Franck "Francky" Vandendriessche (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfrɑŋki vɑndɛnˈdrisə]; born 7 April 1971) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Franck Vandendriessche | ||
Date of birth | (1971-04-07) 7 April 1971 (age 51) | ||
Place of birth | Waregem, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1979–1990 | K.S.V. Waregem | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991–1998 | K.S.V. Waregem | 152 | (0) |
1998–2005 | Mouscron | 199 | (0) |
2005–2007 | Cercle Brugge | 58 | (0) |
Total | 409 | (0) | |
National team | |||
2003 | Belgium | 1 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2007–2009 | Mouscron (goalkeeping coach) | ||
2009 | Belgium (goalkeeping coach) | ||
2009–2011 | RAEC Mons (goalkeeping coach) | ||
2011–2013 | K.V. Kortrijk (goalkeeping coach) | ||
2013– | Gent (goalkeeping coach) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Vandendriessche was born in Waregem. Among his former clubs are K.S.V. Waregem and Cercle Brugge.
Vandendriessche played one game with the Belgium national team against Croatia due to the injuries of both Geert De Vlieger and Frédéric Herpoel and Belgium lost 4–0. He was in the team for the 2002 World Cup.
After his playing career, Vandendriessche became goalkeeping coach for his former team Mouscron. But due to financial uncertainty at Mouscron, he decided to move to RAEC Mons during the summer break of 2009. Assistant manager Geert Broeckaert would follow him a bit later.
On 10 July 2009, he became goalkeeping coach of the Belgium national team but was sacked on 6 October 2009 for having allegedly given a journalist from the Flemish newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws details about team selection before it had been officially announced. The Belgian goalkeeper Stijn Stijnen retired from the Belgian football team on the same day in connection with this incident. He was from 2007, the goalkeeping coach at Excelsior Mouscron until June 2009, and a short time later became the goalkeeper coach at RAEC Mons. In May 2011, he became goalkeeping coach at K.V. Kortrijk.
KSV Waregem[1]
Belgium
Individual
Belgian Goalkeeper of the Year | |
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Belgium squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup | ||
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