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Also known as Marc Robert Wilmots

Belgian association football player and manager

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Marc Wilmots is a Belgian male association football player, coach, and politician. Born in Jodoigne on 22 February 1969, he played as a midfielder for clubs including Sint-Truidense V.V., FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Standard Liège, and KV Mechelen. He represented Belgium in the 1990, 1994, 1998, and 2002 FIFA World Cups.

As a coach, Wilmots has led Sint-Truidense V.V., the Belgium men's national football team, the Ivory Coast men's national football team, and the Iran men's national football team. He is a member of the Reformist Movement political party. Wilmots speaks French and has a child named Reno Wilmots.

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Type
Person
Country
BE
Active from
1936-03-05
Active to
2000-09-12

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Key facts

2003
Schalke 04 (caretaker)
2017
Ivory Coast
2019
Iran
Constituency
French-speaking electoral college
Born
Marc Robert Wilmots , ( 1969-02-22 ) 22 February 1969 (age 57) , Jodoigne , Belgium
Party
Mouvement Réformateur
Height
Association football career Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position
Attacking midfielder
Current team
Standard Liège (sporting director)
1980 1985
CS Jodoigne
1985 1987
Sint-Truiden
Years
Team
1987 1988
Sint-Truiden
1988 1991
Mechelen
1991 1996
Standard Liège
1996 2000
Schalke 04
2000 2001
Bordeaux
2001 2003
Schalke 04

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Encyclopedic overview

Marc Robert Wilmots (born 22 February 1969) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who is the sporting director of Standard Liège.

During his club career as an attacking midfielder, he won trophies with KV Mechelen, Standard Liège and Schalke 04. He represented the Belgium national team, earning 70 caps. He was in the Belgium squad for the 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002 World Cups, as well as the 2000 Euro which Belgium hosted jointly with the Netherlands.

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