Gunter Van Handenhoven

Gunter Van Handenhoven

Personal information
Full name	Gunter Van Handenhoven
Date of birth	16 December 1978
Place of birth	Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Anderlecht (team manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1997–1998	Gent	17	(2)
1998–2002	FC Metz	59	(1)
2003	Gent	8	(0)
2003–2005	La Louvière	42	(4)
2005–2007	Lokeren	14	(1)
2007	→ Sint-Niklaas (loan)	3	(0)
2007–2008	Al Ahli
2008–2009	Roeselare	10	(0)
2009–2010	KFCO Wilrijk
National team
1997	Belgium U-21
Teams managed
2010–2012	Anderlecht U16[1][2]
2012–	Anderlecht (team manager)[2]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Gunter Van Handenhoven (born 16 December 1978 in Sint-Niklaas) was a Belgian footballer currently team manager of RSC Anderlecht.

Club career

Van Handenhoven made an early breakthrough in Belgian first division and soon he was transferred to FC Metz.^[3] But he came back in the Belgian championship in 2002. In 2008 he returned to the Belgian first division to play for Roeselare.

International career

He used to play for Belgium U-21. He played at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.^[4]

Personal life

He was for four years married to model Ann Van Elsen, with whom he has daughter June,^[5] and is the brother of Sandrine Van Handenhoven, a singer, who ended fourth in Idool 2004.

References

1. Profile at Footballdatabase
2. Anderlecht vond bekende als nieuwe teammanager, voetbalkrant.com, 31 May 2012
3. Profile - FC Metz
4. Gunter Van Handenhoven – FIFA competition record
5. Huwelijk Ann Van Elsen definitief voorbij - Het Laatste Nieuws (Dutch)

External links

• Guardian Football