Aimé Anthuenis
Aimé Anthuenis (born 21 December 1943) is a Belgian former professional football player and manager.
In 1994 he reached the semifinals of the Belgian Cup with Germinal Ekeren, while finishing the national championship in 10th place.
The next year, he led the Limburg-based club to their first national championship, winning the 1998–99 Belgian First Division.
They dropped back to fourteenth place under the leadership of Anthuenis, with only four points more than relegated Waterschei.
Lokeren eventually finished the season in fourth place, allowing the club to re-join the UEFA Cup for the first time since 1982.
However, Lokeren, which had lost many of its key players, fell out of the top ten two years in a row.
[5][6][4] Genk signed several reinforcements for the 1996–97 season, including Bart Goor and Anthuenis' old acquaintances like Souleymane Oularé.
The Ghanaian striker played as a forward with Branko Strupar, who had his big breakthrough under Anthuenis.
Under Anthuenis, the club acquired former Lokeren striker Jan Koller who, together with Tomasz Radzinski, became one of Anderlecht's stars.
The Brussels team won their group, which included Manchester United, PSV and Dynamo Kyiv.
That season, Anderlecht was again crowned national champions, while Authensis was named Belgian Manager of the Year for the third time.
[7][4] Anderlecht finished the 2001–02 Belgian First Division third, while in Champions League it ended fourth in their group with three points.
On 29 June 2002, Anthuenis signed a contract for two and a half years with the Royal Belgian Football Association (KBVB).
The Red Devils had just finished the World Cup in Japan and South Korea when Anthuenis took over.
Anthuenis brought to the national team and made debut players like Thomas Buffel, Jelle Van Damme, Vincent Kompany and Anthony Vanden Borre.
Anthuenis didn't reach the target, with the national team finishing fourth in their group, and failing to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1978.
[9] A few months after his last international match as national coach, Anthuenis started working again at Lokeren, despite offers from abroad and the plan to take a break from football.
[11] When Lokeren lost 2–0 to Lierse on 11 February 2006, he was so tired that he called it quits, temporarily withdrawing from football.
[11] In 2006, Anthuenis was appointed as technical director at Germinal Beerschot, a position that previously did not exist at the Antwerp club.
But a few months after his contract ended, in November 2008, Germinal Beerschot fired trainer Harm van Veldhoven, and this time asked Anthuenis to become their new coach.
Anthuenis agreed, and under his leadership Germinal Beerschot finished the season in thirteenth place, avoiding relegation.
[13] With players like Jurgen Cavens, Tim Matthys and Seth De Witte, he led Lierse to the league title the same year.
