Marc Wilmots
{{Short description|Belgian footballer and politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Marc Wilmots
| image = Marc Wilmots 20190913 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Wilmots in 2019
| birth_name = Marc Robert Wilmots
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|2|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Jodoigne, Belgium
| office = Senator
| term_start = 5 June 2003
| term_end = 12 July 2007
| constituency = French-speaking electoral college
| party = Mouvement Réformateur
| module =
{{Infobox football biography
| embed = yes
| header-color = lavender
| height = 1.84 m
| currentclub = Standard Liège (sporting director)
| position = Attacking midfielder
| youthyears1 = 1980–1985
| youthclubs1 = CS Jodoigne
| youthyears2 = 1985–1987
| youthclubs2 = Sint-Truiden
| years1 = 1987–1988
| clubs1 = Sint-Truiden
| caps1 = 30
| goals1 = 9
| years2 = 1988–1991
| clubs2 = Mechelen
| caps2 = 87
| goals2 = 22
| years3 = 1991–1996
| clubs3 = Standard Liège
| caps3 = 136
| goals3 = 67
| years4 = 1996–2000
| clubs4 = Schalke 04
| caps4 = 104
| goals4 = 21
| years5 = 2000–2001
| clubs5 = Bordeaux
| caps5 = 30
| goals5 = 8
| years6 = 2001–2003
| clubs6 = Schalke 04
| caps6 = 34
| goals6 = 6
| totalcaps = 421
| totalgoals = 133
| nationalyears1 = 1986–1987
| nationalteam1 = Belgium U19
| nationalcaps1 = 9
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 1987–1989
| nationalteam2 = Belgium U21
| nationalcaps2 = 9
| nationalgoals2 = 6
| nationalyears3 = 1990–2002
| nationalteam3 = Belgium
| nationalcaps3 = 70
| nationalgoals3 = 28
| manageryears1 = 2003
| managerclubs1 = Schalke 04 (caretaker)
| manageryears2 = 2004–2005
| managerclubs2 = Sint-Truiden
| manageryears4 = 2012–2016
| managerclubs4 = Belgium
| manageryears5 = 2017
| managerclubs5 = Ivory Coast
| manageryears6 = 2019
| managerclubs6 = Iran
| manageryears7 = 2021–2022
| managerclubs7 = Raja CA
}}
}}
Marc Robert Wilmots (born 22 February 1969) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who is the sporting director of Standard Liège.
During his club career as an attacking midfielder, he won trophies with KV Mechelen, Standard Liège and Schalke 04. He represented the Belgium national team, earning 70 caps. He was in the Belgium squad for the 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002 World Cups, as well as the 2000 Euro which Belgium hosted jointly with the Netherlands.
Wilmots has also been a politician, having sat in the Senate for four years for the Mouvement Réformateur party.{{cite web | url = https://www.senate.be/www/?MIval=/showSenator&ID=4290&LANG=nl | title = Marc Wilmots - MR | language = nl | website = senate.be | access-date = 14 May 2019}}
Club career
In his club career, which started in 1987, Wilmots played for Sint-Truiden, Mechelen, Standard Liège, Schalke 04, and Bordeaux. At Schalke, he helped them to the 1997 UEFA Cup final. His goal in the first leg{{cite news |title=Football: Schalke shock for Hodgson |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-schalke-shock-for-hodgson-1260388.html |work=The Independent |publisher=Independent Print Limited |date=8 May 1997 |access-date=25 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702084917/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-schalke-shock-for-hodgson-1260388.html |archive-date=2 July 2012 |url-status=live}} was cancelled out by Internazionale in the second leg, but Schalke went on to win the game on penalties,{{cite news |title=Football: Ince and Hodgson suffer as Schalke lift Uefa Cup |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-ince-and-hodgson-suffer-as-schalke-lift-uefa-cup-1262903.html |work=The Independent |publisher=Independent Print Limited |date=22 May 1997 |access-date=25 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110172839/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-ince-and-hodgson-suffer-as-schalke-lift-uefa-cup-1262903.html |archive-date=10 November 2012 |url-status=live}} with Wilmots scoring the decisive goal. He retired in 2003, after his second stint with Schalke. During his time with Schalke, the fans there gave him the affectionate nickname "Das Kampfschwein" (The War Pig),{{cite news |title=Belgien-Coach Wilmots: "Ich wollte nie Nationaltrainer werden" |newspaper=SpiegelOnline |url=http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/fussball-interview-mit-belgiens-nationaltrainer-marc-wilmots-a-936177.html |language=de |access-date=23 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524003709/http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/fussball-interview-mit-belgiens-nationaltrainer-marc-wilmots-a-936177.html |archive-date=24 May 2014 |url-status=live}} which has been picked up by some English language journalists.{{cite news |title=England face a Belgium team rich in talent and hell-bent on victory |newspaper=The Guardian |date=1 June 2012 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2012/jun/01/england-belgium-friendly-wembley |access-date=23 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523230146/http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2012/jun/01/england-belgium-friendly-wembley |archive-date=23 May 2014 |url-status=live}} In Belgium he is known under the nickname the Bull of Dongelberg, an allusion to his birthplace.{{cite news |title=Bakkerszoon vs. boerenzoon |newspaper=De Standaard |url=http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20140630_01162749 |date=1 July 2014 |access-date=3 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706203820/http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20140630_01162749 |archive-date=6 July 2014 |url-status=live}}
International career
For Belgium, Wilmots scored 28 goals in 70 caps, his first coming in May 1990. He went to four World Cups, playing in three. After being an unused substitute in 1990, he played 54 minutes in 1994 without scoring, but scored two goals in 1998 and three in 2002,{{cite news |title=Marc Wilmots 2002 World Cup profile |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/belgium/squad/newsid_1991000/1991148.stm |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=17 May 2002 |access-date=25 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306235241/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/belgium/squad/newsid_1991000/1991148.stm |archive-date=6 March 2016 |url-status=live}} making him Belgium's leading goal scorer in World Cup history. He also scored a goal against Brazil in the last 16 match of the 2002 World Cup which was disallowed because of a "phantom foul" on Roque Júnior.{{sfn|Witzig|2006|p=289}} According to Wilmots, the referee Peter Prendergast apologized for the error to him at half time.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/matches_wallchart/brazil_v_belgium/newsid_2048000/2048030.stm|date=17 June 2002|title=Wilmots tells of ref's apology|work=BBC Sport|access-date=18 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928162426/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/matches_wallchart/brazil_v_belgium/newsid_2048000/2048030.stm|archive-date=28 September 2013|url-status=live}} Wilmots was named as one of the seven reserves in the 2002 World Cup All-Star Team.{{cite web |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/70c9b3c769d0e7a4/original/bw96axitsmtrojpaeugz-pdf.pdf |title=2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan™ - Report and Statistics |work=FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |access-date=31 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143749/https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/korea-japan-2002-part-500841.pdf?cloudid=bw96axitsmtrojpaeugz |archive-date=12 June 2018 |pages=104}}
Wilmots also played in Euro 2000,{{cite news |title=Marc Wilmots Euro 2000 profile |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/euro2000/teams/belgium/squad/743901.stm |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=25 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512061947/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/euro2000/teams/belgium/squad/743901.stm |archive-date=12 May 2013 |url-status=live}} when Belgium co-hosted the tournament.{{cite news |title=The host countries |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/euro2000/fans_guide/742405.stm |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=14 May 2000 |access-date=25 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325164830/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/euro2000/fans_guide/742405.stm |archive-date=25 March 2014 |url-status=live}}
Managerial career
Wilmots became a football manager in summer 2004 for Sint-Truiden, but was sacked in February 2005. Between 2009 and 2012, he served as assistant manager of the Belgium national team under Dick Advocaat and later Georges Leekens.{{cite web | url = http://www.footbel.be/templates/_news2Detail/index.php?page=eb973ea1fffe1781c4fc323a34970b03&detail=7170616b3999d20deef83b604ead0b6e&lang=nl | title = Principeakkoord KBVB – Wilmots | publisher = footbel.be | language = nl | date = 28 September 2009 | access-date = 28 September 2009 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927135942/http://www.footbel.be/templates/_news2Detail/index.php?page=eb973ea1fffe1781c4fc323a34970b03&detail=7170616b3999d20deef83b604ead0b6e&lang=nl | archive-date = 27 September 2011 | df = dmy-all }} On 15 May 2012, following the exit of Leekens, Wilmots assumed the Belgium reins on an interim basis before going onto become permanent coach, signing a contract until June 2014.
On 11 October 2013, Belgium qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.{{cite web|title=World Cup qualifiers: Romelu Lukaku sends Belgium to Brazil|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24499778|publisher=BBC|access-date=12 October 2013|date=11 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011210423/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24499778|archive-date=11 October 2013|url-status=live}} Wilmots is credited with "not only giving the young group confidence in themselves as well as enjoying a close relationship with his players but also at the same time being capable of instilling discipline to the squad."{{cite web|last=Noel|first=Benoît|title=Hazard and co help Wilmots prove critics wrong|url=http://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/hazard-co-help-wilmots-prove-critics-wrong-160203568--sow.html|work=AFP|publisher=Yahoo! Sports|access-date=12 October 2013|date=11 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019073659/http://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/hazard-co-help-wilmots-prove-critics-wrong-160203568--sow.html|archive-date=19 October 2013|url-status=live}} During the group stage, Belgium topped the group with all three wins, before exiting the tournament at the quarter-final stage.
On 13 October 2015, Belgium won the group to qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016 in the last game of the stage against Israel.{{cite web|title=Belgium defeat Israel to finish top of Group B in Euro qualifying|url=http://www.espnfc.us/report?gameId=413432|publisher=ESPN|access-date=6 July 2016|date=13 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807122757/http://www.espnfc.us/report?gameId=413432|archive-date=7 August 2016|url-status=live}} After a disappointing European Championship, Wilmots was fired by the Royal Belgian Football Association on 15 July 2016.{{cite web | url = http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20160715_02386343 | title = Marc Wilmots is niet langer coach Rode Duivels | language = nl | website = De Standaard | date = 15 July 2016 | access-date = 15 July 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160721101418/http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20160715_02386343 | archive-date = 21 July 2016 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }}
In March 2017 Wilmots was appointed as the manager of Ivory Coast national team.{{cite web|title= Wilmots appointed Ivory Coast coach|url=https://www.euronews.com/2017/03/21/wilmots-appointed-ivory-coast-coach|publisher=Euronews|access-date=14 May 2019|date=21 March 2017}} However he was sacked from his position six months later after failing to qualify for the World Cup.{{cite web|title= Marc Wilmots leaves Ivory Coast coaching job|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41993680|publisher=BBC|access-date=14 May 2019|date=15 November 2017}}
On 15 May 2019, Wilmots agreed a three years contract to become the manager of the Iranian national team, after Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz left the team after eight years in charge following Iran's semifinal exit in the Asian Cup.{{cite web |title=Marc Wilmots appointed Iran's football team coach |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/marc-wilmots-appointed-iran-s-football-team-coach-119051500711_1.html |website=business-standard.com |publisher=Business Standard |access-date=15 May 2019}}{{cite web |title=Belgium's Wilmots to coach Iran |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/football-belgium-marc-wilmots-iran-football-team-tehran-fifa-world-cup-2022-qatar/article27137640.ece |website=sportstar.thehindu.com |date=15 May 2019 |publisher=The Hindu |access-date=15 May 2019}} He officially signed his contract on 29 May, effective from 1 June 2019. On 4 December 2019, following shock defeats to both Iraq and Bahrain he left his role as Iran coach after six games in charge.{{cite web|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-iran/wilmots-leaves-role-as-iran-coach-idUKKBN1Y90A8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205231011/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-iran/wilmots-leaves-role-as-iran-coach-idUKKBN1Y90A8|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 December 2019|title=Wilmots leaves role as Iran coach|website=Reuters|date=4 December 2019}}
On 11 November 2021, Moroccan team Raja CA announced that Wilmots would be their new head coach until 2024, succeeding Lassaad Chabbi.[https://www.africaninsider.com/sport/wilmots-takes-charge-raja-casablanca/ Wilmots takes charge of Raja Casablanca], Africaninsider.com, 11 November 2021 Wilmots was sacked three months later by Raja on 21 February 2022.
On 3 January 2024, Schalke 04 announced that Wilmots became the sporting director of the club.{{cite web|url=https://schalke04.de/en/s04/wilmots-new-sporting-director/|title=Marc Wilmots appointed new sporting director of FC Schalke 04|date=3 January 2024}} On 21 September 2024, after a 5–3 loss to Darmstadt 98 and with Schalke in the relegation play-offs, Wilmots was dismissed.{{Cite web|url=https://schalke04.de/en/team/marc-wilmots-and-karel-geraerts-leave-s04/|title=Marc Wilmots and Karel Geraerts leave S04 with immediate effect|website=schalke04.com|date=21 September 2024}}
Political career
After retiring as a footballer, Wilmots went into politics. He was elected to the Senate for the French-speaking conservative party, the Reformist Movement (Mouvement Réformateur or MR) in the 2003 federal election.{{cite web | url = http://www.senaat.be/www/?MIval=/showSenator&ID=4290&LANG=fr | title = Marc Wilmots – MR | language = fr | publisher = senaat.be | access-date = 28 September 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080204194651/http://www.senaat.be/www/?MIval=%2FshowSenator&ID=4290&LANG=fr | archive-date = 4 February 2008 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }}
{{cite web | url = http://www.senaat.be/www/?MIval=/showSenator&ID=4290&LANG=nl | title = Marc Wilmots – MR | language = nl | publisher = senaat.be | access-date = 28 September 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080204194705/http://www.senaat.be/www/?MIval=%2FshowSenator&ID=4290&LANG=nl | archive-date = 4 February 2008 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }} He received 79,437 votes, a number surpassed only by 17 other candidates in the whole country during the elections.{{cite web | url = https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0191-0f843f36b401-a268eafda6d6-1000--political-coup-for-wilmots/| title = Political coup for Wilmots | access-date = 26 October 2019 | publisher = UEFA | date = 19 May 2003}}
In 2005, he announced that he wanted to resign as a senator, a rather unconventional and criticized constitutional move.{{cite web | url = http://lawjustice.blogspot.com/2005/09/willi-das-kampfschwein-belgian-senate.html | title = Willi das Kampfschwein – Belgian Senate: 0–0 ? | access-date = 31 January 2008 | date = 7 September 2005 | work = lawjustice.blogspot.com | author = Edwin Jacobs | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120629174532/http://lawjustice.blogspot.com/2005/09/willi-das-kampfschwein-belgian-senate.html | archive-date = 29 June 2012 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }}
Career statistics
=Club=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{cite web |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur4448.html |title=Marc Wilmots L'Équipe profile |work=L'Équipe |access-date=15 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140612093613/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur4448.html |archive-date=12 June 2014 |url-status=live}} | |||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Sint-Truiden
|30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 9 |
| rowspan="4"|Mechelen
|30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 6 |
| 1989–90
|25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 10 |
| 1990–91
|32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 8 |
| Total
!87 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 99 | 24 |
| rowspan="6"|Standard Liège
|33 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 10 |
| 1992–93
|25 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 24 |
| 1993–94
|28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 14 |
| 1994–95
|24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 10 |
| 1995–96
|26 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 14 |
| Total
!136 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 146 | 72 |
| rowspan="5"|Schalke 04
|29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 42 | 13 |
| 1997–98
|31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 10 |
| 1998–99
|12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 2 |
| 1999–2000
|32 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 7 |
| Total
!104 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 131 | 32 |
| Bordeaux
|30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 11 |
| rowspan="3"|Schalke 04
|24 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 6 |
| 2002–03
|10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| Total
!34 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 7 |
| colspan="2"|Career total
!421 | 133 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 19 | 492 | 155 |
=International=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year{{NFT player|12770|name=Marc Wilmots|accessdate=15 January 2013}} | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="13"|Belgium
|1990 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1992 | 7 | 4 | |
| 1993 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 9 | 4 | |
| 1999 | 6 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 9 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 9 | 6 | |
| 2002 | 9 | 4 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 70 | 28 |
:Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wilmots goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Marc Wilmots{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/wilmots-intlg.html |title=Marc Wilmots – Goals in International Matches |work=RSSSF |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=15 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926023719/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/wilmots-intlg.html |archive-date=26 September 2012 |url-status=live}} | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"|1 | 25 March 1992 | Parc des Princes, Paris, France | {{fb|France}} | align="center"|3–2 | align="center"{{draw|3–3}} | Friendly |
| align="center"|2 | 22 April 1992 | Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | {{fb|Cyprus}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"{{won|1–0}} | 1994 World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|3 | rowspan="2"|3 June 1992 | rowspan="2"|Svangaskarð, Toftir, Iceland | rowspan="2"|{{fb|Faroe Islands}} | align="center"|2–0 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"{{won|3–0}} | rowspan="2"|1994 World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|4 | align="center"|3–0 | |||||
| align="center"|5 | rowspan="2"|22 May 1993 | rowspan="2"|Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | rowspan="2"|{{fb|Faroe Islands}} | align="center"|1–0 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"{{won|3–0}} | rowspan="2"|1994 World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|6 | align="center"|3–0 | |||||
| align="center"|7 | rowspan="2"|6 October 1993 | rowspan="2"|Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | rowspan="2"|{{fb|Gabon}} | align="center"|1–1 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"{{won|2–1}} | rowspan="2"|Friendly |
| align="center"|8 | align="center"|2–1 | |||||
| align="center"|9 | 11 October 1997 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | {{fb|Wales}} | align="center"|3–0 | align="center"{{won|3–2}} | 1998 World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|10 | 25 March 1998 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | {{fb|Norway}} | align="center"|2–1 | align="center"{{draw|2–2}} | Friendly |
| align="center"|11 | 3 June 1998 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | {{fb|Colombia}} | align="center"|2–0 | align="center"{{won|2–0}} | Friendly |
| align="center"|12 | rowspan="2"|20 June 1998 | rowspan="2"|Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux, France | rowspan="2"|{{fb|Mexico}} | align="center"|1–0 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"{{draw|2–2}} | rowspan="2"|1998 World Cup |
| align="center"|13 | align="center"|2–0 | |||||
| align="center"|14 | 18 August 1999 | Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium | {{fb|Finland}} | align="center"|2–3 | align="center"{{lost|3–4}} | Friendly |
| align="center"|15 | 4 September 1999 | De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands | {{fb|Netherlands}} | align="center"|4–3 | align="center"{{draw|5–5}} | Friendly |
| align="center"|16 | 13 November 1999 | Stadio Via del Mare, Lecce, Italy | {{fb|Italy}} | align="center"|2–1 | align="center"{{won|3–1}} | Friendly |
| align="center"|17 | 3 June 2000 | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark | {{fb|Denmark}} | align="center"|2–2 | align="center"{{draw|2–2}} | Friendly |
| align="center"|18 | 7 October 2000 | Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia | {{fb|Latvia}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"{{won|4–0}} | 2002 World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|19 | 28 February 2001 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | {{fb|San Marino}} | align="center"|7–0 | align="center"{{won|10–1}} | 2002 World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|20 | 24 March 2001 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland | {{fb|Scotland}} | align="center"|1–2 | align="center"{{draw|2–2}} | 2002 World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|21 | 2 June 2001 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | {{fb|Latvia}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"{{won|3–1}} | 2002 World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|22 | rowspan="2"|6 June 2001 | rowspan="2"|Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino | rowspan="2"|{{fb|San Marino}} | align="center"|1–0 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"{{won|4–1}} | rowspan="2"|2002 World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|23 | align="center"|4–1 | |||||
| align="center"|24 | 14 November 2001 | Letna Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic | {{fb|Czech Republic}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"{{won|1–0}} | 2002 World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|25 | 18 May 2002 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | {{fb|France}} | align="center"|2–1 | align="center"{{won|2–1}} | Friendly |
| align="center"|26 | 4 June 2002 | Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan | {{fb|Japan}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"{{draw|2–2}} | 2002 World Cup |
| align="center"|27 | 10 June 2002 | Ōita Big Eye Stadium, Ōita, Japan | {{fb|Tunisia}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"{{draw|1–1}} | 2002 World Cup |
| align="center"|28 | 14 June 2002 | Shizuoka Ecopa Stadium, Shizuoka, Japan | {{fb|Russia}} | align="center"|3–1 | align="center"{{won|3–2}} | 2002 World Cup |
Managerial statistics
{{Updated|match played 18 February 2022}}
| class="wikitable nowrap" style="text-align: center" |
| rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From !rowspan="2"|To !rowspan="2"|Competition !colspan="8"|Record |
|---|
| {{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}} !{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}} !{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}} !{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} !{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}} !{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}} |
| rowspan="2"|Schalke 04
|rowspan="2"|26 March 2003 |rowspan="2"|30 June 2003 {{WDL|8|3|1|4|for=10|against=10|diff=yes}} |
| Total
{{WDLtot|8|3|1|4|for=10|against=10|diff=yes}} |
| rowspan="3"|Sint-Truiden
|rowspan="3"|1 July 2004 |rowspan="3"|20 February 2005 {{WDL|20|5|5|10|for=23|against=35|diff=yes}} |
| Belgian Cup
{{WDL|2|0|1|1|for=2|against=3|diff=yes}} |
| Total
{{WDLtot|22|5|6|11|for=25|against=38|diff=yes}} |
| rowspan="3"|Belgium
|rowspan="3"|15 May 2012 |rowspan="3"|15 July 2016 |Competitive {{WDL|30|22|4|4|for=57|against=17|diff=yes}} |
| Friendlies
{{WDL|20|10|4|6|for=37|against=29|diff=yes}} |
| Total
{{WDLtot|50|32|8|10|for=94|against=46|diff=yes}} |
| rowspan="3"|Ivory Coast
|rowspan="3"|21 March 2017 |rowspan="3"|15 November 2017 |Competitive {{WDL|4|1|1|2|for=4|against=4|diff=yes}} |
| Friendlies
{{WDL|2|0|1|1|for=1|against=6|diff=yes}} |
| Total
{{WDLtot|6|1|2|3|for=5|against=10|diff=yes}} |
| rowspan="3"|Iran
|rowspan="3"|1 June 2019 |rowspan="3"|6 December 2019 |Competitive {{WDL|4|2|0|2|for=17|against=3|diff=yes}} |
| Friendlies
{{WDL|2|1|1|0|for=6|against=1|diff=yes}} |
| Total
{{WDLtot|6|3|1|2|for=23|against=4|diff=yes}} |
| rowspan="4"|Raja CA
|rowspan="4"|11 November 2021 |rowspan="4"|21 February 2022 {{WDL|7|2|4|1|for=8|against=7|diff=yes}} |
| CAF Champions League
{{WDL|2|2|0|0|for=2|against=0|diff=yes}} |
| CAF Super Cup
{{WDL|1|0|1|0|for=1|against=1|diff=yes}} |
| Total
{{WDLtot|10|4|5|1|for=11|against=8|diff=yes}} |
| rowspan="6" colspan="3"|Career totals
!League {{WDLtot|35|10|10|15|for=41|against=52|diff=yes}} |
| Cup
{{WDLtot|2|0|1|1|for=2|against=3|diff=yes}} |
| Continental
{{WDLtot|3|2|1|0|for=3|against=1|diff=yes}} |
| Competitive
{{WDLtot|38|25|5|8|for=78|against=24|diff=yes}} |
| Friendlies
{{WDLtot|24|11|6|7|for=44|against=36|diff=yes}} |
| Total
{{WDLtot|102|48|23|31|for=168|against=116|diff=yes}} |
Honours
=Player=
KV Mechelen{{cite web|title=KV Mechelen {{!}} Geschiedenis|url=http://www.stamnummer25.be/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206084928/http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/michel-preud-homme_prs89281/person.shtml|archive-date=6 February 2016|access-date=6 February 2016|publisher=Eurosport}}
- Belgian First Division: 1988–89{{cite web|title=Michel Preud'homme|url=http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/michel-preud-homme_prs89281/person.shtml|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206084928/http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/michel-preud-homme_prs89281/person.shtml|archive-date=6 February 2016|access-date=6 February 2016|publisher=Eurosport}}
- European Super Cup: 1988
- Amsterdam Tournament: 1989{{cite web|title=Amsterdam Tournament|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/amsterdam.html}}
- Jules Pappaert Cup: 1990{{cite web|title=Le Trophée Pappaert|url=https://www.dhnet.be/sports/football/le-trophee-pappaert-c-est-reparti-5bb21893cd70a16d8128c4d6}}
Standard Liège{{cite web|title=Standard de Liège {{!}} Palmares|url=https://standard.be/fr/palmares|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206084928/http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/michel-preud-homme_prs89281/person.shtml|archive-date=6 February 2016|access-date=6 February 2016|publisher=Eurosport}}
- Belgian Cup: 1992–93
- Intertoto Cup: runner-up 1996{{Cite web|title=UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uic96.html|access-date=8 November 2020|website=RSSSF}}
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=7 November 2020|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB}}
=Individual=
- Young Professional Footballer of the Year: 1989–90{{cite web|title=Jonge Prof van het Jaar|date=31 December 2011 |url=http://www.stamnummer25.be/erelijsten/binnenland/jonge-prof-van-het-jaar/}}
- Kicker German Football Rankings - International Class Player: 1997–98, 2001-02{{cite web |title=Kicker Ranking / Rangliste 1955 to 2017 (in German) |date=26 January 2015 |url=https://www.historical-lineups.com/germany/miscellaneous.html}}
- Best Belgian Footballer Abroad: 2001, 2002{{cite web|title=Kevin De Bruyne volgt zichzelf op als Beste Belg in het buitenland|url=https://www.voetbalkrant.com/nieuws/2017-02-08/kevin-de-bruyne-volgt-zichzelf-op-als-beste-belg-in-het-buitenland|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206084928/http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/michel-preud-homme_prs89281/person.shtml|archive-date=6 February 2016|access-date=6 February 2016|publisher=Eurosport}}
- Belgian Sports Merit Award: 2002{{cite web|title=Nationale Trofee voor Sportverdienste|date=7 November 2019 |url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20191107_04705232}}
- Golden Shoe Lifetime Achievement Award: 2002{{Cite web|title=Anderlecht Online - Vanderhaeghe eindigt 5e in Gouden Schoen (15 jan 03)|url=https://www.anderlecht-online.be/nl/article/8887|access-date=8 November 2020|website=www.anderlecht-online.be}}
- 4 FIFA World Cup participations: 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002
- Belgian Sports Coach of the Year: 2013,{{cite news | title = Wilmots verkozen tot Coach van het Jaar | language = nl | newspaper = Het Laatste Nieuws | url = http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/956/Meer-Sport/article/detail/1762674/2013/12/22/Wilmots-verkozen-tot-Coach-van-het-Jaar.dhtml | date = 22 December 2013 | access-date = 29 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140529230311/http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/956/Meer-Sport/article/detail/1762674/2013/12/22/Wilmots-verkozen-tot-Coach-van-het-Jaar.dhtml | archive-date = 29 May 2014 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }} 2014{{cite news | url = http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/ander_nieuws/1.2181061 | title = Rode Duivels zijn grote slokop op Sportgala | publisher = Sporza | language = nl | date = 14 December 2014 | access-date = 14 December 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141214234955/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/ander_nieuws/1.2181061 | archive-date = 14 December 2014 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}
- Raymond Goethals Award: 2015{{cite web|title=Trofee Raymond Goethals|date=21 March 2014 |url=http://www.stamnummer25.be/erelijsten/trofee-raymond-goethals/}}
- Globe Soccer Awards Best Coach of the Year: 2015{{cite news |date=27 December 2015 |title=Globe Soccer Awards : le triplé pour le Barça, le doublé pour New York City |language=fr |newspaper=L'Équipe |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Globe-soccer-awards-le-triple-pour-le-barca-le-double-pour-new-york-city/619774 |url-status=dead |access-date=27 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701154055/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Globe-soccer-awards-le-triple-pour-le-barca-le-double-pour-new-york-city/619774 |archive-date=1 July 2016}}
References
{{Reflist}}
=Bibliography=
- {{cite book |last = Witzig |first = Richard |title = The Global Art of Soccer |year = 2006 |publisher = CusiBoy Publishing |location = Harahan |isbn = 0-9776688-0-0 }}
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