Walter Meeuws
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Walter Meeuws (born 11 July 1951) is a Belgian former football player and manager.
Playing career
During his career Meeuws played for K. Beerschot V.A.C., Club Brugge, Standard Liège, Ajax, K.V. Mechelen. He earned 46 caps for the Belgium national team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1980 and the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
After retiring from playing, he has been working as a manager, including a stint as the national team manager from 1989 to 1990.
As a player, he won four championships, two with Standard in Belgium, one with Bruges in Belgium and one with Ajax in the Netherlands. He also won two cups and played the final of the European Championship with Belgium in Italy in 1980. He is considered one of the best Belgian defenders ever.
Managerial career
As a manager, Meeuws won three cups with Lierse S.K., FC Antwerp and FAR Rabat (2009), one Supercup with Lierse and was runner-up in the African Champions League Final with Raja Casablanca and also runner-up with Antwerp in the final of the European Cup-Winners Cup in 1993 at Wembley. He is the last manager ever that reached a European Final with a Belgian Team.
Honours
Player
Club Brugge[1]
- Belgian First Division: 1979–80
- Belgian Supercup: 1980
- Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer: 1981[2]
- Jules Pappaert Cup: 1978[3]
Standard de Liège[4]
- Belgian First Division: 1981–82, 1982–83
- Belgian Supercup: 1981, 1983
- European Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1981–82
- Intertoto Cup Group: 1982[5]
Ajax Amsterdam[6]
KV Mechelen[7]
Belgium
- UEFA European Championship runner-up: 1980[8]
- Belgian Sports Merit Award: 1980[9]
Manager
Royal Antwerp[10]
- Belgian Cup: 1991–92
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1992–93
Lierse[11]
- Belgian Cup: 1998–99
- Belgian Super Cup: 1999
Raja de Casablanca
- CAF Champions League runner-up: 2002[12]
FAR Rabat[13]
Individual
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