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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1968-02-28)28 February 1968 (age 57) | ||
| Place of birth | Deurne, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Belgium U-19 (assistant) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1991 | Berchem | 124 | (9) |
| 1991–1996 | Charleroi | 115 | (14) |
| 1996–2001 | Lierse | 145 | (57) |
| 2001–2003 | Standard Liège | 35 | (2) |
| Total | 419 | (82) | |
| International career | |||
| 1993–2002 | Belgium | 34 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2010 | Lierse (assistant) | ||
| 2010–2011 | Lierse | ||
| 2011 | Turnhout | ||
| 2013 | Lierse (assistant) | ||
| 2013 | Lierse | ||
| 2014 | Berchem | ||
| 2014–2015 | Lierse (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2017 | Lierse | ||
| 2020– | Belgium U-19 (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Eric Van Meir (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈɛrɪkfɑˈmɛiər];[a] born 28 February 1968) is a Belgianfootball manager and former player who played as adefender.
His former clubs includeLierse,Charleroi andStandard Liège. Van Meir played forBelgium and was in the squad for the1994,1998 and2002 World Cups and also for theEuro 2000 but played only a few matches.
Van Meir won the Belgian First Division Title with Lierse in 1997, and the Belgian Cup in 1999, also with Lierse. In 1997, he scored 17 goals and won second place in the Belgian Golden Shoe award.
Van Meir played in his career forHoboken SK,Berchem Sport,Sporting Charleroi,Lierse SK andStandard Liège, enjoying the most successful spell in his career at Lierse, winning theBelgian League in 1997, theBelgian Cup in 1999 and theBelgian Supercup in 1997 and 1999. He also finished second in 1997 in the Golden Boot voting behind Pär Zetterberg.
He also played several times in European club football, including theChampions League in season 1997–98.
Meir scored exceptionally high for a defender. He was in top scorer for his club in 1997, 1998 and 2000.
At the 100-year anniversary of Lierse in 2006, Van Meir was elected by supporters as a player in the "Lierse team of the century".
Van Meir played for theBelgium national team for almost ten years. He attended three World Cups (1994, 1998, 2002) and one European Championship (2000), but each time he only played a few matches. In total he won 35 caps for the national team.
Following his retirement as a player in 2003, Van Meir was appointed an assistant coach atLierse SK. Following the dismissal ofAimé Anthuenis in September 2010 in the club's first season back in the Belgian First Division, Van Meir took over as head coach of the club, assisted byChris Janssens, but was replaced in the beginning of 2011 byTrond Sollied.
In March 2020, Van Meir was hired as an assistant manager forBelgium U-19 under managerWesley Sonck.[1]
Lierse[2]
Belgium
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