Johan Walem

Johan Walem

Personal information
Full name	Johan Walem
Date of birth	(1972-02-01) 1 February 1972
Place of birth	Soignies, Belgium
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1980–1986	Molenbeek
1986–1991	Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1997	Anderlecht	180	(17)
1997–1999	Udinese	32	(5)
1999–2000	Parma	24	(0)
2000–2001	Udinese	14	(0)
2001–2003	Standard Liège	59	(4)
2003–2004	Torino	21	(2)
2004–2005	Catania	14	(0)
International career
1991–2002	Belgium	36	(2)
Managerial career
2008–2010	Anderlecht B
2010–2011	Udinese (youth)
2011–2012	Udinese B
2012–2015	Belgium U-21
2015–	Kortrijk
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Johan Walem (born 1 February 1972, in Soignies, Belgium) is a former football midfielder and currently manager of Kortrijk in the Belgian Pro League. Before has has worked as head coach of the Belgium national under-21 football team. Walem was considered one of the best Belgian midfielders of his generation, but gained only a few caps (36) for the national team, scoring two goals.

Career

His former clubs are Molenbeek (as a youngster), Anderlecht, Udinese, Parma (on loan), Standard Liège, Torino and Catania. At Udinese, he was nicknamed Il Geometra (The Geometer) as he was very precise in his passes. His partnership with German striker Oliver Bierhoff was also praised at that time. After he retired he has worked as TV consultant for Belgacom TV and as youth-coach at Udinese Calcio. Walem took over the job as head coach of the Belgium national under-21 football team after the 2011-12 season.

Honours

Club honours

• Jupiler League - 1993, 1994, 1995
• Belgian Cup - 1994

Individual honour

• Belgium Young Professional Player of the Year - 1992

References

External links

• (French) L'équipe website
• (Dutch) Voetbal international website
• (English) Johan Walem at Footballdatabase