Eric Van Meir

Eric Van Meir
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-02-28) 28 February 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Deurne, Belgium
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Belgium U-19 (assistant)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1991 Berchem 124 (9)
1991–1996 Charleroi 115 (14)
1996–2001 Lierse 145 (57)
2001–2003 Standard Liège 35 (2)
Total 419 (82)
International career
1993–2002 Belgium 34 (1)
Managerial career
2003–2010 Lierse (assistant)
2010–2011 Lierse
2011 Turnhout
2013 Lierse (assistant)
2013 Lierse
2014 Berchem
2014–2015 Lierse (assistant)
2015–2017 Lierse
2020– Belgium U-19 (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eric Van Meir (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛrɪk ˈmɛiər];[a] born 28 February 1968) is a Belgian football manager and former player who played as a defender.

His former clubs include Lierse, Charleroi and Standard Liège. Van Meir played for Belgium and was in the squad for the 1994, 1998 and 2002 World Cups and also for the Euro 2000 but played only a few matches.

Van Meir won the Belgian First Division Title with Lierse in 1997, and the Belgian Cup in 1999, also with Lierse. In 1997, he scored 17 goals and won second place in the Belgian Golden Shoe award.
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