![]() Waseige duringEuro 2000 | |||
Personal information | |||
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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(s) | 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]
RW Brussels
KFC Winterslag
KFC Winterslag
RFC Liège
Belgium