 Waseige duringEuro 2000 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1939-08-26)26 August 1939 | ||
| Place of birth | Rocourt, Belgium | ||
| Date of death | 17 July 2019(2019-07-17) (aged 79) | ||
| Place of death | Liège | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1963 | FC Liège | ||
| 1963–1970 | RW Brussels | ||
| 1970–1973 | Winterslag | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1971–1976 | Winterslag | ||
| 1976–1979 | Standard Liège | ||
| 1979–1981 | Winterslag | ||
| 1981–1983 | Lokeren | ||
| 1983–1992 | FC Liège | ||
| 1992–1994 | Charleroi | ||
| 1994–1996 | Standard Liège | ||
| 1996 | Sporting CP | ||
| 1997–1999 | Charleroi | ||
| 1999–2002 | Belgium | ||
| 2002 | Standard Liège | ||
| 2004 | Algeria | ||
| 2005 | FC Brussels | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Robert Waseige (26 August 1939 – 17 July 2019) was a Belgianfootball manager and player.
While managingR.F.C. de Liège he helped them win the1989–90 Belgian Cup.[1] He became the coach ofBelgium beforeEuro 2000 and led Belgium to the second round at the2002 World Cup.
He then left the national team, having signed a contract withStandard Liège prior to the 2002 World Cup tournament. After a deceiving start in theBelgian First Division he was fired by the club and replaced bycaretaker managerDominique D'Onofrio. He later managedAlgeria. Waseige also managed several other clubs:Winterslag,FC Liège,Lokeren,Charleroi,FC Brussels andSporting CP in Portugal. As a player, he wore the shirts of FC Liège,RW Brussels and Winterslag. He was for some time a consultant forBeTV, a Belgian private TV channel. He died in a hospital in Liège on 17 July 2019. He was suffering from heart and kidney problems.[2]
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