Michel Preud'homme

Michel Preud'homme
Preud'homme in 2008
Personal information
Full name Michel Georges Jean Ghislain Preud'homme[1]
Date of birth (1959-01-24) 24 January 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth Ougrée, Belgium
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Standard Liège (vice-president & sports director)
Youth career
1969–1977 Standard Liège
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1986 Standard Liège 240 (0)
1986–1994 Mechelen 263 (0)
1994–1999 Benfica 147 (0)
Total 650 (0)
International career
1979–1994 Belgium 58 (0)
Managerial career
2001–2002 Standard Liège
2006–2008 Standard Liège
2008–2010 Gent
2010–2011 Twente
2011–2013 Al-Shabab
2013–2017 Club Brugge
2018–2020 Standard Liège
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up 1980 Italy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michel Georges Jean Ghislain Preud'homme (born 24 January 1959) is a Belgian retired footballer and manager who played as a goalkeeper. Currently, he is vice-president and sports director at Standard Liège.

He was considered one of the world's best and most consistent goalkeepers during his professional career;[2] he was the first winner of the Yashin Award as the best goalkeeper at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

At club level, Preud'homme played for Standard Liège, Mechelen and Benfica. With Mechelen, he won the Belgian Cup in 1987, the Cup Winner's Cup and the European Super Cup in 1988 and the Belgian league title in 1989. He also won the Portuguese Cup with Benfica in 1996. He retired as a player in 1999, aged 40. For Belgium, Preud'homme was capped 58 times, from 1979 to 1994. Other than the 1994 World Cup, he also played in the 1990 tournament.[3]

  1. ^ "Michel Preud'homme". 16 November 2012. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Courtois flying high for club and country". FIFA.com. 9 June 2013. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  3. ^ Michel PreudhommeFIFA competition record (archived)

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