Marc Wilmots

Marc Wilmots
Marc Wilmots
	Wilmots in 2019
Senator
	In office; 5 June 2003 – 12 July 2007
Constituency	French-speaking electoral college
Personal details
Born	Marc Robert Wilmots; 22 February 1969 (age 55); Jodoigne, Belgium
Political party	Mouvement Réformateur
Height
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1980–1985	CS Jodoigne
1985–1987	Sint-Truiden
Senior career*
Years	Team
1987–1988	Sint-Truiden
1988–1991	Mechelen
1991–1996	Standard Liège
1996–2000	Schalke 04
2000–2001	Bordeaux
2001–2003	Schalke 04
Total
International career
1986–1987	Belgium U19
1987–1989	Belgium U21
1990–2002	Belgium
Managerial career
2003	Schalke 04 (interim)
2004–2005	Sint-Truiden
2009–2012	Belgium (assistant)
2012–2016	Belgium
2017	Ivory Coast
2019	Iran
2021–2022	Raja CA
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marc Robert Wilmots (born 22 February 1969) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who is the sporting director of Schalke 04.

During his club career as an attacking midfielder, he won trophies with KV Mechelen, Standard Liège and Schalke 04. He represented the Belgium national team, earning 70 caps. He was in the Belgium squad for the 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002 World Cups, as well as the 2000 Euro which Belgium hosted jointly with the Netherlands.

Wilmots has also been a politician, having sat in the Senate for four years for the Mouvement Réformateur party.^[1]

^ "Marc Wilmots - MR". senate.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 May 2019.

[1] "Marc Wilmots - MR". senate.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 May 2019.

[1]