Michel Preud'homme
Preud'homme in 2008
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Michel Georges Jean Ghislain Preud'Homme | ||
| Date of birth | 24 January 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Ougrée, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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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 | Gent | ||
| 2010–2011 | Twente | ||
| 2011–2013 | Al-Shabab | ||
| 2013– | Club Brugge | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Michel Georges Jean Ghislain Preud'Homme, commonly known as Michel Preud'homme, is a former Belgian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and coach of Club Brugge in the Belgian Pro League.
He was considered one of the world's best and most consistent goalkeepers during his career; he was 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 also won the Portuguese Cup with Benfica in 1996. 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.
Preud'homme is a product of Standard Liège's youth system which he joined 10 years old in 1969. He was first called up to the first team in 1977. He made his senior debut on August 1977, after an early injury of the main goalkeeper Christian Piot and his successor John Paul Crucifix.
Preud'homme went to KV Mechelen in 1986.
Preud'homme moved to Benfica in 1994, becoming the first foreign goalkeeper in Benfica history. He made his debut on 21 August, against Beira-Mar. On 18 May 1996, Michel won his first trophy in Portuguese football as Benfica defeated Lisbon rivals Sporting 3–1 in the Portuguese Cup final.
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