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Gerets played for Rekem, Standard de Liège, AC Milan, MVV Maastricht and PSV Eindhoven, winning among others the 1987-88 European Cup, two Belgian championships and six Dutch championships. Although he was a defender, he was well known for a particular attacking skill: long distance throw-ins. He is with 86 appearances the second most capped player for the Belgium national football team, scoring twice. Royal Standard de Liège, usually referred to as Standard Liège is a Belgian football club from the town of Liège. ... AC Milan is an Italian football club. ... MVV is a Dutch football club from the city of Maastricht, founded in 1902. ... “PSV” redirects here. ... The season 1987-88 of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the first time by PSV Eindhoven on penalties in the final against two-times winners SL Benfica. ... The Belgian First Division, also known as Jupiler League (for sponsorship reasons), is the top competition in Belgian football (soccer). ... The Eredivisie (English: Honorary Division) is the highest football league in the Netherlands. ... A throw-in is a method of restarting play in a game of association football (soccer). ... First international Belgium 3 - 3 France (Brussels, Belgium; 1 May 1904) Biggest win Belgium 9 - 0 Zambia (Brussels, Belgium; 4 June 1994) Belgium 10 - 1 San Marino (Brussels, Belgium; 28 February 2001) Biggest defeat England amateur 11 - 2 Belgium (London, England; 17 April 1909) World Cup Appearances 11 (First in...

As a manager, he worked successively for Lierse SK, Club Brugge, PSV Eindhoven, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, and VfL Wolfsburg before joining Galatasaray SK at the end of the 2004-2005 season. In the season 1996-1997 he won the Belgian championships with Lierse, reprising the feat in the season 1998-1999 with Club Brugge. He won the Dutch championships twice (1999-2000 and 2000-2001) with PSV Eindhoven. In the season 2005-2006, he won the Turkish Premier Super League with Galatasaray SK. In May of 2007, he left the club. K. Lierse S.K. is a Belgian football club, from the town of Lier in Antwerp. ... Club Brugge KV is a football club from Brugge, Belgium. ... “PSV” redirects here. ... 1. ... VfL Wolfsburg is a German sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony which is best known for its football club which currently plays in the countrys first division Bundesliga. ... Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (in English: Galatasaray Sports Club) or Galatasaray SK is a Turkish sports club based in İstanbul which is most famous for its football section. ... The Turkcell Super League (formerly National League, First Football League and First Super League respectively, Turkish: Turkcell Süper Lig) is the top-flight league in Turkish nationwide football, and the most popular sporting competition in the country. ... Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (in English: Galatasaray Sports Club) or Galatasaray SK is a Turkish sports club based in İstanbul which is most famous for its football section. ...

Awards
Preceded by Erwin Vandenbergh	Belgian Golden Shoe 1982	Succeeded by Franky Vercauteren
Sporting positions
Preceded by Hugo Broos	Club Brugge Coach 1997 – 1999	Succeeded by René Verheyen
Preceded by Bobby Robson	PSV Eindhoven Manager 1999 – 2002	Succeeded by Guus Hiddink
Preceded by Gheorghe Hagi	Galatasaray Coach 2005 – 2007	Succeeded by Karl-Heinz Feldkamp / Ahmet Akcan

v • d • e Belgium squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup
	1 Pfaff • 2 Gerets • 3 L. Millecamps • 4 Meeuws • 5 Renquin • 6 Vercauteren • 7 Vandereycken • 8 Van Moer • 9 Vandenbergh • 10 Coeck • 11 Ceulemans • 12 Custers • 13 Van Der Elst • 14 Baecke • 15 De Schrijver • 16 Plessers • 17 Verheyen • 18 Mommens • 19 M. Millecamps • 20 Vandersmissen • 21 Czerniatynski • 22 Munaron • Coach: Thys

v • d • e Belgium squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place
	1 Pfaff • 2 Gerets • 3 F. Van Der Elst • 4 De Wolf • 5 Renquin • 6 Vercauteren • 7 Vandereycken • 8 Scifo • 9 Vandenbergh • 10 Desmet • 11 Ceulemans • 12 Munaron • 13 Grün • 14 Clijsters • 15 L. Van Der Elst • 16 Claesen • 17 Mommens • 18 Veyt • 19 Broos • 20 Bodart • 21 Demol • 22 Vervoort • Coach: Thys

v • d • e Belgium squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup
	1 Preud'homme • 2 Gerets • 3 Albert • 4 Clijsters • 5 Versavel • 6 Emmers • 7 Demol • 8 Van Der Elst • 9 Degryse • 10 Scifo • 11 Ceulemans • 12 Bodart • 13 Grün • 14 Claesen • 15 De Sart • 16 De Wolf • 17 Plovie • 18 Staelens • 19 Van Der Linden • 20 De Wilde • 21 Wilmots • 22 Vervoort • Coach: Thys

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References

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