Olivier De Cock

Olivier De Cock (born 9 November 1975) is a Belgian former professional footballer[1] who played as a right-back. He is currently manager of the reserve team of R. Knokke FC.

Olivier De Cock
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-11-09) 9 November 1975
Place of birth Eeklo, Belgium
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Knokke (Reserves manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2008 Club Brugge 286 (15)
2007–2008 → Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) 18 (0)
2008–2009 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 4 (0)
2010 Oostende
2010–2011 Roeselare
National team
2002–2005 Belgium 11 (0)
Teams managed
2018–2019 Oostende (U11)
2019– Knokke (reserves)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

De Cock was born in Eeklo. He joined Club Brugge KV in 1987. In 1995, he was promoted to the first team. De Cock made his debut for Club Brugge on 29 November 1996 in the competition against AA Gent (1–3 to Club). It was however after the departure of Eric Deflandre that De Cock got a permanent place in the side. When Brian Priske came, he lost his permanent place in the side.

In August 2007 he moved to Fortuna Düsseldorf on loan. He then played for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and K.V. Oostende. In the summer of 2010 he joined Roeselare on a one-year contract.

International career

De Cock earned 11 caps for the Belgium national football team. His first game for them came against Andorra on 12 October 2002 in a 1–0 victory.

Coaching career

In January 2018, De Cock was appointed team manager of his former club Roeselare.[2][3] In the summer 2018, he was hired as the manager of K.V. Oostende's U11 team.[4]

On 22 April 2019, he was appointed manager of the reserve team of R. Knokke FC.[5]

Career statistics
YearClubGamesGoals
1995–96Club Brugge K.V.00
1996–97Club Brugge K.V.122
1997–98Club Brugge K.V.90
1998–99Club Brugge K.V.151
1999–00Club Brugge K.V.233
2000–01Club Brugge K.V.330
2001–02Club Brugge K.V.280
2002–03Club Brugge K.V.314
2003–04Club Brugge K.V.221
2004–05Club Brugge K.V.140
2005–06Club Brugge K.V.200
2006–07Club Brugge K.V.20
2007–08Fortuna Düsseldorf180

References
  1. "de Cock, Olivier" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  2. Ex-Bruggeling Olivier De Cock wordt teammanager bij Roeselare, nieuwsblad.be, 9 January 2018
  3. Olivier De Cock is de nieuwe teammanager, ksvroeselare.be, 9 January 2019
  4. Olivier De Cock over Gert Verheyen: "Hij maakt objectieve analyses", kw.be, 28 October 2018
  5. Olivier De Cock volgend seizoen beloftentrainer en T3, rkfc.be, 22 April 2019


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