Marc Wilmots

Marc Wilmots
Wilmots in 2019
Senator
In office 5 June 2003 – 12 July 2007
Constituency	French-speaking electoral college
Personal details
Born	Marc Robert Wilmots (1969-02-22) 22 February 1969 (age 55) Jodoigne, Belgium
Political party	Mouvement Réformateur
Association football career Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Position(s) Attacking midfielder Youth career 1980–1985 CS Jodoigne 1985–1987 Sint-Truiden Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1987–1988 Sint-Truiden 30 (9) 1988–1991 Mechelen 87 (22) 1991–1996 Standard Liège 136 (67) 1996–2000 Schalke 04 104 (21) 2000–2001 Bordeaux 30 (8) 2001–2003 Schalke 04 34 (6) Total 421 (133) International career 1986–1987 Belgium U19 9 (3) 1987–1989 Belgium U21 9 (6) 1990–2002 Belgium 70 (28) Managerial career 2003 Schalke 04 (caretaker) 2004–2005 Sint-Truiden 2012–2016 Belgium 2017 Ivory Coast 2019 Iran 2021–2022 Raja CA *Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marc Robert Wilmots (born 22 February 1969) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who was most recently the sporting director of Schalke 04.

During his club career as an attacking midfielder, he won trophies with KV Mechelen, Standard Liège and Schalke 04. He represented the Belgium national team, earning 70 caps. He was in the Belgium squad for the 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002 World Cups, as well as the 2000 Euro which Belgium hosted jointly with the Netherlands.

Wilmots has also been a politician, having sat in the Senate for four years for the Mouvement Réformateur party.^[1]