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Franky Van Der Elst (born April 30, 1961 in Opwijk, Belgium) is a
former football player and now manager. He was named by Pelé as one of the top 125
greatest living footballers in March 2004.
Van Der Elst started his professional career at RWDM playing as a defensive
midfielder.
In 1982 he earned his first call up for Belgium. In 1984 he moved
to Club Brugge and stayed there until he finished his career in 1999.
He won the Golden Shoe twice in his career, which is quite
remarkable for a defensive midfielder. He also appeared in four World Cups from
1986 to 1998. Van Der Elst never scored many goals, when he scored his first and
only goal for Belgium against Norway he could hardly believe it.
After his career as a player he was appointed as manager at Germinal Beerschot
Antwerpen.
After 4 relatively successful years he was replaced by Marc Brys.
He joined Lokeren but only stayed one season.
In 2005 he finally return to 'his' Club Brugge as an assistant. He
joined his former teammates and good friends Jan Ceulemans, Marc Degryse, Dany
Verlinden and René Verheyen. Van Der Elst stayed at Brugge when Verheyen and
Ceulemans were fired in 2006.
He eventually was fired in 2007 together with coach Emilio
Ferrera.
He is viewed by many as one of Belgium's greatest football players ever and is a
club legend with Club Brugge.
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