Place of birth Meeuwen, Belgium 1969–1970 Dessel Sport Playing position Name Georges Leekens | 1958–1969 Sporting Houthalen Role Coach Years Team Position Defender | |
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Date of birth (1949-05-18) 18 May 1949 (age 68) Team coached Tunisia national football team (Manager, since 2014) Manages Tunisia national football team, K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen Similar People Henryk Kasperczak, Nabil Maaloul, Hein Vanhaezebrouck, Roger Lemerre, Peter Maes | ||
Algeria Coach, Georges Leekens Resigns After The Desert Foxes Ouster From The 2017 AFCON
Georges Leekens (born 18 May 1949) is a Belgian football manager.
Contents
- Algeria Coach Georges Leekens Resigns After The Desert Foxes Ouster From The 2017 AFCON
- Coaching career
- Personal life
- References
Coaching career
Leekens was first selected as national coach after impressive work at R.E. Mouscron. In his first spell as coach of the Belgium national football team he led it to the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals after a two-legged win against the Republic of Ireland in the qualifying play-off. He was sacked from his role as federal coach after a disappointing 3rd place in the World Cup group stage failed to qualify Belgium for the second round.
On 29 May 2009 he signed a three-year deal with Kortrijk.
On 11 May 2010 Leekens signed a contract until 2012 to take over the Belgium national team for the second time. As a consequence he had to resign from his coaching role at K.V. Kortrijk.
On 12 April 2011 it was announced that Leekens's contract had been extended to 2014 after some promising results in the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign. On 13 May 2012 it was announced that Leekens will coach Club Brugge for a second time, but he was fired a few months later after a series of successive defeats.
In 2016, he coached the Algerian national football team, and he made the team to the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. On 24 January 2017, he resigned being a coach after being eliminated in Group B stage.
In February 2017 he was one of a number of managers on the shortlist for the vacant Rwanda national team manager role.
Personal life
Georges Leekens is the cousin of Louis Leekens, who was Belgian National Champion of gymnastics in 1966 and is currently leading the top sports school for gymnastics in Genk.