Walter Meeuws

Walter Meeuws
	Meeuws in 1981
Personal information
Full name	Walter Meeuws
Date of birth	11 July 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth	Gierle, Belgium
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1970–1972	K.R.C. Mechelen
1972–1978	Beerschot
1978–1981	Club Brugge
1981–1984	Standard de Liège
1984–1985	Ajax
1985–1987	KV Mechelen
International career
1977–1984	Belgium
Managerial career
1987–1988	Lierse
1989–1990	Belgium
1990–1991	Sint-Truiden
1991–1993	Antwerp
1993–1994	Gent
1995–1997	Lommel S.K.
1998–2001	Lierse
2001	Gençlerbirliği
2001–2003	Raja Casablanca
2004	Al-Ittihad
2005–2006	Al Jazira
2007–2008	Beveren
2007–2009	FAR Rabat
2010–2012	Wadi Degla
2016	Lommel United
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.