Ives Serneels
{{short description|Belgian football coach and former player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ives Serneels
| image = Ives Serneels, Italy vs Belgium women's, Ferrara 2018-04-10 03.jpg
| caption = Serneels in 2018
| fullname =
| height =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|10|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bonheiden, Belgium
| position = Defender
| youthyears1 = 1979–1986
| youthclubs1 = Ourodenberg Sport
| youthyears2 = 1986–1988
| youthclubs2 = Aarschot Sport
| youthyears3 = 1988–1990
| youthclubs3 = TH Diest
| years1 = 1990–1999
| years2 = 1999–2002
| years3 = 2002–2003
| years4 = 2003–2004
| clubs1 = Lierse SK
| clubs2 = Westerlo
| clubs3 = Denderleeuw
| clubs4 = KFC Dessel Sport
| caps1 = 210
| goals1 = 9
| caps2 = 65
| goals2 = 4
| caps3 = 30
| goals3 = 1
| caps4 = 3
| goals4 = 0
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 =
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| manageryears1 = 2003–2006
| managerclubs1 = KFC Dessel Sport
| manageryears2 = 2007
| managerclubs2 = Berchem Sport
| manageryears3 = 2008–2010
| managerclubs3 = Lierse SK (youth)
| manageryears4 = 2010–2011
| managerclubs4 = Lierse SK (women)
| manageryears5 = 2011–2024
| managerclubs5 = Belgium women
| pcupdate = 15:11, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 16:47, 23 January 2025 (UTC)
}}
Ives Serneels (born 16 October 1972) is a Belgian football manager and former professional footballer who most recently managed the Belgium women's national football team.
Playing career
On 22 August 1990 Lierse SK manager Barry Hulshoff gave Serneels his debut in a match at Lokeren. Serneels remained with the club for nine seasons and was part of the 1996–97 title-winning team. After making 245 appearances in all competitions and scoring ten goals for Lierse he joined Westerlo in 1999. He then wound down his playing career with short spells at Denderleeuw and KFC Dessel Sport.
Coaching career
In March 2011 Serneels was appointed coach of the Belgium women's national football team, nicknamed the "Red Flames".{{cite news|last1=Verbiest|first1=Terry|title=Ives Serneels wordt trainer van nationale vrouwenploeg|url=http://www.lierse.com/nl/news/ives-serneels-wordt-trainer-van-nationale-vrouwenploeg|accessdate=8 September 2015|publisher=Lierse SK|date=16 March 2011|language=Dutch|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304124050/http://www.lierse.com/nl/news/ives-serneels-wordt-trainer-van-nationale-vrouwenploeg|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}} The team's results improved under Serneels and national captain Aline Zeler compared him to Marc Wilmots, the successful manager of Belgium's male national team.{{cite news|title=Red Flames: "Yves Serneels is onze Wilmots"|url=http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/voetbal/Rode_Duivels/1.1768468|accessdate=8 September 2015|publisher=Sporza|date=1 November 2013|language=Dutch|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064900/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/voetbal/Rode_Duivels/1.1768468|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}
Honours
=Player=
;Lierse SK
;Westerlo
|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/belgcup01.html
|title=Belgium Cups 2000/01
|website=RSSSF
|access-date=19 April 2022}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.lierse.com/nl/player/serneels-ives-1# Profile] at Lierse SK {{in lang|nl}}
- [http://www.belgianfootball.be/nl/bondscoach-dames-ives-serneels Profile] at Royal Belgian Football Association {{in lang|nl}}
- {{Twitter}}
{{Belgium squad UEFA Women's Euro 2017}}
{{Belgium squad UEFA Women's Euro 2022}}
{{Belgium women's national football team managers|state=collapsed}}
{{Current managers of UEFA women's national teams}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Serneels, Ives}}
Category:Belgian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Belgian football managers
Category:Belgian Pro League players
Category:Belgium women's national football team managers
Category:K. Berchem Sport players
Category:K.V.C. Westerlo players
Category:F.C.V. Dender E.H. players
Category:Sportspeople from Bonheiden
Category:Footballers from Antwerp Province
Category:UEFA Women's Euro 2022 managers
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