Georges Heylens

Belgian footballer

Georges Heylens
Personal information
Heylens in 1967
Date of birth	(1941-08-08) 8 August 1941 (age 82)
Place of birth	Etterbeek, Belgium
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)^[1]
Position(s)	Right-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1960–1973	Anderlecht
International career
1961–1973	Belgium	67	(0)
Managerial career
1973–1975	Union SG
1975–1977	K.V. Kortrijk
1978–1983	Eendracht Aalst
1983–1984	R.F.C. Seraing
1984–1989	Lille
1989–1990	K. Beerschot V.A.C.
1990–1992	Charleroi
1993–1995	R.F.C. Seraing
1995–1996	Gençlerbirliği
1996–1997	K.V. Mechelen
1997–2001	Armée Royale Belge
2001–2003	FC Athois
2003–2004	R. Léopold Uccle Forestoise
2009–	U.R. Namur
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Georges Heylens (born 8 August 1941) is a Belgian former footballer who played as a right-back for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the Belgium national team. He took part in the match between Belgium and the Netherlands in 1964, with 10 teammates from the Anderlecht team, after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by Jean-Marie Trappeniers. As an attacking right-back he played in all three games at the Mexico World Cup at which time he reached his 50th International appearance. He now appears as a football consultant in papers or on TV.

Honours

Player

Anderlecht

Belgian First Division: 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1971–72
Belgian Cup: 1964–65, 1971–72, 1972–73
Belgian League Cup: 1973
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup runner-up: 1969–70

Belgium

UEFA Euro third place: 1972

Manager

Individual

Belgian Professional Manager of the Year: 1983–1984

References

^ Georges Heylens at WorldFootball.net

External links

Georges Heylens at WorldFootball.net
Georges Heylens at FBref.com
Georges Heylens at the Royal Belgian Football Association

Belgium squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup

1 Piot
2 Heylens
3 Thissen
4 Dewalque
5 Jeck
6 Dockx
7 Semmeling
8 Van Moer
9 Devrindt
10 Van Himst (c)
11 Puis
12 Trappeniers
13 Beurlet
14 Martens
15 Vandendaele
16 Polleunis
17 Verheyen
18 Lambert
19 Carteus
20 Peeters
21 Janssens
22 Duquesne
Coach: Goethals

v t e Belgium squad – UEFA Euro 1972 third place
GK Piot GK Sanders DF Dockx DF Dolmans DF Heylens DF Martens DF Thissen DF Van Binst MF Semmeling MF Thio MF Vandendaele MF Verheyen FW Janssens FW Lambert FW Polleunis FW Teugels FW Van Himst (c) Coach: Goethals

v t e Belgian Professional Manager of the Year
1982–83: Van Himst 1983–84: Heylens 1984–85: Waseige 1985–86: Haesaert 1986–87: De Mos 1987–88: Keßler 1988–89: De Mos 1989–90: Leekens 1990–91: Vandereycken 1991–92: Broos 1992–93: Meeuws 1993–94: Waseige 1994–95: Waseige 1995–96: Broos 1996–97: Gerets 1997–98: Gerets 1998–99: Anthuenis 1999–2000: Anthuenis 2000–01: Anthuenis 2001–02: Vergoossen 2002–03: Sollied 2003–04: Broos 2004–05: Sollied 2005–06: Dury 2006–07: Broos 2007–08: Preud'homme 2008–09: Bölöni 2009–10: Jacobs 2010–11: Vercauteren 2011–12: Vanhaezebrouck 2012–13: Dury 2013–14: Maes 2014–15: Preud'homme 2015–16: Preud'homme 2016–17: Weiler 2017–18: Leko 2018–19: Clement 2019–20: not awarded 2020–21: Blessin 2021–22: Mazzù 2022–23: Van Bommel

Belgian Professional Manager of the Year

Managerial positions

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise – managers

Romdenne (1905–11)
Griffiths (1922–23)
Griffiths (1933–35)
Grumeau (1943–47)
Aitken (1947–48)
Vandewyer (1948–59)
Delfour (1962–64)
Vanden Eynde (1964–65)
Riou (1965–66)
Week (1967–68)
Thys (1969–73)
Heylens (1973–75)
De Temmerman (1988–92)
Thissen (a.i.) (1992)
Fazekas (1992–93)
Renders (1993–95)
Jagiello (1995–96)
Schmit (a.i.) (1996)
Van Ginderachter (1996–97)
Smets (1997–99)
Crahay (1999–2003)
Urbain (2003–05)
Tshupula (2005–06)
Czerniatynski (2006–07)
Mommaert (2007–08)
Urbain (2008–09)
Van den Bossche (a.i.) (2009)
Miceli (a.i.) (2009)
Landi (2009)
Kovács (2009–10)
Brogno (2010–12)
Oriolo (a.i.) (2012)
Wuyts (a.i.) (2012)
De Cock (2012)
Wouters (2012–13)
De Cock (2013)
Vande Velde (2013)
Vanmelkebeke (a.i.) (2013–14)
Urbain (a.i.) (2014)
Brnčić (2014–15)
Grosjean (2015–18)
Elsner (2018–19)
Christiansen (2019–20)
Mazzù (2020–22)
Geraerts (2022–23)
Blessin (2023–)

K.V. Kortrijk – managers

Van Maldeghem & Maddens (1971–73)
Van Maldeghem & Maes (1973–75)
Heylens (1975–77)
Brnčić (1977–78)
Mertens (1978–79)
Houwaart (1979–83)
Reijers (1983–84)
Van Maldeghem (1984–85)
Davidovic (1985–86)
Koudijzer (1986–87)
Grijzenhout (1987)
Kinsabil (1987–88)
Leekens (1988–89)
Houwaart (1989–90)
Desaeyere (1990–91)
Braem (1991–92)
Boskamp (1992–93)
Janssens (1993)
Storme (1993–94)
Van Geem (1994–95)
Van Acker (1995–98)
De Wolf (1998–99)
Vanderschommen (1999)
Kinsabil (1999–2000)
Laverge (2000–01)
Braem (2001–02)
Dekenne (2002)
Braem (2002–03)
Nijskens (2003)
Ferrera (2003–04)
Verkempinck (2004)
Ferrera (2004–06)
Vanhaezebrouck (2006–09)
Leekens (2009–10)
Vanhaezebrouck (2010–14)
Vanderhaeghe (2014–15)
Walem (2015–16)
Belhocine (2016)
De Wilde (2016)
Belhocine (2016)
Van Lancker (2016–17)
Belhocine (2017)
Anastasiou (2017)
De Boeck (2017–18)
Vanderhaeghe (2018–21)
Elsner (2021)
Belhocine (2021–22)
Čustović (2022)
Storck (2022–23)
Still (2023)
Akpala (a.i.) (2023)
De Boeck (2023)
Akpala (a.i.) (2023)
Alexandersson (2024–)

Lille OSC – managers

Berry (1944–46)
Cheuva (1946–58)
Delepaut (1958–59)
Vandooren (1959–61)
Baratte (1961–62)
Poitevin (1962–63)
Bigot (1963–66)
Langrand (1966–69)
Jadrejak (1969–70)
Gardien (1970–73)
Peyroche (1973–76)
Samoy (1976–77)
Arribas (1977–82)
Dos Santos (1982–84)
Heylens (1984–89)
Santini (1989–92)
Metsu (1992–93)
Kasperczak (1993)
Mankowski (1993–94)
Fernandez (1994–95)
Cavalli (1995–97)
Gauthier & Samoy (1997)
Froger (1997–98)
Halilhodžić (1998–2001)
Baronchelli (2001–02)
Halilhodžić (2002)
Puel (2002–08)
Garcia (2008–13)
Girard (2013–15)
Renard (2015)
Collot^c (2015)
Antonetti (2015–16)
Collot^c (2016–17)
Passi^c (2017)
Bielsa (2017)
Sacramento^c (2017)
Galtier (2017–21)
Gourvennec (2021–22)
Fonseca (2022–)

v t e Beerschot AC managers
K. Beerschot V.A.C. managers	Bingley (1913–14) Janssens (1914–18) Valence (1918–20) Delausnay (1920–23) Dick (1923–29) Pelsmaecker (1929–31) Roberts (1931–36) Wesely (1936–42) Janssens (1942–46) Copping (1946–47) Stijnen (1947–52) Gommers (1952–53) Jones (1953–55) Berkessy (1955–57) Ratinckx (1957) De Vos (1957–60) Sarosi (1960–61) D'Hollander (1961–62) Béres (1962–66) Van Boxelaer (1966–67) Van Beneden (1967–69) Vliers (1969–70) Béres (1970–72) Geeraerts (1972–74) Nollet (1974) Coppens (1974–78) Geeraerts (1978) Knobel (1978–79) Novák (1979–80) Knobel (1980) Nollet (1980–82) Coppens (1982–84) Nasdalla (1984) Koudijzer (1984–86) Davidovic (1986–87) Smolders (1987–88) Hughes (1988–89) Heylens (1989–90) Koudijzer (1990–91) Kuusela (1991) Mallants (1991–92) Desaeyere (1992–95) Peeters (1995–96) Storme (1996–97) Hulshoff (1997) Noë (1997–99)
K.F.C. Germinal Ekeren managers	Beers (1988–90) Desaeyere (1990) Haesaert (1990–93) Anthuenis (1993–94) Helleputte (1994–96) Gzil (1996–97) Helleputte (1997–99)
K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot managers	Van der Elst (1999–2003) Brys (2003–05) Daerden (2005–06) Brys (2006–07) Van Veldhoven (2007–08) Anthuenis (2008–09) Daerden (2009–10) De Boeck (2010) Mathijssen (2010–11)
Beerschot AC managers	Mathijssen (2011–12) Koster (2012) De Corte (2012–13) Mathijssen (2013)