Johan Walem

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Johan Walem

| image =

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1972|2|1}}

| birth_place = Soignies, Belgium

| height = 1.69 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1980–1986

| youthyears2 = 1986–1991

| youthclubs1 = Molenbeek

| youthclubs2 = Anderlecht

| years1 = 1991–1997

| years2 = 1997–1999

| years3 = 1999–2000

| years4 = 2000–2001

| years5 = 2001–2003

| years6 = 2003–2004

| years7 = 2004–2005

| clubs1 = Anderlecht

| clubs2 = Udinese

| clubs3 = Parma

| clubs4 = Udinese

| clubs5 = Standard Liège

| clubs6 = Torino

| clubs7 = Catania

| caps1 = 180

| caps2 = 32

| caps3 = 24

| caps4 = 14

| caps5 = 59

| caps6 = 21

| caps7 = 14

| goals1 = 17

| goals2 = 5

| goals3 = 1

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 4

| goals6 = 2

| goals7 = 0

| totalcaps = 344

| totalgoals = 29

| nationalyears1 = 1991–2002

| nationalteam1 = Belgium

| nationalcaps1 = 36

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| manageryears1 = 2008–2010

| managerclubs1 = Anderlecht U19

| manageryears2 = 2010–2011

| managerclubs2 = Udinese (youth)

| manageryears3 = 2011–2012

| managerclubs3 = Udinese U19

| manageryears4 = 2012–2015

| managerclubs4 = Belgium U-21

| manageryears5 = 2015–2016

| managerclubs5 = Kortrijk

| manageryears6 = 2016–2020

| managerclubs6 = Belgium U-21

| manageryears7 = 2020–2021

| managerclubs7 = Cyprus

}}

Johan Walem (born 1 February 1972) is a Belgian football manager and former player. He previously worked as head coach of the Kortrijk. Walem was considered one of the best Belgian midfielders of his generation. He gained 36 caps for the national team, scoring two goals.

Career

Walem was born in Soignies, Belgium. His former clubs are Molenbeek (as a youngster), Anderlecht, Udinese, Parma (on loan), Standard Liège, Torino and Catania. At Udinese, he was nicknamed Il Geometra (The Geometer) as he was very precise in his passes. His partnership with German striker Oliver Bierhoff was also praised at that time. After he retired he has worked as TV consultant for Belgacom TV and as youth-coach at Udinese Calcio. Walem took over the job as head coach of the Belgium national under-21 football team after the 2011–12 season.

Honours

=Player=

Anderlecht{{cite web|title=RSC Anderlecht {{!}} Palmares|url=https://www.rsca.be/nl/club/palmares}}

Belgian First Division: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95
Belgian Cup: 1993–94; runner-up 1996–97{{cite web|title=Anderlecht en de beker: geen successtory|url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/g0sk7i10}}
Belgian Super Cup: 1993, 1995

Parma

Supercoppa Italiana: 1999{{cite news |url=http://www.calcio.com/cronaca_partita/supercoppa-1999-finale-ac-milan-parma-calcio-1913/ |title=Supercoppa 1999 » Finale » Milan - Parma 1:2 |publisher=calcio.com |access-date=16 April 2020}}

Udinese

UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2000

Belgium

FIFA Fair Play Trophy: 2002 World Cup{{Cite web|last=FIFA.com|title=Belgium honoured with the FIFA Fair Play Award|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/belgium-honoured-with-the-fifa-fair-play-award-82624|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111032351/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/belgium-honoured-with-the-fifa-fair-play-award-82624|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 November 2020|access-date=2020-11-07|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB}}

Individual

Belgian Young Professional Footballer of the Year: 1991–92{{cite web|title=Palmares Profvoetballer van het Jaar|url=https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/alle-palmaressen-op-een-rijtje~b21f9e9f/}}

Managerial statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|From !rowspan="2"\|To !colspan="5"\|Record
G	W	D	L	Win %
align=left\|Cyprus \|align=left\|25 January 2020 \|align=left\|17 February 2021 {{WDL\|8\|1\|1\|6}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

rowspan="2"|Team

!rowspan="2"|From

!rowspan="2"|To

!colspan="5"|Record

Win %

align=left|Cyprus

|align=left|25 January 2020

|align=left|17 February 2021