Gunter Van Handenhoven

Gunter Van Handenhoven
Personal information
Full name	Gunter Van Handenhoven
Date of birth	16 December 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth	Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–1998	Gent
1998–2002	Metz
2003	Gent
2003–2005	La Louvière
2005–2007	Lokeren
2007	→ Sint-Niklaas (loan)
2007–2008	Al Ahli
2008–2009	Roeselare
2009–2010	KFCO Wilrijk
International career
1997	Belgium U-21
Managerial career
2010–2012	Anderlecht U16
2012–2019	Anderlecht (team manager)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gunter Van Handenhoven (born 16 December 1978) is a Belgian former professional footballer and former team manager of R.S.C. Anderlecht. Since 18 October 2021 he is the assistant-coach of K.V. Kortrijk.

Club career

Van Handenhoven was born in Sint-Niklaas. He 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

Van Handenhoven played 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

^ Profile at Footballdatabase
^ ^a ^b Anderlecht vond bekende als nieuwe teammanager, voetbalkrant.com, 31 May 2012
^ Profile Archived 7 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine - FC Metz
^ Gunter Van Handenhoven – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ Huwelijk Ann Van Elsen definitief voorbij - Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch)

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[1] Profile at Footballdatabase

[foot-2] Anderlecht vond bekende als nieuwe teammanager, voetbalkrant.com, 31 May 2012

[3] Profile Archived 7 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine - FC Metz

[4] Gunter Van Handenhoven – FIFA competition record (archived)

[5] Huwelijk Ann Van Elsen definitief voorbij - Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch)

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