Nico Claesen

Nicolaas "Nico" Pieter Claesen (born 1 October 1962) is a former Belgian football player who works as head coach of RFC Liège.[1]

Nico Claesen
Personal information
Full name Nicolaas Pieter Claesen
Date of birth (1962-10-01) 1 October 1962
Place of birth Maasmechelen, Belgium
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1978 K. Patro Eisden Maasmechelen
1978–1984 R.F.C. Seraing 85 (43)
1984–1985 VfB Stuttgart 29 (11)
1985–1986 Standard de Liège 28 (10)
1986–1988 Tottenham Hotspur 50 (18)
1988–1992 Royal Antwerp FC 119 (39)
1992–1993 Germinal Ekeren 29 (15)
1993–1994 Royal Antwerp FC 31 (2)
1994–1996 KV Oostende 57 (33)
1996–1998 Sint-Niklase SK 55 (19)
1998–2000 K. Beringen
International career
1983–1990 Belgium 36 (12)
Managerial career
2005–2008 Patro Eisden MM
2010 RFC Liège
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Claesen was signed by Tottenham Hotspur in October 1986 by David Pleat who bought him from Standard Liège for £600K. He made his debut against Liverpool at Anfield.[2] In August 1988, when Terry Venables arrived, Claesen fell out of favour and was sold for £550K to Antwerp FC.[2] He also played for VfB Stuttgart.[3]

International career
Oleh Kuznetsov, Claesen and goalkeeper Rinat Dasayev, during USSR-Belgium (FIFA 1986 World Cup)

He earned 36 caps and scored 12 goals from 1983 to 1990 for the Belgium national football team, and was in the squad for three major tournaments: UEFA Euro 1984, the 1986 FIFA World Cup, where he scored three goals as Belgium finished in fourth, and the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Honours

Club

FC Antwerp

International

Belgium

Individual

References
  1. "Tous les transferts à Huy-Waremme" (in French). lavenir.net. 1 July 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  2. "NICO CLAESEN 1986–1988". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  3. Henderson, Charlie (31 January 2007). "Were you there?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  4. "FC Antwerp | Palmares".
  5. "FIFA 1986 World Cup". Archived from the original on 5 June 2016.
  6. "Topscorer Eerste Klasse".
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