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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1945-08-31)August 31, 1945 (age 80) | ||
| Place of birth | The Hague, Netherlands | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1967 | ADO Den Haag | 87 | (34) |
| 1967 | Golden Gate Gales | 12 | (9) |
| 1967–1969 | Twente | 34 | (7) |
| 1969–1972 | R.W.D. Molenbeek | 81 | (11) |
| 1972–1976 | Club Brugge | 89 | (15) |
| 1975–1976 | Antwerp | 3 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1969 | Netherlands | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1977–1978 | Roeselare | ||
| 1978–1979 | Eendracht Aalst | ||
| 1979–1983 | K.V. Kortrijk | ||
| 1983–1984 | Cercle Brugge | ||
| 1984–1989 | Club Brugge | ||
| 1989–1990 | K.V. Kortrijk | ||
| 1990–1991 | AO Xanthi | ||
| 1991–1993 | Cercle Brugge | ||
| 1994 | K.S.V. Waregem | ||
| 1994–2000 | K.R.C. Harelbeke | ||
| 2000 | K.A.A. Gent | ||
| 2000–2001 | Omonia Nicosia | ||
| 2002–2003 | Antwerp | ||
| 2003–2004 | AEL Limassol | ||
| 2004–2005 | Omonia Nicosia | ||
| 2006–2007 | Sint-Truiden | ||
| 2007 | Aris Limassol | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Henk Houwaart (born August 31, 1945) is a Dutchfootballmanager and a former football player.
Born inthe Hague, Houwaart began his career in 1963 as a footballer playing forADO Den Haag until 1967, when he left the club to play forFC Twente. After being selected once for theDutch national team,[1] he continued his career in 1969 in Belgium to play forClub Brugge K.V. and in his first season his team won theBelgian Cup and thechampionship in 1973. He was transferred toRoyal Antwerp F.C. in 1975 but six months later, he sustained an injury in a UEFA Cup match againstŚląsk Wrocław that ended his career.
However, he did not stop his football career and began to work as a trainer. Beginning his career as a trainer ofK.S.V. Roeselare in 1977, the following season he became trainer ofEendracht Aalst.K.V. Kortrijk was his next club in 1979 and after finishing second inBelgian Second Division his team promoted to First Division.
In 1983, he moved toCercle Brugge K.S.V.; however, Houwaart's aim was to become trainer of Club Brugge and one year later he moved there. He won his first trophies with this club, theBelgian Cup in 1986 and theBelgian Supercup the same year. He also won his first Championship as a coach in the 1987–88 season and thesame season his team played in UEFA Cup and reached the semi-finals, when they were eliminated byRCD Espanyol in extra time.
He was fired in 1989 after bad results and he returned to his former clubK.V. Kortrijk. He then moved to Greece to be the coach ofAO Xanthi. After one year in Greece, he returned to Belgium and returned for two years to Cercle Brugge until1993. His next team wasK.R.C. Harelbeke, and he helped them to promote to the first division. He stayed there six years, from1994 until2000. After six years coachingK.R.C. Harelbeke, he went toK.A.A. Gent, but few months after, he was fired after a home defeat of the team inUEFA Cup byAFC Ajax.
For the second time in his career he left Belgium, this time he moved to Cyprus in November 2000 and became coach ofOmonia Nicosia. Despite that Omonia was the most successful team in Cyprus, they had not won theCypriot First Division in eight years. Omonia were seven points behindAnorthosis Famagusta, who were champions the previous four years and another year seemed lost for Omonia. After Houwaart's departure, Omonia performance changed rapidly and they won thechampionship after 8 years and a few months later they won theCyprus Super Cup. After a bad beginning in the 2001–02 season, Houwaart quit as coach and went back to Belgium and to Royal Antwerp for theremaining season. He coachedSporting West Ingelmunster-Harelbeke in2002–03.
He moved to Cyprus again, this time forAEL Limassol during the middle of the season 2003–04. Since the day he began coaching AEL Limassol, his team was unbeaten and reached theCypriot Cup final. The unbeaten record ended in that final againstAEK Larnaca, when his team lost 2–1. Six months later, he returned to his first Cypriot team, AC Omonia and won the Cypriot Cup after beatingDigenis Morphou in the final 2–0. A few months later, they won theCyprus Super Cup again. In the Super Cup, Omonia beat Anorthosis Famagusta 5–4 onpenal ties after a 2–2 result. The 2005–06, Omonia was contenter for the Championship title, however the team performed badly and he resigned again from Omonia. Since then, he moved toSint-Truidense V.V. in February 2006, where he saved them from relegation. He is now Head Coach from Belgian lower division teamRoyal Knokke F.C.
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