Gunther Schepens
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Gunther Schepens is a retired Belgian
football player. At this moment, he is the technical coördinator of the youth teams of the football team KAA Gent. He is also co-responsible for the scouting of new players.
In 1994–95, he almost became champion with Standard Liège. The team ended on the second spot, behind RSC Anderlecht. Schepens was in that period one of the key players of Standard, together with Marc Wilmots
, Gilbert Bodart, Régis Genaux, Philippe Léonard and Michaël Goossens
. 1997 he left the team and went during summer to the German team Karlsruher SC. In his first season, he became a key player in the team, but one year later he didn’t get many chances anymore in the team. This was why, 1999 he decided to return to Belgium.
Over there, he started to work in the team where it all began for him, KAA Gent. In his second period in Gent, the team grew to its top-level as a real subtop-team. The team got some strong players, such as keeper and team icon Frédéric Herpoel
and striker Alexandros Kaklamanos
. 2003 Schepens changed Gent for the Austrian team SW Bregenz.
He played two more years in Bregenz, after which he stopped definitively in the highest series due to a knee injury. Three years after his last game he started to play again in the team of Eendracht Massemen. He also plays in the futsal team De Woody's, of which the trainer is the Belgian writer and columnist Herman Brusselmans
. Just like Brusselmans, Schepens sometimes is the analyst in the football program Studio 1 op zondag on the public broadcast company.
In the summer of 2010, he analysed a big deal of the games of the World Championship football
in South-Africa on the Belgian television channel Canvas. He is well-known on the Flemish television because of this humoristic remarks and enlarged football knowledge.
Schepens was a thirteen-time international for the Belgian national team Rode Duivels.
Belgium
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football player. At this moment, he is the technical coördinator of the youth teams of the football team KAA Gent. He is also co-responsible for the scouting of new players.
Career
Schepens began his career 1981 in the youth of the local team Eendracht Massemen. 1985 the Young central player was transferred to KAA Gent, where he had to wait until 1991 before he could make his debut in the first team. In his second year in the team of the “Buffalos” he started to play regularly. A year later he was transferred during winter to Standard Liège.In 1994–95, he almost became champion with Standard Liège. The team ended on the second spot, behind RSC Anderlecht. Schepens was in that period one of the key players of Standard, together with Marc Wilmots
Marc Wilmots
Marc Robert Wilmots is a former Belgian football player.-Career:In his club career, that started in 1987, Wilmots played for Sint-Truiden, KV Mechelen, Standard Liège, Schalke 04, and Bordeaux. At Schalke he helped them to the 1997 UEFA Cup Final...
, Gilbert Bodart, Régis Genaux, Philippe Léonard and Michaël Goossens
Michaël Goossens
Michaël Goossens is a retired Belgian footballer who played as a striker.-Club career:Goossens started playing professionally with R.F.C. Seraing at the age of 16, then moved to Standard Liège...
. 1997 he left the team and went during summer to the German team Karlsruher SC. In his first season, he became a key player in the team, but one year later he didn’t get many chances anymore in the team. This was why, 1999 he decided to return to Belgium.
Over there, he started to work in the team where it all began for him, KAA Gent. In his second period in Gent, the team grew to its top-level as a real subtop-team. The team got some strong players, such as keeper and team icon Frédéric Herpoel
Frédéric Herpoel
Frédéric Herpoel is a Belgian former football goalkeeper. At the age of 7 he began to play for S.C. Havré and then moved to Anderlecht in 1988 where he played in the youth team. Between 1993 and 1997, Herpoel only played 4 Jupiler League games for the Brussels side...
and striker Alexandros Kaklamanos
Alexandros Kaklamanos
Alexandros Kaklamanos is a football striker, who currently plays for R.U. Saint-Gilloise.- Career:He played in many teams such as Ialissos FC, Olympiacos FC, Athinaikos F.C., Panelefsiniakos F.C., R. Charleroi S.C., K.A.A. Gent, Standard Liège, APOEL, Ergotelis F.C., Kerkyra FC, Enosis Neon...
. 2003 Schepens changed Gent for the Austrian team SW Bregenz.
He played two more years in Bregenz, after which he stopped definitively in the highest series due to a knee injury. Three years after his last game he started to play again in the team of Eendracht Massemen. He also plays in the futsal team De Woody's, of which the trainer is the Belgian writer and columnist Herman Brusselmans
Herman Brusselmans
Herman Frans Martha Brusselmans is a Flemish novelist, poet, playwright and columnist. He lives in Ghent.Herman Brusselmans studied Dutch and English at the University of Ghent. In his early twenties he was a successful football player. He played for Vigor Hamme and SK Lokeren. He now has his own...
. Just like Brusselmans, Schepens sometimes is the analyst in the football program Studio 1 op zondag on the public broadcast company.
In the summer of 2010, he analysed a big deal of the games of the World Championship football
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
in South-Africa on the Belgian television channel Canvas. He is well-known on the Flemish television because of this humoristic remarks and enlarged football knowledge.
Schepens was a thirteen-time international for the Belgian national team Rode Duivels.