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Eric Gerets
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Belgian association football player and manager
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Eric Gerets is a Belgian association football player and coach. Born on 18 May 1954 in Lanaken, he played as a defender, specifically at right-back, for clubs including MVV Maastricht, PSV Eindhoven, Standard Liège, and AC Milan. Representing Belgium, he participated in the 1982, 1986, and 1990 FIFA World Cups, as well as UEFA Euro 1980.
In his coaching career, Gerets has led R.F.C. de Liège, Lierse S.K., Club Brugge K.V., and PSV Eindhoven. He stands 182 cm tall and weighs 77 kg. His professional record includes two matches played and no goals scored.
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 2
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
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- UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
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- The Genome Analysis Toolkit: A MapReduce framework for analyzing next-generation DNA sequencing data
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- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 23,494x
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Key facts
- Full name
- Eric Maria Gerets
- Date of birth
- ( 1954-05-18 ) 18 May 1954 (age 72)
- Place of birth
- Rekem , Belgium
- Height
- 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Position
- Right-back
- 1964 1971
- AA Rekem
- Years
- Team
- 1971 1983
- Standard Liège
- 1983 1984
- AC Milan
- 1984 1985
- MVV
- 1985 1992
- PSV
- 1975 1991
- Belgium
- 1992 1994
- RFC Liège
- 1994 1997
- Lierse
- 1997 1999
- Club Brugge
- 1999 2002
- PSV
- 2002 2004
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern
- 2004 2005
- VfL Wolfsburg
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- _Retired Soccer
- Position
- Right-Back
- Nationality
- Belgium
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eric
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Lanaken
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 1980
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Belgium national under-21 football team
- Position played
- defender
- Country for sport
- Belgium
- Mass
- 77
- Image
- Eric Gerets 2012 1 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 182
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- Commons category
- Eric Gerets
- date of birth
- 1954-05-18
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 1
- total goals in career
- 0
- coach of sports team
- Al Jazira Club
- name in native language
- Eric Gerets
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Eric Maria Gerets ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈeːrɪk ˈxeːrəts]; born 18 May 1954) is a Belgian former professional football manager and player. Nicknamed "The Lion (of Flanders)", he was regarded as one of the top right-backs in Europe at his peak and is considered one of the greatest players in Belgian football history.
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