Georges Leekens

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Personal information
Georges Leekens
Full name	Georges Leekens
Date of birth	May 18, 1949 (age 57)
Place of birth	Meeuwen, Belgium
Nickname	Long couteau and ' 'Mac the Knife' '
Playing position	Manager
Club information
Current club	K.A.A. Gent
Youth clubs
1958-69	Sporting Houthalen
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1969-70 1970-72 1972-81 1981-84	Dessel Sport Crossing Club Club Brugge K. Sint-Niklase S.K.E.	?
National team
1975-78	Belgium	3 (0)
Teams managed
1984-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-97 1997-99 1999-2001 2001-02 2003-03 2003-04 2004-	Cercle Brugge K.S.V. R.S.C. Anderlecht K.V. Kortrijk Club Brugge KV Mechelen Trabzonspor Cercle Brugge K.S.V. R. Charleroi S.C. R.E. Mouscron Belgium KSC Lokeren Roda JC Algeria R.E. Mouscron K.A.A. Gent
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Georges Leekens is a football manager for Gent and a former player.

He used to coach the Belgium national football team and led it to the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals after a two-legged win against the Republic of Ireland in the qualifying playoff. Leekens was selected as national coach after an impressive work at R.E. Mouscron that was playing the title in their first year in Jupiler League at the half of the season. He was sacked from his role as federal coach after a deceiving 3rd place in the World Cup group stage.

Preceded by Henk Houwaert	Club Brugge Coach 1989-1991	Succeeded by Hugo Broos

	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