Walter Meeuws

Walter Meeuws (born 11 July 1951) is a Belgian former footballer and manager.

Playing career
During his career he played for K. Beerschot V.A.C., Club Brugge K.V., R. Standard de Liège, AFC Ajax, K.V. Mechelen. He earned 46 caps for the Belgium national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1980 and the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

After retiring from playing, he has been working as a manager, including a stint as the national team manager from 1989 to 1990.

As a player, he won 4 championships, 2 with Standard in Belgium, 1 with Bruges in Belgium and 1 with Ajax in the Netherlands. He also won 2 cups and played the final of the European Championship with Belgium in Italy in 1980. He is considered one of the best Belgian defenders ever.

Managerial career
As a manager, he won 3 cups with Lierse S.K., FC Antwerp and FAR Rabat (2009), 1 Supercup with Lierse and was runner-up in the African Champions League Final with Raja Casablanca and also runner-up with Antwerp in the final of the European Cup-Winners Cup in 1993 at Wembley. He is the last manager ever that reached a European Final with a Belgian Team.

Player
Club Brugge 


 * Belgian First Division: 1979-1980
 * Belgian Super Cup: 1980
 * Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer: 1981 
 * Jules Pappaert Cup: 1978 

Standard de Liège 


 * Belgian First Division: 1981-1982, 1982-83
 * Belgian Super Cup: 1981, 1983
 * European Cup Winners' Cup: 1981-82 (runners-up)
 * Intertoto Cup Group Winners: 1982

Ajax Amsterdam 


 * Eredivisie: 1984-85

KV Mechelen 


 * Belgian Cup: 1986–87

International
Belgium


 * UEFA European Championship: 1980 (runners-up)
 * Belgian Sports Merit Award: 1980

Manager
Royal Antwerp 


 * Belgian Cup: 1991-92
 * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1992-93 (runners-up)

Lierse SK 


 * Belgian Cup: 1998-99
 * Belgian Super Cup: 1999

Raja de Casablanca


 * CAF Champions League: 2002 (runners-up) 

FAR Rabat 


 * Moroccan Throne Cup: 2009 (winners)

Individual

 * Belgian Professional Manager of the Year: 1992-93