Yashin Award winner - 1994 world cup :
Michel Preud'homme
He was considered one of the world's best goalkeepers during his career for his amazing saves, terrific reflexs and agility, and the first winner of the Yashin Award as the best goalkeeper at the 1994 World Cup.
On club level, Preud'homme played for Standard Liège, Mechelen, and Benfica. With Mechelen, he won the Belgian Cup in 1987, the Cup Winner's Cup and the European Super Cup in 1988 and the Belgian league title in 1989. He retired as a player in 1999, aged 40. For Belgium, Preud'homme was capped 58 times, from 1979 to 1995. Other than the 1994 World Cup, he also played in the 1990 edition.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Michel Georges Jean Ghislain Preud’Homme | ||
Date of birth | 24 January 1959 | ||
Place of birth | Ougree, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Club Brugge (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1969–1977 | Standard Liège | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1977–1986 | Standard Liège | 240 | (0) |
1986–1994 | Mechelen | 263 | (0) |
1994–1999 | Benfica | 147 | (0) |
Total | 650 | (0) | |
National team | |||
1979–1994 | Belgium | 58 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2001–2002 | Standard Liège | ||
2006–2008 | Standard Liège | ||
2008–2010 | K.A.A. Gent | ||
2010–2011 | Twente | ||
2011–2013 | Al-Shabab | ||
2013– | Club Brugge |
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