Yves Vanderhaeghe

Yves Vanderhaeghe

Personal information
Full name	Yves Vanderhaeghe
Date of birth	(1970-01-30) 30 January 1970
Place of birth	Roeselare, Belgium
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1978–1986	Roeselare
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1992	Roeselare	87	(11)
1986–1988	→ Cercle Brugge (loan)	1	(0)
1992–1994	Mouscron	56	(11)
1994–1997	Eendracht Aalst	94	(11)
1998–2000	Mouscron	80	(11)
2000–2006	Anderlecht	150	(10)
2007–2008	Roeselare	11	(0)
Total		479	(54)
International career
1999–2005	Belgium	48	(2)
Managerial career
2008–2014	Kortrijk (assistant)
2014–2015	Kortrijk
2015–2017	Oostende
2017–2018	Gent
2018–	Kortrijk
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yves Vanderhaeghe (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈi vɑndɛrˈɦaːɣə]; born 30 January 1970) is a Belgian retired footballer and manager who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently the manager of KV Kortrijk.

Known for his tackling, hard-working approach and stamina, he played for five clubs during his 22-year professional career, amassing Belgian Pro League totals of 340 games and 32 goals.

A late bloomer, Vanderhaeghe did not reach the Belgian national team until the age of 29, but still went on to collect nearly 50 caps, representing the nation in one World Cup and one European Championship.

Club career

At the age of 16, Vanderhaeghe moved from hometown's K.S.V. Roeselare to Cercle Brugge KSV, on loan, but he only played one game in two seasons. Subsequently, he returned to his first club, playing four years in the Belgian Third Division and two in the second, now with the shirt of R.E. Mouscron.

Vanderhaeghe first established himself in the Pro League with K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst, amassing more than 100 official appearances and adding 11 goals in the league alone. In January 1998 he returned to Mouscron, scoring a career-best eight times in the 1999–2000 campaign as the Wallonia team finished in fourth position, nearly qualifying for the UEFA Cup.

Aged already 30, Vanderhaeghe signed with country giants R.S.C. Anderlecht. In his first two years combined he appeared in 65 matches, helping the Brussels side to the league and the domestic supercup in his debut campaign; in the following years he began to be irregularly used, due to persistent injury problems.

During the winter-break of 2006–07, 37-year-old Vanderhaeghe was told to look for a new club, and he joined another old acquaintance, Roeselaere, by then competing in the first division. He retired in June 2008, later working as assistant manager at K.V. Kortrijk.

On 11 May 2015, Vanderhaeghe was appointed head coach of K.V. Oostende.

Shortly after he was dismissed at Oostende he was appointed as the new manager of Gent, where he stayed for 1 year. On 15 November 2018, Vanderhaeghe became the new manager of Kortrijk, where he started his second term as head coach.

International career

Vanderhaeghe made 48 appearances for Belgium, his debut coming on 30 May 1999 against Peru (in a friendly tournament in Japan) at the age of 29.

Vanderhaeghe represented the nation in UEFA Euro 2000 – played on home soil – and the 2002 FIFA World Cup, totalling seven appearances and helping the country to the round-of-16 in the latter competition (0–2 against eventual winners Brazil). He scored his two only goals for Belgium in the historic 10–1 win against San Marino in Brussels for the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, on 28 February 2001.

Honours

Player

RSC Anderlecht

• Belgian First Division: 2000–01, 2003–04, 2005-06
• Belgian Supercup: 2000, 2001
• Belgian League Cup: 2000
• Belgian Sports Team of the Year: 2000
• Jules Pappaert Cup: 2001

International

Belgium

• FIFA Fair Play Trophy: 2002 World Cup

External links

• Yves Vanderhaeghe at National-Football-Teams.com
• Yves Vanderhaeghe – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Belgium stats at Eu-Football