Robert Waseige

Robert Waseige (26 August 1939 – 17 July 2019) was a Belgian football manager and player.

Robert Waseige

Waseige during Euro 2000
Personal information
Date of birth	(1939-08-26)26 August 1939
Place of birth	Rocourt, Belgium
Date of death	17 July 2019(2019-07-17) (aged 79)
Place of death	Liège
Position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959–1963	FC Liège
1963–1970	RW Brussels
1970–1973	Winterslag
Managerial career
1971–1976	Winterslag
1976–1979	Standard Liège
1979–1981	Winterslag
1981–1983	Lokeren
1983–1992	FC Liège
1992–1994	Charleroi
1994–1996	Standard Liège
1996	Sporting CP
1997–1999	Charleroi
1999–2002	Belgium
2002	Standard Liège
2004	Algeria
2005	FC Brussels
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

While managing R.F.C. de Liège he helped them win the 1989–90 Belgian Cup.^[1] He became the coach of Belgium before Euro 2000 and led Belgium to the second round at the 2002 World Cup.

He then left the national team, having signed a contract with Standard Liège prior to the 2002 World Cup tournament. After a deceiving start in the Belgian First Division he was fired by the club and replaced by caretaker manager Dominique D'Onofrio. He later managed Algeria. Waseige also managed several other clubs: Winterslag, FC Liège, Lokeren, Charleroi, FC Brussels and Sporting CP in Portugal. As a player, he wore the shirts of FC Liège, RW Brussels and Winterslag. He was for some time a consultant for BeTV, a Belgian private TV channel. He died in a hospital in Liège on 17 July 2019. He was suffering from heart and kidney problems.^[2]

Honours

Player

RW Brussels

• Belgian Second Division: 1964–65^[3]

Player-manager

KFC Winterslag

• Belgian Third Division: 1971–72^[3]

Manager

KFC Winterslag

• Belgian Second Division: 1975–76^[3]

RFC Liège

• Belgian Cup: 1989–90;^[3] runner-up 1986–87^[3]
• Belgian League Cup: 1986

Belgium

• FIFA Fair Play Trophy: 2002 World Cup^[4]

Individual

• Belgian Professional Manager of the Year: 1984–85 (RFC Liège), 1993–94 (Charleroi), 1994–95 (Standard Liège)^[5]