Yves Vanderhaeghe

Yves Vanderhaeghe

Personal information
Full name	Yves Vanderhaeghe
Date of birth	(1970-01-30) 30 January 1970
Place of birth	Roeselare, Belgium
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Oostende (coach)
Youth career
1978–1986	Roeselare
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1992	Roeselare	56	(11)
1986–1988	→ Cercle Brugge (loan)	1	(0)
1992–1994	Mouscron	94	(11)
1994–1997	Eendracht Aalst	81	(11)
1998–2000	Mouscron	139	(9)
2000–2006	Anderlecht	150	(10)
2007–2008	Roeselare	15	(0)
Total		536	(52)
International career
1999–2005	Belgium	48	(2)
Managerial career
2008–2014	Kortrijk (assistant)
2014–2015	Kortrijk
2015–	Oostende
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yves Vanderhaeghe (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈi fɑn.dɛr.ˈɦaːʝə]) (born 30 January 1970 in Roeselaere) is a Belgian retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and the current manager of K.V. Oostende.

Known for his tackling, hard-working approach and stamina, he played for five different clubs during his 22-year professional career.

A late bloomer, Vanderhaeghe did not reach the Belgian national team until the age of 29, but still went on to collect nearly 50 caps, representing the nation in one World Cup and one European Championship.

Club career

At the age of 16, Vanderhaeghe moved from hometown's K.S.V. Roeselare to Cercle Brugge KSV, on loan, but he only played one game in two seasons. Subsequently he returned to his first club, playing four years in the Belgian Third Division and two in the second, now with the shirt of R.E. Mouscron.

Vanderhaeghe first established himself in the top level with K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst, amassing more than 100 official appearances and adding 11 goals in the league alone. In January 1998 he returned to Mouscron, scoring a career-best eight times in the 1999–2000 campaign as the Wallonia club finished in fourth position, nearly qualifying for the UEFA Cup.

Aged already 30, Vanderhaeghe signed with country giants R.S.C. Anderlecht. In his first two years combined he appeared in 65 matches, helping the Brussels club to the league and the domestic supercup in his debut campaign; in the following years he began to be irregularly used, due to persistent injury problems.

During the winter-break of 2006–07, 37-year-old Vanderhaeghe was told to look for a new club, and he joined another old acquaintance, Roeselaere, by then competing in the first division. He retired in June 2008, later working as assistant manager at K.V. Kortrijk.

International career

Vanderhaeghe made 48 appearances for Belgium, his debut coming on 30 May 1999 against Peru (in a friendly tournament in Japan) at the age of 29.

Vanderhaeghe represented the nation in UEFA Euro 2000 – played on home soil – and the 2002 FIFA World Cup, totalling seven appearances and helping the country to the round-of-16 in the latter competition (0–2 against eventual winners Brazil). He scored his two only goals for Belgium in the historic 10–1 win against San Marino in Brussels for the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, on 28 February 2001.

Honours

• Belgian Pro League: 2000–01, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07
• Belgian Supercup: 2000, 2001, 2006

External links

• Yves Vanderhaeghe at National-Football-Teams.com
• Yves Vanderhaeghe – FIFA competition record