Eric Gerets

Eric Gerets
Gerets in 2012
Personal information
Full name Eric Maria Gerets[1]
Date of birth (1954-05-18) 18 May 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth Rekem, Belgium
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
1964–1971 AA Rekem
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1983 Standard Liège 318 (23)
1983–1984 Milan 13 (1)
1984–1985 MVV 12 (0)
1985–1992 PSV 200 (8)
Total 543 (32)
International career
1975–1991 Belgium 86 (2)
Managerial career
1992–1994 RFC Liège
1994–1997 Lierse
1997–1999 Club Brugge
1999–2002 PSV
2002–2004 1. FC Kaiserslautern
2004–2005 VfL Wolfsburg
2005–2007 Galatasaray
2007–2009 Marseille
2009–2010 Al-Hilal
2010–2012 Morocco
2012–2014 Lekhwiya
2014–2015 Al Jazira
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up 1980
Representing  Morocco (as manager)
FIFA Arab Cup
Winner 2012 Arab Cup
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eric Maria Gerets[2] (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈeːrɪk ˈxeːrəts];[a] born 18 May 1954) is a Belgian football manager and former player who played as a right back.

He started his playing career as an amateur for his local team AA Rekem, before achieving success with Standard Liège and PSV. Nicknamed "The Lion (of Flanders)", Gerets was regarded as one of the top right backs in Europe at his peak and is considered one of the greatest players in Belgian football history. He is famous for having captained PSV to their first and only European Cup win in 1988.

As a coach, Gerets is best known for his advocacy of systems thinking. He is one of six managers – along with José Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti, Giovanni Trapattoni, Tomislav Ivić and Ernst Happel – to have won top domestic league championships in at least four countries.

  1. ^ "Ficha Estadistica de ERIC GERETS -eric maria gerets- (Perfil, ficha, profile, stats)".
  2. ^ "Ficha Estadistica de ERIC GERETS -eric maria gerets- (Perfil, ficha, profile, stats)".


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