Freddy Qvick

Freddy Qvick
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-11-06)6 November 1940
Place of birth Ostend, Belgium
Date of death 26 June 2021(2021-06-26) (aged 80)
Place of death Geel, Belgium
Position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1961 AS Oostende
1967–1970 AS Oostende
Managerial career
KSC Menen
VG Oostende
AS Oostende
SK Roeselare
1976 AA Gent
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Freddy Qvick (6 November 1940 – 26 June 2021) was a Belgian football player and coach.

Career

Qvick spent most of his career with AS Oostende. He made his debut for the first team in the 1956–57 season and played there until 1970. In 1958, the club relegated to the Belgian Third Division. Three years later, the club became champions in the Third Division A. In 1969, the club became champion in the Belgian Second Division, after which he led the club in the 1969–70 Belgian First Division. Later, he became a coach at KSC Menen, VG Oostende, AS Oostende, SK Roeselare and KAA Gent (1976).

In 1974, he founded the Bal-Bal-school to teach children how to play football without them already playing in a team.[1] Qvick also worked as a Physical education teacher and at the Zeepreventorium in De Haan.

Death

Qvick died in June 2021 at the age of 80.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Oud-voetballer Freddy Qvick overleden Het Nieuwsblad, 29 juni 2021