Walter Meeuws

Walter Meeuws

Personal information
Date of birth	(1951-07-11) 11 July 1951
Place of birth	Gierle, Belgium
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1972	KRC Mechelen
1972–1978	Beerschot
1978–1981	Club Brugge	90	(16)
1981–1984	Standard de Liège	88	(6)
1984–1985	Ajax	11	(0)
1985–1987	KV Mechelen	30	(2)
International career
1977–1984	Belgium	46	(0)
Managerial career
1987–1988	Lierse S.K.
1989–1990	Belgium
1991–1993	FC Antwerp
1993–1994	AA Gent
1999–2001	Lierse S.K.
2001	Gençlerbirliği
2002–2003	Raja Casablanca
2003	Al-Ittihad
2006–2007	Beveren
2010–2012	Wadi Degla
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Meeuws (born 11 July 1951) is a retired Belgian footballer and current manager. He most recently coached Egyptian Premier League side Wadi Degla.

During his career he played for K. Beerschot V.A.C., Club Brugge K.V., R. Standard de Liège, AFC Ajax, K.V. Mechelen. He earned 46 caps for the Belgium national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1980 and the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

After retiring from playing, he has been working as a manager, including a stint as the national team manager from 1989 to 1990.

As a player he won 4 championships, 2 with Standard in Belgium, 1 with Bruges in Belgium and 1 with Ajax in the Netherlands. He also won 2 cups and played the final of the European Championship with Belgium in Italy in 1980.

As a manager he won 3 cups with Lierse, Antwerp and Far Rabat ( 2009 ) and was runner up in the African Champions League Final with Raja Casablanca and also runner up with Antwerp in the final of the European Cup for Cup Winners in 1993. He is the last manager ever that reached a European Cup Final with a Belgian Team.

References

• Royal Belgian Football Association: Number of caps
• Profile at weltfussball
• Profile at Standard de Liège