Valère Billen
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 23 November 1952 (1952-11-23) (age 71) | ||
Place of birth | Belgium | ||
Managerial career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2005–2006 | Újpest (assistant) | ||
2006 | Újpest[1] | ||
2007 | Sint-Truiden | ||
2008–2009 | Dessel | ||
2009–2011 | Beerschot A.C. (youth)[2] | ||
2011–2012 | KVK Tienen[3] | ||
2012–2013 | Swaziland | ||
2012 | Swaziland U20 | ||
2014–2016 | KFC Duffel | ||
2016 | KVK Tienen |
Valère Billen (born 23 November 1952) is a Belgian football coach. He has coached in Ivory Coast where he managed Satellite FC Abidjan.[4]
Coaching career
Swaziland national team
Appointed Swaziland head coach in 2012 on a one-year contract,[5] Billen was bought a new car by the National Football Association of Swaziland as a mode of conveyance was one of the rules his contract embodied.[6] With a monthly salary of 100000 Swaziland lilangenis,[7][8] and the Swaziland Football Association spending 40000 on his rent, the Belgian's first match was a friendly against Lesotho in October,[9] losing 2–1.[10] Two days later, he helped them achieve a 1–0 victory over Lesotho again.[11] Praising his players for their efforts that game,[12] his charges held Lesotho to a 0–0 stalemate[13] in their third and final friendly in preparation for the 2014 African Nations Championship qualifying two-legged round opposing Angola,[14] losing 1–0 both legs. That same month, the former footballer stated that his desire was to work with local coaches and predicted a rise in the FIFA World Rankings, claiming that they would improve dramatically over time.[15] In 2013, he went with the national selection to participate in the 2013 COSAFA Cup, not having a presentiment of failure and predicting that they would overcome all seemingly insuperable obstacles and deliver a good showing in the tournament;[16] however, despite a draw with Botswana in their opener,[17] the Sihlangu never progressed past the group stage, losing 2–0 twice to Kenya and Lesotho with Billen reconsidering his job as coach.[18] Being thrashed 10–0 by Egypt in a friendly worsened the trainer's position, with fans requesting for his immediate dismissal as they were not expecting such a scoreline;[19] but, despite fan pressure, the National Football Association of Swaziland still did not sack Billen[20] until November 2013, with local Harris Bulunga taking up the interim post.[21] The reason they gave for his firing was that he was in Belgium too often and spent more time there rather than helping the Swaziland Football Association.[21]
The coach temporarily returned to Belgium to care for his mother, who was ill.[22]
One year succeeding his appointment, Billen criticized his Swazi coaching colleagues, saying that they never allowed him to share his ideas.[23]
References
- ^ "Billen steps up for Újpest". 14 July 2006.
- ^ "Valère Billen landt op 't Kiel".
- ^ http://www.voetbalbelgie.be/nl/article.php?id=38391 [dead link]
- ^ "Valère Billen wordt trainer in Ivoorkust".
- ^ "Swaziland appoint Belgian Billen".
- ^ "Times of Swaziland".
- ^ "Times of Swaziland".
- ^ "Times of Swaziland".
- ^ "Billen's first step of a long journey | Ghanamma.com". news.ghanamma.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017.
- ^ "Times of Swaziland".
- ^ "Times of Swaziland".
- ^ "Times of Swaziland".
- ^ National-Football-Teams
- ^ "Times of Swaziland".
- ^ "Times of Swaziland".
- ^ "SuperSport".
- ^ "Botswana stumbles to a draw v Swaziland".
- ^ "Times of Swaziland".
- ^ "Times of Swaziland".
- ^ "Times of Swaziland".
- ^ a b "Valère Billen: Le sélectionneur belge du Swaziland viré !". 5 November 2013.
- ^ "Times of Swaziland".
- ^ "Times of Swaziland".
External links
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- Maxwell (1925–40)
- Rits (1940–43)
- Noëth (1943–47)
- Bourgeois (1947–52)
- Bourgeois & Noëth (1952–53)
- Noëth (1953–54)
- Bourgeois (1954–55)
- De Cleyn (1955–57)
- Bertuelens (1957–59)
- Stijnen (1959–61)
- De Rijcke (1961–62)
- Gaspar (1962–65)
- Dolgos (1965–67)
- Teughels (1967–69)
- Spurgeon (1969–70)
- Van den Bergh (1970–75)
- Bollen (1975–77)
- Talbut (1977–78)
- Teughels (1979)
- Bulatović (1979–81)
- Van Damme (1981–82)
- Kuterna (1982)
- Canjels (1982–84)
- Kunnecke (1985–86)
- De Mos (1986–89)
- Krol (1989)
- Van Hoof (1990–91)
- Leekens (1991–92)
- Van Hoof (1992–94)
- Meeuws (1994–96)
- Reynders (1996)
- Kanački (1996)
- Heylens (1996–97)
- Vercauteren (1997–98)
- Verkempinck (1998)
- Jacob & Billen (1998–99)
- Jacob (1999–2000)
- Clijsters (2000–01)
- Billen (2001)
- Hulshoff (2001–02)
- Van Hoof (2002)
- Demol (2002–03)
- Czerniatynski (2003–04)
- Vande Velde (2004–05)
- Kanački (2005)
- Wetzel (2005–06)
- Kanački (2006)
- Maes (2006–10)
- Brys (2010–12)
- Van Veldhoven (2012–13)
- Vercauteren (2014)
- Janković (2014–16)
- Ferrera (2016–17)
- Caluwé (a.i.) (2017)
- Janković (2017–18)
- Van Wijk (2018)
- Vrancken (2018–22)
- Buijs (2022)
- Defour (2022–23)
- Vanderbiest (a.i.) (2023)
- Hasi (2023–)