Gunter Van Handenhoven

Gunter Van Handenhoven

Personal information
Full name	Gunter Van Handenhoven
Date of birth	(1978-12-16) 16 December 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1998	Gent	17	(2)
1998–2002	Metz	59	(1)
2003	Gent	8	(0)
2003–2005	La Louvière	42	(4)
2005–2007	Lokeren	14	(1)
2007	→ Sint-Niklaas (loan)	3	(0)
2007–2008	Al Ahli
2008–2009	Roeselare	10	(0)
2009–2010	KFCO Wilrijk
International career
1997	Belgium U-21
Managerial career
2010–2012	Anderlecht U16[1][2]
2012–2019	Anderlecht (team manager)[2]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gunter Van Handenhoven (born 16 December 1978) is a Belgian former professional footballer and former team manager of R.S.C. Anderlecht. Since 18 October 2021 he is the assistant-coach of K.V. Kortrijk.

Club career

Van Handenhoven was born in Sint-Niklaas. He made an early breakthrough in Belgian first division and soon he was transferred to FC Metz.^[3] But he came back in the Belgian championship in 2002. In 2008, he returned to the Belgian first division to play for Roeselare.

International career

Van Handenhoven played for Belgium U-21. He played at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.^[4]

Personal life

He was for four years married to model Ann Van Elsen, with whom he has daughter June,^[5] and is the brother of Sandrine Van Handenhoven, a singer, who ended fourth in Idool 2004.

References

1. Profile at Footballdatabase
2. Anderlecht vond bekende als nieuwe teammanager, voetbalkrant.com, 31 May 2012
3. Profile Archived 7 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine - FC Metz
4. Gunter Van Handenhoven – FIFA competition record (archived)
5. Huwelijk Ann Van Elsen definitief voorbij - Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch)