Philippe Albert

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Phillipe Albert
Personal information
Full name Phillipe Albert
Date of birth August 10, 1967 (1967-08-10) (age 40)
Place of birth    Bouillon, Belgium
Playing position Defender
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1986–1988
1988–1991
1991–1994
1994–1999
1998–1999
1999–2000		 Charleroi
KV Mechelen
Anderlecht
Newcastle United
→ Fulham (loan)
Charleroi
Total		 065 00(7)
087 00(5)
050 00(9)
096 00(8)
013 00(2)
014 00(1)
325 0(32)   
National team2
1987–1997 Belgium 041 00(5)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 23:33, 15 May 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 23:33, 15 May 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Philippe Albert (born August 10, 1967 in Bouillon) is a former Belgian football defender. He played with R. Charleroi S.C., KV Mechelen, R.S.C. Anderlecht and Newcastle United in England. Albert was a regular in his national team where he played in the 1994 World Cup.

He was a cult hero at Newcastle United due to his less than defensive tendencies in The Entertainers central defence, his most famous moment arguably being when he scored an audacious chip over Peter Schmeichel in a 5–0 win over Manchester United.

Fans at Newcastle created a terrace chant for the player, singing "Phillipe, Phillipe Albert, everyone knows his name" to the words of the song used in the soundtrack to the 1970's children's TV series The Adventures of Rupert Bear.

Albert won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1992, the year when he was transferred from Mechelen to Anderlecht.

At the 1994 World Cup, he played in all four of Belgium's matches, scoring in the opening match against Netherlands and in the second round match against Germany, which Belgium lost 3–2.

Now in retirement, Albert is now working as a pundit for Belgian TV whilst also having close connections with Newcastle.

Awards
Preceded by
Marc Degryse		 Belgian Golden Shoe
1992		 Succeeded by
Pär Zetterberg
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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
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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
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