Urbain Braems
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 November 1933 | ||
| Place of birth | Zottegem, Belgium | ||
| Date of death | 9 September 2021 (aged 87) | ||
| Place of death | Zottegem, Belgium | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950–1955 | K.S.V. Sottegem | ||
| 1955–1956 | Racing Mechelen | 27 | (6) |
| 1956–1957 | Club Brugge | 29 | (13) |
| 1957–1960 | Daring Club Bruxelles | 33 | (12) |
| 1960–1962 | KSK Halle | ||
| Total | 89 | (31) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1967–1972 | Cercle Brugge | ||
| 1972–1973 | Royal Antwerp | ||
| 1973–1975 | Anderlecht | ||
| 1975–1978 | Beveren | ||
| 1978–1979 | Lokeren | ||
| 1979–1981 | Anderlecht | ||
| 1981–1985 | Beveren | ||
| 1985–1988 | Panionios | ||
| 1988–1989 | Standard de Liège | ||
| 1989–1992 | Trabzonspor | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Urbain Braems (10 November 1933 – 9 September 2021) was a Belgian football player and manager.[1]
He played for K.S.V. Sottegem, K.R.C. Mechelen, Club Brugge and Daring Club Bruxelles.[2]
He managed Cercle Brugge,[3] Royal Antwerp, Anderlecht, Beveren, Lokeren, Standard de Liège, Panionios G.S.S.[4][5] and Trabzonspor.[6]
Urbain Braems became Belgian national champion with Anderlecht in 1974 and with Beveren in 1984. In 1989, he moved to Trabzonspor together with his former Beveren goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff.[7] Braems ended his managerial career in 1992, after winning the Turkish Cup with the club.[8]
Urbain Braems died in his hometown Zottegem in 2021, aged 87.[9]
Honours
Manager
Cercle Brugge
Anderlecht
- Belgian First Division: 1973–74
- Belgian Cup: 1974–75
Beveren
- Belgian First Division: 1983–84
- Belgian Cup: 1977–78, 1982–83
- Belgian Supercup: 1984
Panionios
- Balkans Cup runner-up: 1986
Trabzonspor
- Turkish Cup: 1991–92
Individual
- Honorary Citizen of Zottegem, Belgium: 1987[10]
- Knight in the Order of Sotto: 1987[11]
- Honorary Citizen of Trabzon, Turkey: 2007[9]
References
- ^ "Succestrainer Urbain Braems, ereburger van Trabzon, is op zijn 87e overleden". sporza.be. 9 September 2021.
- ^ "Urbain Braems". por.worldfootball.net (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Entraîneurs du Cercle de Bruges". Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ "Recherche". Le Soir.
- ^ "palaimahoi ionikou astera thivas: H IΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΠΡΟΣΦΥΓΙΚΟΥ ΠΑΝΙΩΝΙΟΥ Γ.Σ.Σ." 2 August 2010.
- ^ "Hugo Broos est le nouveau directeur technique de Trabzonspor".
- ^ "Het voetbalalfabet: De P van JM Pfaff". voetbalkrant.com. 8 November 2007.
- ^ "Jean-Marie Pfaff verliest zijn mentor Urbain Braems: "Dankzij hem haalde ik de top"" [Jean-Marie Pfaff loses his mentor Urbain Braems: "Thanks to him I reached the top"]. Sporza (in Dutch). 9 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Oud-voetballer en -trainer Urbain Braems (87) overleden: "Het soort coach dat spelers in zichzelf deed geloven"" [Former footballer and coach Urbain Braems (87) has passed away: “The kind of coach who made players believe in themselves”]. Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 9 September 2021.
- ^ "Beverse iconen nemen afscheid van Urbain Braems: 'De architect die KSK Beveren grootmaakte'". tvoost.be (in Dutch). 19 September 2021.
- ^ "De Gilde van de Orde van Sotto". zottegem.be (in Dutch). 12 August 2023.
External links
- Urbain Braems at WorldFootball.net