven was born in Sint-Niklaas. He made an early breakthrough in Belgian First Division and soon he was transferred to Metz.[http://www.fcmetz.com/joueur/fiche/gunter-van-handenhoven.html Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707060037/http://www.fcmetz.com/joueur/fiche/gunter-van-handenhoven.html |date=7 July 2013}} - FC Metz But he came back in the Belgian championship in 2002. In 2008, he returned to the Belgian First Division to play for Roeselare.

International career

Van Handenhoven played for Belgium U21 national team. He played at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.{{FIFA player|193826}}

Personal life

Van Handenhoven was for four years married to model Ann Van Elsen, with whom he has daughter.{{cite news |last1=Van Eyken |first1=Karen |title=Huwelijk Ann Van Elsen definitief voorbij |trans-title=Ann Van Elsen marriage finally over |url=https://www.hln.be/celebrities/huwelijk-ann-van-elsen-definitief-voorbij~a87d0b8e/ |access-date=9 July 2025 |work=Het Laatste Nieuws |date=5 November 2012 |language=Dutch}} He is the brother of Sandrine Van Handenhoven, a singer, who ended fourth in Idool 2004.

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