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.

Career statistics

Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupEuropeTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSint-Truiden1987–88309000010319Mechelen1988–893040000623661989–90251000004029101990–91328000020348Total872200001229924Standard Liège1991–92331000000033101992–93252200006231241993–94281100004332141994–95241000000024101995–9626140000002614Total13667000010514672Schalke 041996–97296210011642131997–9831721007240101998–991211000211521999–2000327200000347Total10421720020913132Bordeaux2000–013082110523811Schalke 042001–022466000303362002–03100100031141Total346700061477Career total421133163105419492155

International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsBelgium199040199160199274199334199440199500199610199731199894199963200092200196200294Total7028

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

+ List of international goals scored by Marc WilmotsNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1  25 March 1992  Parc des Princes, Paris, France   3–2 3–3  Friendly2  22 April 1992  Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, Belgium   1–0 1–0  1994 World Cup qualification3 3 June 1992 Svangaskarð, Toftir, Iceland  2–0 3–0 1994 World Cup qualification4 3–05 22 May 1993 Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  1–0 3–0 1994 World Cup qualification6 3–07 6 October 1993 Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  1–1 2–1 Friendly8 2–19  11 October 1997  King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium   3–0 3–2  1998 World Cup qualification10  25 March 1998  King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium   2–1 2–2  Friendly11  3 June 1998  King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium   2–0 2–0  Friendly12 20 June 1998 Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux, France  1–0 2–2 1998 World Cup13 2–014  18 August 1999  Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium   2–3 3–4  Friendly15  4 September 1999  De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands   4–3 5–5  Friendly16  13 November 1999  Stadio Via del Mare, Lecce, Italy   2–1 3–1  Friendly17  3 June 2000  Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark   2–2 2–2  Friendly18  7 October 2000  Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia   1–0 4–0  2002 World Cup qualification19  28 February 2001  King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium   7–0 10–1  2002 World Cup qualification20  24 March 2001  Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland   1–2 2–2  2002 World Cup qualification21  2 June 2001  King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium   1–0 3–1  2002 World Cup qualification22 6 June 2001 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino  1–0 4–1 2002 World Cup qualification23 4–124  14 November 2001  Letna Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic   1–0 1–0  2002 World Cup qualification25  18 May 2002  Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France   2–1 2–1  Friendly26  4 June 2002  Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan   1–0 2–2  2002 World Cup27  10 June 2002  Ōita Big Eye Stadium, Ōita, Japan   1–0 1–1  2002 World Cup28  14 June 2002  Shizuoka Ecopa Stadium, Shizuoka, Japan   3–1 3–2  2002 World Cup

Managerial statistics

TeamFromToCompetitionRecordSchalke 0426 March 200330 June 2003BundesligaTotalSint-Truiden1 July 200420 February 2005Belgian Pro LeagueBelgian CupTotalBelgium15 May 201215 July 2016CompetitiveFriendliesTotalIvory Coast21 March 201715 November 2017CompetitiveFriendliesTotalIran	1 June 2019	6 December 2019Competitive	
	Friendlies	
	Total	Career totalsLeagueCupCompetitiveFriendliesTotal

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: 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

 References 

Category:1964 births
Category:Living people
Category:Belgian footballers
Category:Sportspeople from Antwerp