Lorenzo Staelens

Personal information
Lorenzo Staelens
Full name	Lorenzo Staelens
Date of birth	April 30, 1964 (1964-04-30) (age 44)
Place of birth	Kortrijk, Belgium
Height	179 cm
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	retired
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
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)
Teams managed
2007-2008 2008-	Exc. Mouscron Eendracht Aalst KSV Roeselare (assistant) Cercle Brugge (assistant)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Lorenzo ("Lorre") Staelens (April 30, 1964, in Kortrijk) 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

v • d • e Belgium squad - 1990 FIFA 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

v • d • e Belgium squad - 1994 FIFA 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

v • d • e 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

v • d • e Belgium squad - UEFA Euro 2000

1 De Wilde • 2 Deflandre • 3 Valgaeren • 4 Staelens • 5 Clement • 6 Vanderhaeghe • 7 Wilmots • 8 Goor • 9 E. Mpenza • 10 Strupar • 11 Verheyen • 12 De Vlieger • 13 Herpoel • 14 Walem • 15 Peeters • 16 Nilis • 17 Léonard • 18 Van Kerckhoven • 19 Van Meir • 20 De Bilde • 21 M. Mpenza • 22 Hendrikx • Coach: Waseige