Marc Van Der Linden

**Marc Angéle Vanderlinden** or _ Marc Van Der Linden_  (born 4 February 1964 in Antwerp, Belgium) is a Belgian former football player.

He began his career at his hometown team of SC Merksem. In 1982 he played for Royal Antwerp. In 1989, after seven seasons with the team, he moved to R.S.C. Anderlecht. He then joined K.A.A. Two years later he joined Gent. In 1995 he moved to Israel to play for Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion F.C. Then he played for Hapoel Herzliya F.C. In 1997 he returned to his original club. Van der Linden continued to play for Merksem until 2002 when he retired. He also played 19 times for the Belgium national football team, scoring nine goals. Van der Linden also appeared in the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="2"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Sint-Truiden|1987–88|30|9|0|0|0|0|1|0|31|9|||
|rowspan="4"|Mechelen|1988–89|30|4|0|0|0|0|6|2|36|6||
|1989–90|25|10|0|0|0|0|4|0|29|10||||
|1990–91|32|8|0|0|0|0|2|0|34|8||||
|rowspan="6"|Standard Liège|1991–92|33|10|0|0|0|0|0|0|33|10||
|1992–93|25|22|0|0|0|0|6|2|31|24||||
|1993–94|28|11|0|0|0|0|4|3|32|14||||
|1994–95|24|10|0|0|0|0|0|0|24|10||||
|1995–96|26|14|0|0|0|0|0|0|26|14||||
|rowspan="5"|Schalke 04|1996–97|29|6|2|1|0|0|11|6|42|13||
|1997–98|31|7|2|1|0|0|7|2|40|10||||
|1998–99|12|1|1|0|0|0|2|1|15|2||||
|1999–2000|32|7|2|0|0|0|0|0|34|7||||
|Bordeaux|2000–01|30|8|2|1|1|0|5|2|38|11|||
|rowspan="3"|Schalke 04|2001–02|24|6|6|0|0|0|3|0|33|6||
|2002–03|10|0|1|0|0|0|3|1|14|1||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="13"|Belgium|1990|4|0|
|1991|6|0|||
|1992|7|4|||
|1993|3|4|||
|1994|4|0|||
|1995|0|0|||
|1996|1|0|||
|1997|3|1|||
|1998|9|4|||
|1999|6|3|||
|2000|9|2|||
|2001|9|6|||
|2002|9|4|||

- _Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wilmots goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|25 March 1992|Parc des Princes, Paris, France||3–2|3–3|Friendly||||||||
|2|22 April 1992|Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, Belgium||1–0|1–0|1994 World Cup qualification||||||||
|3|3 June 1992|Svangaskarð, Toftir, Iceland||2–0|3–0|1994 World Cup qualification||||||||
|4|3–0|||||||||||||
|5|22 May 1993|Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, Belgium||1–0|3–0|1994 World Cup qualification||||||||
|6|3–0|||||||||||||
|7|6 October 1993|Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, Belgium||1–1|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|8|2–1|||||||||||||
|9|11 October 1997|King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium||3–0|3–2|1998 World Cup qualification||||||||
|10|25 March 1998|King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium||2–1|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|11|3 June 1998|King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium||2–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|12|20 June 1998|Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux, France||1–0|2–2|1998 World Cup||||||||
|13|2–0|||||||||||||
|14|18 August 1999|Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium||2–3|3–4|Friendly||||||||
|15|4 September 1999|De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands||4–3|5–5|Friendly||||||||
|16|13 November 1999|Stadio Via del Mare, Lecce, Italy||2–1|3–1|Friendly||||||||
|17|3 June 2000|Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark||2–2|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|18|7 October 2000|Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia||1–0|4–0|2002 World Cup qualification||||||||
|19|28 February 2001|King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium||7–0|10–1|2002 World Cup qualification||||||||
|20|24 March 2001|Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland||1–2|2–2|2002 World Cup qualification||||||||
|21|2 June 2001|King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium||1–0|3–1|2002 World Cup qualification||||||||
|22|6 June 2001|Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino||1–0|4–1|2002 World Cup qualification||||||||
|23|4–1|||||||||||||
|24|14 November 2001|Letna Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic||1–0|1–0|2002 World Cup qualification||||||||
|25|18 May 2002|Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France||2–1|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|26|4 June 2002|Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan||1–0|2–2|2002 World Cup||||||||
|27|10 June 2002|Ōita Big Eye Stadium, Ōita, Japan||1–0|1–1|2002 World Cup||||||||
|28|14 June 2002|Shizuoka Ecopa Stadium, Shizuoka, Japan||3–1|3–2|2002 World Cup||||||||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|rowspan="2"|Competition|colspan="8"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|Schalke 04|rowspan="2"|26 March 2003|rowspan="2"|30 June 2003|Bundesliga||||
|rowspan="3"|Sint-Truiden|rowspan="3"|1 July 2004|rowspan="3"|20 February 2005|Belgian Pro League||||
|Belgian Cup||||||||||
|rowspan="3"|Belgium|rowspan="3"|15 May 2012|rowspan="3"|15 July 2016|Competitive||||
|Friendlies||||||||||
|rowspan="3"|Ivory Coast|rowspan="3"|21 March 2017|rowspan="3"|15 November 2017|Competitive||||
|Friendlies||||||||||
|rowspan="3"|Iran|rowspan="3"|1 June 2019|rowspan="3"|6 December 2019|Competitive||||
|Friendlies||||||||||

### 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: runner-up 1996

**Schalke 04**
- UEFA Cup: 1996–97
- DFB-Pokal: 2001–02

**Belgium**
- FIFA Fair Play Trophy: 2002 World Cup

### Individual

- Young Professional Footballer of the Year: 1989–90
- Kicker German Football Rankings - International Class Player_:_ 1997–98, 2001-02****
- Best Belgian Footballer Abroad: 2001, 2002
- Belgian Sports Merit Award: 2002
- Golden Shoe Lifetime Achievement Award: 2002
- 4 FIFA World Cup participations: 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002
- Belgian Sports Coach of the Year: 2013, 2014
- Raymond Goethals Award: 2015
- Globe Soccer Awards Best Coach of the Year: 2015

## Infobox (football biography)

- **embed**: yes
- **header-color**: lavender
- **height**: 1.84 m
- **position**: Attacking midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1980–1985
- **youthclubs1**: CS Jodoigne
- **youthyears2**: 1985–1987
- **youthclubs2**: K. Sint-Truidense V.V., Sint-Truiden
- **years1**: 1987–1988
- **clubs1**: K. Sint-Truidense V.V., Sint-Truiden
- **caps1**: 30
- **goals1**: 9
- **years2**: 1988–1991
- **clubs2**: KV Mechelen, Mechelen
- **caps2**: 87
- **goals2**: 22
- **years3**: 1991–1996
- **clubs3**: Standard Liège
- **caps3**: 136
- **goals3**: 67
- **years4**: 1996–2000
- **clubs4**: FC Schalke 04, Schalke 04
- **caps4**: 104
- **goals4**: 21
- **years5**: 2000–2001
- **clubs5**: FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
- **caps5**: 30
- **goals5**: 8
- **years6**: 2001–2003
- **clubs6**: FC Schalke 04, Schalke 04
- **caps6**: 34
- **goals6**: 6
- **totalcaps**: 421
- **totalgoals**: 133
- **nationalyears1**: 1986–1987
- **nationalteam1**: Belgium national under-19 football team, Belgium U19
- **nationalcaps1**: 9
- **nationalgoals1**: 3
- **nationalyears2**: 1987–1989
- **nationalteam2**: Belgium national under-21 football team, Belgium U21
- **nationalcaps2**: 9
- **nationalgoals2**: 6
- **nationalyears3**: 1990–2002
- **nationalteam3**: Belgium national football team, Belgium
- **nationalcaps3**: 70
- **nationalgoals3**: 28
- **manageryears1**: 2003
- **managerclubs1**: FC Schalke 04, Schalke 04 (interim)
- **manageryears2**: 2004–2005
- **managerclubs2**: K. Sint-Truidense V.V., Sint-Truiden
- **manageryears3**: 2009–2012
- **managerclubs3**: Belgium national football team, Belgium (assistant)
- **manageryears4**: 2012–2016
- **managerclubs4**: Belgium national football team, Belgium
- **manageryears5**: 2017
- **managerclubs5**: Ivory Coast national football team, Ivory Coast
- **manageryears6**: 2019
- **managerclubs6**: Iran national football team, Iran
- **manageryears7**: 2021–2022
- **managerclubs7**: Raja CA


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Marc Wilmots
- **image**: Marc Wilmots 20190913 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Wilmots in 2019
- **birth name**: Marc Robert Wilmots
- **birth place**: Jodoigne, Belgium
- **office**: Belgian Senate, Senator
- **term start**: 5 June 2003
- **term end**: 12 July 2007
- **constituency**: French-speaking electoral college
- **party**: Mouvement Réformateur