Franky Vercauteren

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Personal information
Franky Vercauteren
Full name	François Vercauteren
Date of birth	October 28, 1956 (age 50)
Place of birth	Brussels, Belgium
Nickname	Le petit Prince (The Small Prince)
Playing position	Manager
Club information
Current club	R.S.C. Anderlecht
Youth clubs
1966-75	R.S.C. Anderlecht
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1975-87 1987-90 1990-93	R.S.C. Anderlecht FC Nantes RWDM	?
National team
1977-88	Belgium	63 (?)
Teams managed
1993-94 1994-97 1997-98 1998-98 1998-99 1999-2005 2005-	C.S. Braine (youth) KV Mechelen (youth) KV Mechelen R.S.C. Anderlecht (assistant) R.S.C. Anderlecht (caretaker) R.S.C. Anderlecht (assistant) R.S.C. Anderlecht
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

François Vercauteren (born October 28, 1956), always referred to as Franky Vercauteren, nicknamed "The Small Prince", is a former Belgian football left winger and is now a football manager, working for R.S.C. Anderlecht.

He made his first team debut for Anderlecht in 1975 against K.R.C. Mechelen, replacing Gilbert Van Binst. But a double surgery in October 1975 and January 1976 slowed down his development. Vercauteren won the 5 European titles of Anderlecht (2 Cup Winners' Cup, 1 UEFA Cup and 2 Supercups). He also won two Belgian Cups, four Belgian Championship titles and won the Belgian Supercup twice. In 1987 he moved to FC Nantes Atlantique in France and came back to Belgium three years later to play with R.W.D. Molenbeek until 1993. While at Nantes, Vercauteren finished twice the championship with the most assists.

Vercauteren played 63 times with the Belgium national football team. He was involved in the 4th-placed team in the 1986 World Cup and also played in the 1982 tournament and in the 1984 European Football Championship. Though he made his national team debut on November 16, 1977 (lost 3-0 to Northern Ireland national football team), he was not selected for the 1980 Euro where Belgium finished runner-up.

At the end of his playing career, he became the trainer of the youth team from C.S. Braine, a small club in Walloon Brabant. A year after, he moved to KV Mechelen where he first trained the youth team, then the first team (in 1997-98). At the end of this season, he signed as an assistant manager at his first club, RSC Anderlecht. He was briefly named manager along with his fellow Jean Dockx in the 1998-99 season after a disappointing start by manager Arie Haan (Anderlecht fell to the 18th and last place in the beginning of the season). The two men secured among others a nice 0-6 win at Sclessin against old rival Standard Liège and a 2-5 win at K.R.C. Genk, to come back in the European places. Anderlecht then hired Aimé Anthuenis as a manager, and Vercauteren became assistant once again. After coach Hugo Broos, successor of Aimé Anthuenis, was dismissed in February 2005, Vercauteren signed as the new manager.

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Preceded by Eric Gerets	Belgian Golden Shoe 1983	Succeeded by Vincenzo Scifo

R.S.C. Anderlecht - Current Squad
1 Zítka \| 2 Felipe \| 3 Deschacht \| 4 von Schlebrügge \| 5 Biglia \| 6 Van Damme \| 7 Tchité \| 9 Mpenza \| 10 Hassan \| 11 Boussoufa \| 13 Proto \| 14 Goor \| 16 Olufemi \| 17 Mbokani \| 22 Schollen \| 23 Juhász \| 25 Van Steenberghe \| 26 Pareja \| 27 Wasilewski \| 28 Baseggio \| 29 Frutos \| 31 De Man \| 36 Legear \| 37 Vanden Borre \| 38 Lamah \| 39 Odjidja-Ofoe \| 41 Tiote \| Manager: Vercauteren

	Belgium squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup
1 Pfaff \| 2 Gerets \| 3 L. Millecamps \| 4 Meeuws \| 5 Renquin \| 6 Vercauteren \| 7 Vandereycken \| 8 Van Moer \| 9 Vandenbergh \| 10 Coeck \| 11 Ceulemans \| 12 Custers \| 13 Van Der Elst \| 14 Baecke \| 15 De Schrijver \| 16 Plessers \| 17 Verheyen \| 18 Mommens \| 19 M. Millecamps \| 20 Vandersmissen \| 21 Czerniatynski \| 22 Munaron \| Coach: Thys

	Belgium squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place
1 Pfaff \| 2 Gerets \| 3 F. Van Der Elst \| 4 De Wolf \| 5 Renquin \| 6 Vercauteren \| 7 Vandereycken \| 8 Scifo \| 9 Vandenbergh \| 10 Desmet \| 11 Ceulemans \| 12 Munaron \| 13 Grün \| 14 Clijsters \| 15 L. Van Der Elst \| 16 Claesen \| 17 Mommens \| 18 Veyt \| 19 Broos \| 20 Bodart \| 21 Demol \| 22 Vervoort \| Coach: Thys