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Marc Wilmots played for which team from 1987 to 1989?
Marc Wilmots Marc Robert Wilmots ( born 22 February 1969 ) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who most recently managed the Iran national team . During his club career as attacking midfielder , he won trophies with KV Mechelen , Standard Liège and Schalke 04 . He also represented the Belgium national team . Wilmots has also been a politician , having sat in the Senate for four years for the Mouvement Réformateur party . Club career . In his club career , which started in 1987 , Wilmots played for Sint-Truiden , Mechelen , Standard Liège , Schalke 04 , and Bordeaux . At Schalke , he helped them to the 1997 UEFA Cup Final . His goal in the first leg was cancelled out by Internazionale in the second leg , but Schalke went on to win the game on penalties , with Wilmots scoring the decisive goal . He retired in 2003 , after his second stint with Schalke . During his time with Schalke , the fans there gave him the affectionate nickname Das Kampfschwein ( The War Pig ) , which has been picked up by some English language journalists . In Belgium he is known under the nickname the Bull of Dongelberg , an allusion to his birthplace . International career . For Belgium , Wilmots scored 28 goals in 70 caps , his first coming in May 1990 . He went to four World Cups , playing in three . After being an unused substitute in 1990 , he played 54 minutes in 1994 without scoring , but scored two goals in 1998 and three in 2002 , making him Belgiums leading goal scorer in World Cup history . He also scored a goal against Brazil in the last 16 match of the 2002 World Cup which was disallowed because of a phantom foul on Roque Júnior . According to Wilmots , the referee Peter Prendergast apologized for the error to him at half time . Wilmots was named as one of the seven reserves in the 2002 World Cup All-Star Team . Wilmots also played in Euro 2000 , when Belgium co-hosted the tournament . Managerial career . Wilmots became a football manager in summer 2004 for Sint-Truiden , but was sacked in February 2005 . Between 2009 and 2012 , he served as assistant manager of the Belgium national team under Dick Advocaat and later Georges Leekens . On 15 May 2012 , following the exit of Leekens , Wilmots assumed the Belgium reins on an interim basis before going onto become permanent coach , signing a contract until June 2014 . On 11 October 2013 , Belgium qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup . Wilmots is credited with not only giving the young group confidence in themselves as well as enjoying a close relationship with his players but also at the same time being capable of instilling discipline to the squad . During the group stage , Belgium topped the group with all three wins , before exiting the tournament at the quarter-final stage . On 13 October 2015 , Belgium won the group to qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016 in the last game of the stage against Israel . After a disappointing European Championship , Wilmots was fired by the Royal Belgian Football Association on 15 July 2016 . In March 2017 Wilmots was appointed as the manager of Ivory Coast national team . However he was sacked from his position six months later after failing to qualify for the World Cup . On 15 May 2019 , Wilmots agreed a three years contract to become the manager of the Iranian national team , after Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz left the team after eight years in charge following Irans semifinal exit in the Asian Cup . He officially signed his contract on 29 May , effective from 1 June 2019 . On 4 December 2019 , he resigned from his position as Iran coach . Political career . After retiring as a footballer , Wilmots went into politics . He was elected to the Senate for the French-speaking conservative party , the Reformist Movement ( Mouvement Réformateur or MR ) in the 2003 federal election . He received 79,437 votes , a number surpassed only by 17 other candidates in the whole country during the elections . His political career is not considered very successful . In 2005 , he announced that he wanted to resign as a senator , a rather unconventional and criticized constitutional move . Honours . Player . KV Mechelen - Belgian First Division : 1988–89 - European Super Cup : 1988 - Amsterdam Tournament : 1989 - Jules Pappaert Cup : 1990 Standard Liège - Belgian Cup : 1992–93 - Intertoto Cup : 1996 ( runner-up ) Schalke 04 - UEFA Cup : 1996–97 - DFP Bokal : 2001-02 International . Belgium . - FIFA Fair Play Trophy : 2002 World Cup Individual . Player . - Young Professional Footballer of the Year : 1989-90 - : 2001 , 2002 - Belgian Sports Merit Award : 2002 - Golden Shoe Lifetime Achievement Award : 2002 - 4 FIFA World Cup participations : 1990 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 Manager - : 2013 , 2014 - : 2015 - Globe Soccer Awards Best Coach of the Year : 2015