Jump to content

André Van Maldeghem

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

André Van Maldeghem
Personal information
Date of birth (1937-10-19)19 October 1937
Place of birth Deinze, Belgium
Date of death 17 March 2024(2024-03-17) (aged 86)
Place of death Deinze, Belgium
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
–1954 Deinze
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954– Deinze (23)
1966–1971 Waregem
1971–1972 Kortrijk
Managerial career
1969–1970 Waregem
1971–1975 Kortrijk
1975–1979 Waregem
1980–1983 Harelbeke
1984–1985 Kortrijk
1985–1988 Harelbeke
1989 Eendracht Aalst
1990–1995 Mouscron
1995–1996 Waregem
1996–1997 Waregem
1998–2000 Hamme
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

André Van Maldeghem (19 October 1937 – 17 March 2024) was a Belgian football player and coach.

Career

[edit]

Van Maldeghem was born in Deinze. Van Maldeghem started his football career in the youth ranks at SK Deinze. He joined the K.M.S.K. Deinze first team in 1954 and scored 23 goals that season. Van Maldeghem later transferred to SV Waregem. He played there for five years.[1] At SV Waregem, he played as a defender and later became the leader of the team. Van Maldeghem played for SV Waregem until 1971. He played at KV Kortrijk for a year and retired in 1972.

Van Maldeghem later worked as a sports monitor for the Belgian army at the airbase in Gavere. In 1980, he was appointed a coach at KRC Harelbeke and coached the team until 1988. Van Maldeghem coached SV Waregem for more than four seasons, the last of which was in the 1996–97 season.[2] He coached Mouscron between 1990 and 1995.[3] Van Maldeghem was the coach of KV Kortrijk for six years and he returned to the club during the 1983–84 season, after eight years. He stayed there until c. 1985.[4] Van Maldeghem later coached at the RFBA and at the national team.[5]

Personal life and death

[edit]

Van Maldeghem died at a nursing home in Petegem-aan-de-leie, on the night of 16 to 17 March 2024, at the age of 86. He had been ill for several months, and was survived by two children.[1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "André Van Maldeghem (86) overleden: "Hij ademde voetbal en reisde voor zijn sport de wereld rond"". Het Nieuwsblad Mobile (in Flemish). 17 March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  2. ^ Block, Erik De (17 March 2024). "Ex-voetbaltrainer André Van Maldeghem (86) overleden". KW.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  3. ^ "André Van Maldeghem, ancien entraîneur de l'Excelsior Mouscron, est mort". Le Soir (in French). 17 March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Eerste KVK-trainer André Van Maldeghem overleden". KV Kortrijk (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Zuid-West-Vlaamse voetbalwereld in rouw na overlijden André Van Maldeghem (86): "Als speler zag je al een trainer in hem"". Het Nieuwsblad Mobile (in Flemish). 17 March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.