Lorenzo Staelens

Personal information
Lorenzo Staelens
Full name	Lorenzo Staelens
Date of birth	April 30, 1964
Place of birth	Courtrai, Belgium
Height	179 cm
Nickname	Lorre
Position	Defender
Club information
Current club	retired
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1987-1989 1989-1998 1998-2001 2001	KV Kortrijk Club Brugge R.S.C. Anderlecht Oita Trinita	64 (11) 286 (84) 67 (10) 26 (2)
National team
1990-2000	Belgium	70 (8)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Lorenzo ("Lorre") Staelens (April 30, 1964, in Courtrai) is a Belgian football manager and a former player.

As a player, he spent most of his career at Club Brugge before he made a controversial move in 1999 to rival side R.S.C. Anderlecht. During his stay at Anderlecht, he won the Belgian Golden Shoe. He used to be a regular player in the Belgium national football team (he took part in the 1994 and 1998 World Cups).

As a manager, he coached R.E. Mouscron but was soon dismissed.

Preceded by Branko Strupar	Belgian Golden Shoe 1999	Succeeded by Jan Koller

	Belgium squad - 1990 World Cup
1 Preud'homme \| 2 Gerets \| 3 Albert \| 4 Clijsters \| 5 Versavel \| 6 Emmers \| 7 Demol \| 8 Van Der Elst \| 9 Degryse \| 10 Scifo \| 11 Ceulemans \| 12 Bodart \| 13 Grün \| 14 Claesen \| 15 De Sart \| 16 De Wolf \| 17 Plovie \| 18 Staelens \| 19 Van Der Linden \| 20 De Wilde \| 21 Wilmots \| 22 Vervoort \| Coach: Thys

	Belgium squad - 1994 World Cup
1 Preud'homme \| 2 Medved \| 3 Borkelmans \| 4 Albert \| 5 Smidts \| 6 Staelens \| 7 Van Der Elst \| 8 Nilis \| 9 Degryse \| 10 Scifo \| 11 Czerniatynski \| 12 De Wilde \| 13 Grün \| 14 De Wolf \| 15 Emmers \| 16 Boffin \| 17 Weber \| 18 Wilmots \| 19 Van Meir \| 20 Verlinden \| 21 Van Der Heyden \| 22 Renier \| Coach: Van Himst

	Belgium squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 De Wilde \| 2 Crasson \| 3 Staelens \| 4 Vidović \| 5 Borkelmans \| 6 Van Der Elst \| 7 Wilmots \| 8 Oliveira \| 9 M. Mpenza \| 10 Nilis \| 11 Van Kerckhoven \| 12 Vande Walle \| 13 Verlinden \| 14 Scifo \| 15 Clement \| 16 De Boeck \| 17 Verstraeten \| 18 Verheyen \| 19 Van Meir \| 20 E. Mpenza \| 21 Boffin \| 22 Deflandre \| Coach: Leekens