Michel Jean de Wolf (born 19 January 1958) is a Belgian football coach and retired player who played as a left back.[2]
Club career
De Wolf was born in Nivelles, Walloon Brabant. During his career in his homeland, he played, always as first-choice safe for one season out of 17, for R.W.D. Molenbeek, K.A.A. Gent (winning the 1984 Belgian Cup), K.V. Kortrijk and R.S.C. Anderlecht. He arrived at the age of 32, winning three leagues).
In the 1994 summer, 36-year-old de Wolf moved abroad, signing with Olympique de Marseille of Ligue 2 – the French club had just been relegated due to a match-fixing scandal – playing in more than 40 official games in one sole season after which he retired from professional football, still going on to appear for K.F.C. Avenir Lembeek and KSC Grimbergen at amateur level (and as player-coach).
International career
De Wolf was capped 42 times for the Belgium national team, his debut coming in 1980, and appeared at three FIFA World Cups: he played two matches in the 1986 edition, four in 1990 – scoring from 35 meters in the Diables Rouges' 2–0 group stage win against South Korea[3] – and another four (at 36) in 1994.
De Wolf was also selected for UEFA Euro 1984, in France.
Honours
Gent
Anderlecht[5]
- Belgian First Division: 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94
- Belgian Cup: 1994
- Belgian Super Cup: 1991, 1993
Marseille[6]
Belgium
- FIFA World Cup: fourth place 1986[7]
Individual
- Best Gent Player of the Season: 1985–86, 1986–87[8]
References
- ^ Et Michel De Wolf entrainera le RWDM/FC Bleid‚ walfoot.be, 30 June 2017
- ^ Division 1B: Michel De Wolf nommé T2 de Sadio Demba à l’AFC Tubize!‚ lavenir.net, 3 July 2017
- ^ "Two second-half goals give Belgium opening victory over South Korea: World Cup: Tight defense meant that South Koreans didn't get a shot on goal for more than an hour". Los Angeles Times. 12 June 1990. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "AA Gent | Geschiedenis".
- ^ "RSC Anderlecht | Palmares".
- ^ "Palmarés OM".
- ^ "FIFA 1986 World Cup". Archived from the original on 5 June 2016.
- ^ "Erelijst Trofee Jean-Claude Bouvy". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 20 May 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
External links
- RWDM biography (in French) at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 February 2011)
- Michel De Wolf at National-Football-Teams.com
- Michel De Wolf – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Michel De Wolf at EU-Football.info
- Michel De Wolf at WorldFootball.net
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