Michel Preud'homme

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Personal information
Michel Preud'homme
Full name	Michel Preud'homme
Date of birth	January 24, 1959 (1959-01-24) (age 49)
Place of birth	Ougree, Belgium
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1977-1986 1986-1994 1994-1999	Standard Liège KV Mechelen Benfica	240 (0) 263 (0) 146 (0)
National team²
1979-1995	Belgium	58 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ² National team caps and goals correct as of June 8, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Michel Preud'homme (born January 24, 1959 in Ougree) is a former Belgian football goalkeeper, currently a head coach. He was one of the world's best goalkeepers during his career, and the first winner of the Yashin Award as the best goalkeeper at the 1994 World Cup.

On the club level, Preud'homme played for Standard Liège, KV Mechelen, and Benfica. With KV Mechelen, he won the Belgian Cup in 1987, the Cup winners cup and the European Super Cup in 1988 and the Belgian league title in 1989. He retired as a player in 1999, aged 40. For Belgium, Preud'homme was capped 58 times, from 1979 to 1995. Other than the 1994 World Cup, he also played in the 1990 edition.

Preud'homme is, since August 2006, head coach of Standard Liège (had a previous stint in 2001-02).

v • d • e Belgium squad - UEFA Euro 1980 Runners-up

1 Custers • 2 Gerets • 3 L. Millecamps • 4 Meeuws • 5 Renquin • 6 Cools • 7 Vandereycken • 8 Van Moer • 9 Van der Elst • 10 Vandenbergh • 11 Ceulemans • 12 Pfaff • 13 M. Martens • 14 Plessers • 15 Verheyen • 16 M. Millecamps • 17 Mommens • 18 Dardenne • 19 Wellens • 20 Preud'homme • 21 Heyligen • 22 R. Martens • Coach: Thys

v • d • e Belgium squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup

1 Preud'homme • 2 Gerets • 3 Albert • 4 Clijsters • 5 Versavel • 6 Emmers • 7 Demol • 8 Van Der Elst • 9 Degryse • 10 Scifo • 11 Ceulemans • 12 Bodart • 13 Grün • 14 Claesen • 15 De Sart • 16 De Wolf • 17 Plovie • 18 Staelens • 19 Van Der Linden • 20 De Wilde • 21 Wilmots • 22 Vervoort • Coach: Thys

v • d • e Belgium squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup

1 Preud'homme • 2 Medved • 3 Borkelmans • 4 Albert • 5 Smidts • 6 Staelens • 7 Van Der Elst • 8 Nilis • 9 Degryse • 10 Scifo • 11 Czerniatynski • 12 De Wilde • 13 Grün • 14 De Wolf • 15 Emmers • 16 Boffin • 17 Weber • 18 Wilmots • 19 Van Meir • 20 Verlinden • 21 Van Der Heyden • 22 Renier • Coach: Van Himst

v • d • e

IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper

Awards
Preceded by Jan Ceulemans Leo Clijsters	Belgian Golden Shoe 1987 1989	Succeeded by Leo Clijsters Franky Van Der Elst
Preceded by Philippe Vande Walle	Belgian Goalkeeper of the Year 1988 – 1991	Succeeded by Gilbert Bodart
Preceded by Peter Schmeichel	IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper 1994	Succeeded by José Luis Chilavert
Preceded by Edwin van der Sar	UEFA Goalkeeper of the Year 1994	Succeeded by Edwin van der Sar
Preceded by first award	Yashin Award 1994	Succeeded by Fabien Barthez