Walter Meeuws

Walter Meeuws (born 11 July 1951) is a Belgian former football player and manager.

Playing career During his career Meeuws played for K. Beerschot V.A.C., Club Brugge, Standard Liège, Ajax, K.V. Mechelen. He earned 46 caps for the Belgium national team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1980 and the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

After retiring from playing, he has been working as a manager, including a stint as the national team manager from 1989 to 1990.

As a player, he won four championships, two with Standard in Belgium, one with Bruges in Belgium and one with Ajax in the Netherlands. He also won two cups and played the final of the European Championship with Belgium in Italy in 1980. He is considered one of the best Belgian defenders ever.

Managerial career As a manager, Meeuws won three cups with Lierse S.K., FC Antwerp and FAR Rabat (2009), one Supercup with Lierse, and was runner-up in the African Champions League Final with Raja Casablanca and also runner-up with Antwerp in the final of the European Cup-Winners Cup in 1993 at Wembley. He is the last manager ever that reached a European Final with a Belgian Team.

Honours

Player Club Brugge Belgian First Division: 1979–80 Belgian Supercup: 1980 Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer: 1981 Jules Pappaert Cup: 1978

Standard de Liège Belgian First Division: 1981–82, 1982–83 Belgian Supercup: 1981, 1983 European Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1981–82 Intertoto Cup Group: 1982

Ajax Amsterdam Eredivisie: 1984–85

KV Mechelen Belgian Cup: 1986–87

Belgium UEFA European Championship runner-up: 1980 Belgian Sports Merit Award: 1980

Manager Royal Antwerp Belgian Cup: 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1992–93

Lierse Belgian Cup: 1998–99 Belgian Super Cup: 1999

Raja de Casablanca CAF Champions League runner-up: 2002

FAR Rabat Moroccan Throne Cup: 2009

Individual Belgian Professional Manager of the Year: 1992–93