Franky Vercauteren

Quick Facts

Full Name	Franky Vercauteren
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Oct 28, 1956(1956-10-28)
Age	68
Birthplace	Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
Country	Belgium
Horoscope	Libra

Franky Vercauteren Biography

Franky Vercauteren is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on October 28, 1956 in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Belgium. Francois Vercauteren (born 28 October 1956) known as “The Little Prince”, is an Belgian ex-footballer, who was an winger on the left. He is the manager of Anderlecht.

Anderlecht later hired Aime Anthuenis as manager Aime Anthuenis was then appointed manager, and Vercauteren was appointed assistant again. Following the departure of the coach Hugo Broos (the successor of Anthuenis) was fired on February 5, 2005. Vercauteren was appointed the new manager . He also won two times at the Belgian Championship. On the 12th of November, 2007, following several poor and inconsistent performances, Vercauteren and Anderlecht parted team, and assistant coach Ariel Jacobs taking over until the final game of the season.

On 8 August 2011, Vercauteren signed a contract as head coach of Emirati side Al Jazira Club. On 11 March 2012, Al Jazira announced that they had parted company with Vercauteren. They stated the reason behind the controversial exit of Vercauteren was because he was not getting on with the players. On the same day, he was replaced by Caio Júnior.

Vercauteren joined Sporting CP in November 2012, but was sacked after two months, with the club winning just two games during his tenure.

In the final stages the playing season Vercauteren was appointed trainer for the team’s youth of C.S. Braine C.S. Braine, a tiny club located in Walloon Brabant. The following year his move to KV Mechelen where he began training the youth teamand later the first team in 1997-98. After the conclusion of this season, he joined as the assistant manager of his initial club as an athlete, Anderlecht. He was appointed manager alongside his colleague Jean Dockx in the 1998-99 season following a poor start for the manager Arie Haan (Anderlecht dropped to 18th position and the last one at the very beginning in the campaign). Both players were able to secure a pleasant 1-6 victory at Sclessin against their old rival Standard Liege and a 2-5 win in Genk and then returned to the European positions.

Franky Vercauteren Net Worth

Franky Vercauteren is one of the richest Association Football Player from Belgium. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Franky Vercauteren 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Vercauteren made his first team debut for Anderlecht in 1975 against Racing Mechelen, replacing Gilbert Van Binst. A double operation in the month of October 1975 and January 1976 but later, reduced his progress. Vercauteren took home five European titles in association with Anderlecht (two European Cup Winners Cups and one UEFA Cup and two European Supercups). He also was the winner of the two Belgian Cups, four Belgian Championship titles, and the Belgian Supercup twice. The year 1987 saw him was a part of Nantes at France and then returned in Belgium 3 years after to join Molenbeek until 1993. At Nantes, Vercauteren finished twice the tournament with the most assists.

Vercauteren was a part of 63 games for Vercauteren played 63 times for the Belgium the national side. The team was part of the team that finished fourth in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, and was also a part of the 1982 World Cup and at UEFA Euro 1984. Although he made his debut for the national team on November 16, 1977 (a defeat of 3-0 to the Northern Ireland national football team) He was not selected for Euro 1980, where Belgium was runner-up in the competition against West Germany.

From 9 April 2009 to 10 September 2009, Vercauteren served as caretaker manager for the Belgium national team, resigning after Belgium’s defeat to Armenia on 9 September 2009; he was replaced by the Dutchman Dick Advocaat. On 3 December 2009, Vercauteren signed a contract as head coach for Genk. On 17 May 2011, he celebrated winning the 2010–11 Belgian Pro League championship with Genk after a 1–1 home draw against Standard Liège. He also won the 2011 Belgian Super Cup over Standard, and led his club into the qualifying play-off for the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League.

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Franky Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Belgium. Franky Vercauteren celebrates birthday on October 28 of every year.