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{{Short description|Belgian footballer (born 1972)}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Johan Walem
| image = 
| full_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1972|2|1}}
| birth_place = [[Soignies]], Belgium
| height = 1.69 m
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 1980–1986
| youthyears2 = 1986–1991
| youthclubs1 = [[R.W.D. Molenbeek (1909)|Molenbeek]]
| youthclubs2 = [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]
| years1 = 1991–1997
| years2 = 1997–1999
| years3 = 1999–2000
| years4 = 2000–2001
| years5 = 2001–2003
| years6 = 2003–2004
| years7 = 2004–2005
| clubs1 = [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]
| clubs2 = [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]]
| clubs3 = [[Parma F.C.|Parma]]
| clubs4 = [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]]
| clubs5 = [[Standard Liège]]
| clubs6 = [[Torino Calcio|Torino]]
| clubs7 = [[Calcio Catania|Catania]]
| caps1 = 180
| caps2 = 32
| caps3 = 24
| caps4 = 14
| caps5 = 59
| caps6 = 21
| caps7 = 14
| goals1 = 17
| goals2 = 5
| goals3 = 1
| goals4 = 0
| goals5 = 4
| goals6 = 2
| goals7 = 0
| totalcaps = 344
| totalgoals = 29
| nationalyears1 = 1991–2002
| nationalteam1 = [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]]
| nationalcaps1 = 36
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| manageryears1 = 2008–2010
| managerclubs1 = [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht U19]]
| manageryears2 = 2010–2011
| managerclubs2 = [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]] (youth)
| manageryears3 = 2011–2012
| managerclubs3 = [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese U19]]
| manageryears4 = 2012–2015
| managerclubs4 = [[Belgium national under-21 football team|Belgium U-21]]
| manageryears5 = 2015–2016
| managerclubs5 = [[K.V. Kortrijk|Kortrijk]]
| manageryears6 = 2016–2020
| managerclubs6 = [[Belgium national under-21 football team|Belgium U-21]]
| manageryears7 = 2020–2021
| managerclubs7 = [[Cyprus national football team|Cyprus]]
}}

'''Johan Walem''' (born 1 February 1972) is a Belgian [[association football|football]] manager and former player. He previously worked as head coach of the [[K.V. Kortrijk|Kortrijk]]. Walem was considered one of the best Belgian [[midfielder]]s of his generation. He gained 36 caps for the [[Belgium national football team|national team]], scoring two goals.

==Career==
Walem was born in [[Soignies]], Belgium. His former clubs are [[R.W.D. Molenbeek (1909)|Molenbeek]] (as a youngster), [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]], [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]], [[Parma F.C.|Parma]] (on loan), [[Standard Liège]], [[Torino Calcio|Torino]] and [[Calcio Catania|Catania]]. At Udinese, he was nicknamed ''Il Geometra'' (The Geometer) as he was very precise in his passes. His partnership with German [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]] [[Oliver Bierhoff]] was also praised at that time. After he retired he has worked as TV consultant for [[Belgacom|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==

===Player===
'''Anderlecht<ref name="eurosport32">{{cite web|title=RSC Anderlecht {{!}} Palmares|url=https://www.rsca.be/nl/club/palmares}}</ref>'''
*[[Belgian First Division A|Belgian First Division]]: [[Belgian First Division 1992–93|1992–93]], [[Belgian First Division 1993–94|1993–94]], [[Belgian First Division 1994–95|1994–95]]
*[[Belgian Cup]]: [[Belgian Cup|1993–94]]; runner-up 1996–97<ref name="eurosport22">{{cite web|title=Anderlecht en de beker: geen successtory|url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/g0sk7i10}}</ref>
*[[Belgian Super Cup]]: [[Belgian Supercup|1993]], [[Belgian Supercup|1995]]

'''Parma'''
*[[Supercoppa Italiana]]: [[1999 Supercoppa Italiana|1999]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.calcio.com/cronaca_partita/supercoppa-1999-finale-ac-milan-parma-calcio-1913/ |title=Supercoppa 1999 » Finale » Milan - Parma 1:2 |publisher=calcio.com |access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref>

'''Udinese'''
*[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]: [[2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup|2000]]

'''Belgium'''
* [[FIFA World Cup awards#FIFA Fair Play Trophy|FIFA Fair Play Trophy]]: [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 World Cup]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=FIFA.com|title=Belgium honoured with the FIFA Fair Play Award|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/belgium-honoured-with-the-fifa-fair-play-award-82624|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111032351/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/belgium-honoured-with-the-fifa-fair-play-award-82624|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 November 2020|access-date=2020-11-07|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB}}</ref>

'''Individual'''
*[[Belgian professional football awards|Belgian Young Professional Footballer of the Year]]: 1991–92<ref name="eurosport372">{{cite web|title=Palmares Profvoetballer van het Jaar|url=https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/alle-palmaressen-op-een-rijtje~b21f9e9f/}}</ref>

==Managerial statistics==
{{updated|17 November 2020}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align=left|[[Cyprus national football team|Cyprus]]
|align=left|25 January 2020
|align=left|17 February 2021
{{WDL|8|1|1|6}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Lequipe|4427}}
*[http://www.vi.nl/vi/show/id=40053/dbid=2503/typeofpage=40054/sc=8bc1db Voetbal international website] {{in lang|nl}}

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