Lorenzo Jules Staelens (Dutch pronunciation: [loːˈrɛnzoː ˈstaːləns]; born 30 April 1964) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player.
Staelens appeared for the Belgium national team in three World Cups, adding the Euro 2000 tournament played on home soil.
Anderlecht, still being instrumental in the club's back-to-back championships (2000 and 2001), and winning the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1999; however, he did not finish his last year, moving to Japan's Ōita Trinita in early 2001 and retiring shortly after.
As an inexperienced international player, Staelens was selected to Belgium's squad for the 1990 FIFA World Cup; there, he appeared in the 2–1 group stage loss against Spain.
From then on, Staelens became an essential national team member, representing it also at the 1994 and 1998 World Cups and in UEFA Euro 2000, totalling a further 10 complete matches.