Ariël Jacobs

Ariël Jacobs
	With Anderlecht in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	25 July 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth	Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Oud-Heverlee Leuven (Director of Football)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1965–1970	Diegem Sport
1970–1973	Racing White
1973–1979	Diegem Sport
1979–1980	Halle
1980–1983	Diegem Sport
1983–1984	Diest
1984–1987	Diegem Sport
Managerial career
1984–1987	Diegem Sport
1989–1998	Belgium U21
1998–2001	Molenbeek
2001–2004	La Louvière
2006	Lokeren
2007	Mouscron
2007–2012	Anderlecht
2012–2013	Copenhagen
2013–2014	Valenciennes
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ariël Jacobs (Flemish pronunciation: [ˈaːrijɛl ˈjaːkɔps]; born 25 July 1953) is a Belgian football manager and former player who most recently managed Ligue 1 side Valenciennes FC and is currently employed as Director of Football at Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

Managerial career

While at La Louvière he led them to victory in the 2002–03 Belgian Cup.^[1]

Jacobs became new manager of FC Copenhagen in June 2012 following Carsten V. Jensen's resignation.^[2] His first season as manager of the club was a success and he led the club to the Danish Superliga-title in the 2012–13 season.^[3] On 21 August 2013, he was sacked as manager of FC Copenhagen as he failed to win in his first five games in the league.^[4]

On 14 October 2013, Jacobs was appointed manager of Valenciennes FC.^[5] He failed to secure the team from relegation following the 2013–14 Ligue 1 and he therefore left the club in July 2014.^[6]