Английская Википедия:Georges Leekens

Georges Leekens (born 18 May 1949) is a Belgian football manager and former player. During his managerial career, he was in charge of four national teams: the Belgian, Tunisian, Algerian and Hungarian national football teams. He also managed numerous clubs in Belgium, the Netherlands, Turkey, Tunisia, Iran and Saudi Arabia.

Playing career

Leekens made his debut as a footballer in 1967 with Sporting Houthalen after leaving the lower ranks of the club. He played as a defender. In 1969, he signed for one year with KFC Dessel Sport. After a brief stint at Crossing Club, he was transferred to Club Brugge. With the team, he reached the final of the UEFA Champions League in 1978 against Liverpool in Wembley Stadium in London where they were defeated with a single goal. He also won five Belgian leagues, a Belgian Cup and a Belgian Super Cup in 1980, one year before joining the Sint-Niklase in which he retired from football in 1984.

Coaching career

Beginning

The same year of his retirement, Cercle Brugge signed him as coach for the next three seasons, eventually winning the Belgian Cup a year later. The same title won with RSC Anderlecht three years after winning it with the Cercle Brugge. After training KV Kortrijk, he came to Club Brugge to win the Belgian League, the Belgian Super Cup in 1990, the Belgian Cup and again the Belgian Super Cup in 1991. He also trained the KV Mechelen, Trabzonspor. Back to the Cercle Brugge and Royal Charleroi before signing for the RE Mouscron, who was promoted to the Belgian First Division after finishing first in the Belgian Second Division.

First spell in Belgium

In his first spell as coach of the Belgium national team he led them to the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals after a two-legged win against the Republic of Ireland in the qualifying play-off. He was sacked from his role as federal coach after a disappointing third place finish in the World Cup group stage after failing to qualify Belgium for the second round after drawing with Netherlands, Mexico and South Korea.

Algeria

After making a brief pass as coach of KSC Lokern and Roda JC, he was announced as coach of Algeria at the end of 2002, which he qualified for the 2004 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia, but reached an agreement with the Federation to rescind the contract for family reasons.

Back to Belgium and a short experience in the Persian Gulf

After his African stage, he returned to the Royal Excelsior Mouscron, then he signed for KAA Gent for three years and again he would take the bench of KSC Lokeren. In 2009, it was announced that he would be the new coach of Al-Hilal FC but he was sacked after three months after being defeated against Al-Shabab 3–0 so he coached KV Kortrijk again for one season.

Second spell in Belgium

On 11 May 2010, Leekens signed a contract until 2012 to take over the Belgium national team for the second time.^[1] As a consequence he had to resign from his coaching role at K.V. Kortrijk.

On 12 April 2011, it was announced that Leekens's contract had been extended to 2014 after some promising results in the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.^[2]

On 13 May 2012, it was announced that Leekens would coach Club Brugge for a second time,^[3] but he was fired a few months later after a series of successive defeats.^[4]

Tunisia

On 27 March 2014, Leekens signed a two-year contract with the Tunisian Football Federation to coach the Carthage Eagles. For his first tournament with Tunisia, Georges Leekens managed to take the team to the quarterfinals, his team being eliminated 2–1 by Equatorial Guinea, the host country of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. On 27 June 2015, the Tunisian federation announced having terminated its contract amicably.

Return to Algeria

In 2016, he coached the Algerian national football team, and he made the team to the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. On 24 January 2017, he resigned being a coach after being eliminated in Group B stage.^[5]

In February 2017 he was one of a number of managers on the shortlist for the vacant Rwanda national team manager role.^[6]

Hungary

In October 2017 it was announced, that Leekens would coach the Hungary national team. After three losses and one draw in four matches, he was fired in June 2018.

Experience in African and Asian clubs

He was appointed by Tunisian club Étoile du Sahel as coach on 10 October 2018 after failing in the 2018 CAF Champions League to be his first experience with African clubs after a long period in European clubs and a short experience in Asian clubs with Al Hilal. He managed to qualify the team to the quarter-finals of the Arab Championship with African champions Wydad Casablanca before leaving on 26 November for unconvincing results in the Tunisian League.^[7]

After less than two months in January 2019, Leekens contracted with Tractor of Iran, but his coaching period did not last long, as the contract was rescinded in May 2019.

In May 2020, nearly a year after his last coaching experience, Leekens announced his retirement, to devote himself to his own affairs.

Personal life

Georges Leekens is the cousin of Louis Leekens, who was Belgian National Champion of gymnastics in 1966 and is leading the top sports school for gymnastics in Genk.

Managerial statistics

Managerial record

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Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip
Шаблон:Flagicon Cercle Brugge	1 July 1984	30 June 1987 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Flagicon Anderlecht	1 July 1987	24 February 1988 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Flagicon Kortrijk	1 July 1988	30 June 1989 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Flagicon Club Brugge	1 July 1989	30 June 1991 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Flagicon KV Mechelen	1 July 1991	30 June 1992 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Flagicon Trabzonspor	1 July 1992	24 September 1993 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Flagicon Cercle Brugge	1 November 1993	30 June 1994 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Flagicon Charleroi	1 July 1994	30 June 1995 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Flagicon Excelsior Mouscron	1 July 1995	23 January 1997 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Flagicon Belgium	21 January 1997	20 August 1999 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Flagicon KSC Lokeren	29 August 1999	30 June 2001 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Flagicon Roda JC	19 September 2001	30 June 2002 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Flagicon Algeria	1 February 2002	7 July 2003 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Flagicon Excelsior Mouscron	8 July 2003	18 May 2004 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Flagicon Gent	18 May 2004	30 June 2007 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Flagicon KSC Lokeren	1 July 2007	30 March 2009 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Flagicon Al-Hilal	1 April 2009	3 May 2009 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Flagicon KV Kortrijk	28 May 2009	11 May 2010 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Fb	11 May 2010	13 May 2012 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Flagicon Club Brugge	13 May 2012	4 November 2012 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Fb	27 March 2014	26 June 2015 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Flagicon KSC Lokeren	25 October 2015	26 October 2016 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Flagicon Algeria	27 October 2016	24 January 2017 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Fb	30 October 2017	18 June 2018 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Flagicon Étoile du Sahel	10 October 2018	26 November 2018 Шаблон:WDL
Шаблон:Flagicon Tractor	13 January 2019	24 May 2019 Шаблон:WDL
Total Шаблон:WDLtot

Honours

As player

Club Brugge^[8]

Belgian First Division: 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1979–80
Belgian Cup: 1976–77; 1978–79 (finalists)^[9]
Belgian Super Cup: 1980
UEFA Cup: 1975–76^[10]
European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1977–78^[11]
Jules Pappaert Cup: 1972, 1978^[12]
Bruges Matins: 1979, 1981^[13]
Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer: 1981^[14]

As manager

Anderlecht

Belgian Super Cup: 1987^[15]

Club Brugge

Cercle Brugge^[17]

Belgian Cup: 1985

Belgium

Kirin Cup: 1999

Individual

Belgian Professional Manager of the Year: 1989–90^[18]

References

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External links

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