1. Marc Robert Wilmots was born on 22 February 1969 and is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who was most recently the sporting director of Schalke 04.
19 Facts About Marc Wilmots
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Marc Wilmots represented the Belgium national team, earning 70 caps.
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Marc Wilmots was in the Belgium squad for the 1990,1994,1998 and 2002 World Cups, as well as the 2000 Euro which Belgium hosted jointly with the Netherlands.
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Marc Wilmots retired in 2003, after his second stint with Schalke.
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For Belgium, Marc Wilmots scored 28 goals in 70 caps, his first coming in May 1990.
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Marc Wilmots went to four World Cups, playing in three.
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Marc Wilmots scored a goal against Brazil in the last 16 match of the 2002 World Cup which was disallowed because of a "phantom foul" on Roque Junior.
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Marc Wilmots was named as one of the seven reserves in the 2002 World Cup All-Star Team.
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Marc Wilmots played in Euro 2000, when Belgium co-hosted the tournament.
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Marc Wilmots became a football manager in summer 2004 for Sint-Truiden, but was sacked in February 2005.
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On 15 May 2012, following the exit of Leekens, Marc Wilmots assumed the Belgium reins on an interim basis before going onto become permanent coach, signing a contract until June 2014.
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In March 2017 Wilmots was appointed as the manager of Ivory Coast national team.
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On 15 May 2019, Marc Wilmots agreed a three years contract to become the manager of the Iranian national team, after Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz left the team after eight years in charge following Iran's semifinal exit in the Asian Cup.
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Marc Wilmots officially signed his contract on 29 May, effective from 1 June 2019.
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On 11 November 2021, Moroccan team Raja CA announced that Marc Wilmots would be their new head coach until 2024, succeeding Lassaad Chabbi.
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Marc Wilmots was sacked three months later by Raja on 21 February 2022.
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On 3 January 2024, Schalke 04 announced that Marc Wilmots became the sporting director of the club.
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Marc Wilmots was elected to the Senate for the French-speaking conservative party, the Reformist Movement in the 2003 federal election.
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Marc Wilmots received 79,437 votes, a number surpassed only by 17 other candidates in the whole country during the elections.