Michel De Wolf

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| name = Michel de Wolf

| image = Michel De Wolf Jette Bleid-Patro 0-1 27-04-2013 17-09-059.JPG

| caption = De Wolf in 2013

| fullname = Michel Jean de Wolf

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1958|1|19}}

| birth_place = Nivelles, Belgium

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.71 m

| position = Left back

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Clabecq

| youthyears2 = 1972–1977 | youthclubs2 = Molenbeek

| years1 = 1977–1983 | clubs1 = Molenbeek | caps1 = 175 | goals1 = 1

| years2 = 1983–1988 | clubs2 = Gent | caps2 = 150 | goals2 = 3

| years3 = 1988–1990 | clubs3 = Kortrijk | caps3 = 67 | goals3 = 2

| years4 = 1990–1994 | clubs4 = Anderlecht | caps4 = 109 | goals4 = 3

| years5 = 1994–1995 | clubs5 = Marseille | caps5 = 39 | goals5 = 0

| totalcaps = 540 | totalgoals = 9

| nationalyears1 = 1980–1994 | nationalteam1 = Belgium | nationalcaps1 = 42 | nationalgoals1 = 1

| manageryears1 = 1996–1998 | managerclubs1 = Avenir Lembeek

| manageryears2 = 1998–1999 | managerclubs2 = Grimbergen (youth)

| manageryears3 = 1998–1999 | managerclubs3 = Kortrijk

| manageryears4 = 2002–2003 | managerclubs4 = Gabon

| manageryears5 = 2004–2005 | managerclubs5 = CS Nivellois

| manageryears6 = 2009 | managerclubs6 = Charleroi (assistant)

| manageryears7 = 2011 | managerclubs7 = FC Brussels

| manageryears8 = 2012 | managerclubs8 = BX Brussels[https://www.walfoot.be/fra/news/lis/2012-06-30/et-michel-de-wolf-entrainera-le-rwdm-fc-bleid Et Michel De Wolf entrainera le RWDM/FC Bleid]‚ walfoot.be,

30 June 2017

| manageryears9 = 2012–2014 | managerclubs9 = BX Brussels (sporting director)

| manageryears10 = 2017 | managerclubs10 = Tubize (assistant)

| manageryears11 = 2019–2023 | managerclubs11 = Union SG (youth coordinator)

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Michel Jean de Wolf (born 19 January 1958) is a Belgian football coach and retired player who played as a left back.[http://www.lavenir.net/cnt/dmf20170703_01026506/division-1b-michel-de-wolf-nomme-t2-de-sadio-demba-a-l-afc-tubize Division 1B: Michel De Wolf nommé T2 de Sadio Demba à l’AFC Tubize!]‚ lavenir.net, 3 July 2017

Club career

De Wolf was born in Nivelles, Walloon Brabant. During his career in his homeland, he played, always as first-choice safe for one season out of 17, for R.W.D. Molenbeek, K.A.A. Gent (winning the 1984 Belgian Cup), K.V. Kortrijk and R.S.C. Anderlecht. He arrived at the age of 32, winning three leagues).

In the 1994 summer, 36-year-old de Wolf moved abroad, signing with Olympique de Marseille of Ligue 2 – the French club had just been relegated due to a match-fixing scandal – playing in more than 40 official games in one sole season after which he retired from professional football, still going on to appear for K.F.C. Avenir Lembeek and KSC Grimbergen at amateur level (and as player-coach).

International career

De Wolf was capped 42 times for the Belgium national team, his debut coming in 1980, and appeared at three FIFA World Cups: he played two matches in the 1986 edition, four in 1990{{snd}} scoring from 35 meters in the Diables Rouges' 2–0 group stage win against South Korea{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-06-12-sp-467-story.html|title=Two second-half goals give Belgium opening victory over South Korea: World Cup: Tight defense meant that South Koreans didn't get a shot on goal for more than an hour|work=Los Angeles Times|date=12 June 1990|access-date=25 June 2015}}{{snd}} and another four (at 36) in 1994.

De Wolf was also selected for UEFA Euro 1984, in France.

Honours

Gent

Belgian Cup: 1984{{cite web|title=AA Gent {{!}} Geschiedenis|url=https://www.kaagent.be/nl/our-club/geschiedenis}}

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

Belgian First Division: 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94
Belgian Cup: 1994
Belgian Super Cup: 1991, 1993

Marseille{{cite web|title=Palmarés OM|url=https://www.marseillefootball.fr/palmares-om/}}

Ligue 2: 1994–95

Belgium

FIFA World Cup: fourth place 1986{{cite web|title=FIFA 1986 World Cup|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/mexico1986/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605153554/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/mexico1986/|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2016}}

Individual

Best Gent Player of the Season: 1985–86, 1986–87{{Cite web|title=Erelijst Trofee Jean-Claude Bouvy|url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20150519_01689059|access-date=2020-11-08|website=Het Nieuwsblad|date=20 May 2015 |language=nl-BE}}

References

External links

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