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{{short description|Dutch former professional footballer (born 1963)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Stan Valckx
| image = Stan Valckx.jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption =
| fullname = Stanislaus Henricus Christina Valckx
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|10|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Arcen]], Netherlands
| currentclub =
| height = 1.81 m
| position = [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|Centre back]]
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = RKDEV
| youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = [[VVV-Venlo|VVV]]
| years1 = 1983–1988 | clubs1 = [[VVV-Venlo|VVV]] | caps1 = 145 | goals1 = 15
| years2 = 1988–1992 | clubs2 = [[PSV Eindhoven|PSV]] | caps2 = 115 | goals2 = 5
| years3 = 1992–1995 | clubs3 = [[Sporting Clube de Portugal|Sporting CP]] | caps3 = 69 | goals3 = 6
| years4 = 1995–2000 | clubs4 = [[PSV Eindhoven|PSV]] | caps4 = 106 | goals4 = 4
| totalcaps = 435 | totalgoals = 30
| nationalyears1 = 1990–1996 | nationalteam1 = [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] | nationalcaps1 = 20 | nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
'''Stanislaus "Stan" Henricus Christina Valckx''' (born 20 October 1963) is a Dutch former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|central defender]].<ref>[https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/destino-90s/sporting/stan-valckx-o-3-6-contra-o-benfica-matou-me?_ga=2.225795098.1098483925.1607294723-763065413.1602873581 Valckx: do 3-6 que o «matou» à expulsão de Maurício] maisfutebol.iol.pt</ref>

==Club career==
Valckx was born in [[Arcen]], [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]]. After starting professionally with [[VVV-Venlo]] ([[Eerste Divisie|second division]]), he moved in 1988 to [[Eredivisie]] club [[PSV Eindhoven]], being instrumental in the conquest of three leagues and two [[KNVB Cup|Dutch Cups]] – in the [[1991–92 Eredivisie|1991–92 season]], he scored four goals in 28 matches as the team [[1990–91 Eredivisie|renewed]] their domestic supremacy.

In 1992, Valckx, aged 28, moved abroad, to [[Sporting Clube de Portugal]], helping the [[Lisbon]] side to the [[Taça de Portugal|Portuguese Cup]] three years later, although he did not play in [[1994–95 Taça de Portugal|the final]] against [[C.S. Marítimo]] as in October 1994 he had already returned to his country and PSV, where he won one more league and another domestic cup before retiring in June 2000 at nearly 37 years of age, with more than 500 official appearances to his credit.

==International career==
Valckx earned 20 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] for the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]], and was picked for the squad which appeared at the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]]. He contributed with four games, in a quarter-final elimination at the hands of eventual champions [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]].

Valckx made his debut for his country on 26 September 1990, in a [[Exhibition game|friendly]] against [[Italy national football team|Italy]] (0–0).

==Honours==
===Club===
'''PSV'''
*[[Eredivisie]]: [[1988–89 Eredivisie|1988–89]], [[1990–91 Eredivisie|1990–91]], [[1991–92 Eredivisie|1991–92]], [[1996–97 Eredivisie|1996–97]], [[1999–2000 Eredivisie|1999–00]]
*[[KNVB Cup]]: [[1988–89 KNVB Cup|1988–89]], [[1989–90 KNVB Cup|1989–90]], [[1995–96 KNVB Cup|1995–96]]
*[[Johan Cruijff Schaal]]: [[1996 Johan Cruijff Schaal|1996]], [[1997 Johan Cruijff Schaal|1997]], 1998
*[[UEFA Super Cup]]: Runner-up [[1988 European Super Cup|1988]]
*[[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]]: Runner-up [[1988 Intercontinental Cup|1988]]

==Post-playing career==
Subsequently, Valckx began working as a technical director at PSV, a post he occupied for several years. In 2008, he got into a conflict with general manager [[Jan Reker]] about the influence and role of player agent [[Vlado Lemić]] at the club;<ref>[http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/5610/Eredivisie/article/detail/2143900/2008/04/25/Valckx-op-punt-van-vertrek-bij-PSV.dhtml Valckx op punt van vertrek bij PSV (Point of no return for Valckx at PSV)]; [[Algemeen Dagblad]], 25 April 2008 {{in lang|nl}}</ref><ref>[http://www.volkskrant.nl/sport/lemic-psv-s-intrigant-of-spindoctor~a904494/ Lemic, PSV’s intrigant of spindoctor? (Lemic, PSV’s schemer or spin doctor?)]; De Volkskrant, 26 April 2008 {{in lang|nl}}</ref> the following year, in the same capacity, he joined China's [[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua FC]].<ref>[http://www.nu.nl/sport/1893181/stan-valckx-naar-china.html Stan Valckx naar China (Stan Valckx to China)]; [[NU.nl]], 3 January 2009 {{in lang|nl}}</ref>

In August 2010, Valckx was appointed [[director of football]] at [[Wisła Kraków]] from [[Poland]].<ref>[http://www.wisla.krakow.pl/pl/aktualnosci/stanislaus_valckx_dyrektorem_sportowym_wisly/ Stanislaus Valckx dyrektorem sportowym Wisły (Stanislaus Valckx sporting director of Wisla)]; Wisla Kraków, 27 August 2010 {{in lang|pl}}</ref> Four years later, he returned to VVV as a technical advisor.<ref>[http://www.vi.nl/nieuws/valckx-keert-als-adviseur-terug-op-het-oude-nest.htm Valckx keert als adviseur terug op het oude nest (Valckx returns to the old nest as a consultant)]; [[Voetbal International]], 4 June 2014 {{in lang|nl}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.beijen.net/frank/cvs/valckx-s.htm Beijen profile] {{in lang|nl}}
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{{Netherlands squad 1994 FIFA World Cup}}
{{Sporting Clube de Portugal Player of the Year}}

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