Lorenzo Staelens
Personal information
Full name Lorenzo Jules Staelens
Date of birth (1964-04-30) 30 April 1964
Place of birth Lauwe, Belgium
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Sweeper, midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1987 KWSC Lauwe
1987–1989 Kortrijk 64 (11)
1989–1998 Club Brugge 286 (75)
1998–2000 Anderlecht 67 (10)
2001 Ōita Trinita 26 (2)
International career
1990–2000 Belgium 70 (8)
Managerial career
2002–2003 Mouscron
2004 Eendracht Aalst
2007–2008 Roeselare (assistant)
2008–2013 Cercle Brugge (assistant)
2013–2014 Cercle Brugge
2015 OMS Ingelmunster[1]
2016–2017 Royal Mouscron (assistant)
2017–2018 KV Kortrijk (assistant)
2018–2019 Knokke
2019 Lokeren (assistant)
2022 HSV Hoek
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lorenzo Jules Staelens (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈloːrɛnzoː ˈstaːləns]; born 30 April 1964) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player. He most recently coached Dutch club HSV Hoek.

Having started his career as a defensive midfielder, he finished it as a sweeper at nearly 40, and scored more than 100 goals overall.

Staelens appeared for the Belgium national team in three World Cups, adding the Euro 2000 tournament played on home soil.

Club career

Born in Lauwe, Staelens started his professional career with K.V. Kortrijk at already 23, and his two solid seasons there attracted the attention of top division giants Club Brugge KV.

There, he proceeded to form a legendary midfield partnership with Franky Van der Elst, that would last nearly a decade. Staelens played 369 games in all competitions for the club, scoring 105 goals.

At already 34, and more often than not playing in the backline, he moved to R.S.C. Anderlecht, still being instrumental in the club's back-to-back championships (2000 and 2001), and winning the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1999; however, he did not finish his last year, moving to Japan's Ōita Trinita in early 2001 and retiring shortly after.

Staelens took up coaching subsequently, first with R.E. Mouscron. After only two months at V.C. Eendracht Aalst, he returned to first club Kortrijk as its general manager, only returning to the benches in 2007, as assistant coach at K.S.V. Roeselare. Staelens kept that role in the subsequent years, with the other team from Bruges, Cercle KSV.

International career

As an inexperienced international player, Staelens was selected to Belgium's squad for the 1990 FIFA World Cup; there, he appeared in the 2–1 group stage loss against Spain.

From then on, Staelens became an essential national team member, representing it also at the 1994 and 1998 World Cups and in UEFA Euro 2000, totalling a further 10 complete matches.[2]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League
DivisionAppsGoals
Kortrijk 1987–88 Belgian Pro League 324
1988–89 327
Total 6411
Brugge 1989–90 Belgian Pro League 344
1990–91 334
1991–92 315
1992–93 347
1993–94 3312
1994–95 3416
1995–96 3012
1996–97 318
1997–98 266
Total 28674
Anderlecht 1998–99 Belgian Pro League 246
1999–2000 291
2000–01 143
Total 6710
Oita Trinita 2001 J2 League 262
Career total 44397

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Belgium 199030
199130
199241
199360
1994110
199580
199630
199765
199880
1999111
200071
Total708

Honours

Club Brugge[3]

Anderlecht[7]

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Lorenzo Staelens stapt op bij Ingelmunster na twee wedstrijden". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 26 October 2015. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  2. ↑ Lorenzo Staelens – FIFA competition record (archived)
  3. ↑ "Geschiedenis". Club Brugge (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "Winnaars Brugse Metten". RFCB (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 3 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Amsterdam Tournament". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  6. ↑ Delhauteur, Benoît; Dubois, Michel (1 October 2018). "Le Trophée Pappaert, c'est reparti!". DHnet (in French). Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "Palmares | RSC Anderlecht". R.S.C. Anderlecht (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "Aimé en Marc terug in het Astridpark | RSC Anderlecht". R.S.C. Anderlecht (in Dutch). 30 November 2018. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "Rode Duivels Ploeg van het Jaar". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Flemish). 22 December 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  10. 1 2 "OVERZICHT. Wie waren de voorgangers van Gouden Schoen-winnaar Matias Suarez?". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 11 January 2012. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
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