Michel De Wolf

In this article, the surname is de Wolf, not Wolf.

Michel Jean de Wolf (born 19 January 1958) is a Belgian football coach and retired player who played as a left back.^[2]

Michel de Wolf

De Wolf in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Michel Jean de Wolf
Date of birth	(1958-01-19) 19 January 1958 (age 67)
Place of birth	Nivelles, Belgium
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
	Clabecq
1972–1977	Molenbeek
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1983	Molenbeek	175	(1)
1983–1988	Gent	150	(3)
1988–1990	Kortrijk	67	(2)
1990–1994	Anderlecht	109	(3)
1994–1995	Marseille	39	(0)
Total		540	(9)
International career
1980–1994	Belgium	42	(1)
Managerial career
1996–1998	Avenir Lembeek
1998–1999	Grimbergen (youth)
1998–1999	Kortrijk
2002–2003	Gabon
2004–2005	CS Nivellois
2009	Charleroi (assistant)
2011	FC Brussels
2012	BX Brussels[1]
2012–2014	BX Brussels (sporting director)
2017	Tubize (assistant)
2019–2023	Union SG (youth coordinator)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

De Wolf was born in Nivelles, Walloon Brabant. During his career in his homeland, he played, always as first-choice safe for one season out of 17, for R.W.D. Molenbeek, K.A.A. Gent (winning the 1984 Belgian Cup), K.V. Kortrijk and R.S.C. Anderlecht. He arrived at the age of 32, winning three leagues).

In the 1994 summer, 36-year-old de Wolf moved abroad, signing with Olympique de Marseille of Ligue 2 – the French club had just been relegated due to a match-fixing scandal – playing in more than 40 official games in one sole season after which he retired from professional football, still going on to appear for K.F.C. Avenir Lembeek and KSC Grimbergen at amateur level (and as player-coach).

International career

De Wolf was capped 42 times for the Belgium national team, his debut coming in 1980, and appeared at three FIFA World Cups: he played two matches in the 1986 edition, four in 1990 – scoring from 35 meters in the Diables Rouges' 2–0 group stage win against South Korea^[3] – and another four (at 36) in 1994.

De Wolf was also selected for UEFA Euro 1984, in France.

Honours

Gent

• Belgian Cup: 1984^[4]

Anderlecht^[5]

• Belgian First Division: 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94
• Belgian Cup: 1994
• Belgian Super Cup: 1991, 1993

Marseille^[6]

• Ligue 2: 1994–95

Belgium

• FIFA World Cup: fourth place 1986^[7]

Individual

• Best Gent Player of the Season: 1985–86, 1986–87^[8]