Stéphane Demets

Stéphane Demets (born 26 December 1976 in Brussels) is a Belgian football manager and former defender. He is currently the manager of KSK Heist.

Stéphane Demets
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-12-26) 26 December 1976
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 KSK Heist (Manager)
Youth career
1983–1987 Zellik Sport
1987–1990 SC Anderlecht
1990–1991 HO Merchtem
1991–1994 R.W.D. Molenbeek
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1998 RWD Molenbeek 43 (1)
1998–1999 RWDM Brussels FC 20 (1)
1999–2004 KSK Beveren 88 (1)
2004–2009 KV Kortrijk 103 (2)
Teams managed
2010–2011 K. Wolvertem SC (U-19)
2010–2011 K. Wolvertem SC (assistant)
2011–2012 AFC Tubize II
2012–2014 RAEC Mons (assistant)
2014 FCV Dender EH
2015–XXXX White Star Bruxelles (assistant)
2017–2019 Royal Stade Waremmien
2019– KSK Heist
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

He joined K.S.K. Beveren in 1999, he came from FC Molenbeek Brussels Strombeek. After four years at K.S.K. Beveren he signed with K.V. Kortrijk.

Coaching career

In 2009, he played his last season and was hired as a scout at RAEC Mons.[1] From 2010 to 2011, he worked for K. Wolvertem SC as the manager of their U-19 squad and also assisting the first team senior squad.[1] In the 2011/12 season, he was the manager of AFC Tubize's reserve team.[1]

In 2012, he returned to RAEC Mons and was working as an assistant manager until the end of the 2013/14 season.[1] In July 2014, he was appointed as manager of FCV Dender EH, which he only was for three months. In 2015 he became the assistant manager of White Star Bruxelles.[2][3]

On 7 December 2017, Demets was appointed as manager of Stade Waremmien FC.[4] In February 2019, Demets launched an ultimatum to the management of the club, because no one in the club had been paid their salary for three months.[5] Nothing changed, and Demets decided to resign on 23 February 2019.[6]

On 11 March 2019 it was announced that Demets would become the manager of K.S.K. Heist for the 2019/20 season.[7]

References
  1. STEPHANE DEMETS IS DE NIEUWE COACH VAN FC., fcvdendereh, 28 May 2014
  2. Manager profile, daten.sportnet.at
  3. Manager profile, daten.sportnet.at
  4. Foot – D2: Stéphane Demets nouveau coach de Waremme‚ laprovince.be, 7 December 2017
  5. Stéphane Demets lance un ultimatum à la direction de Waremme: "Il n’est plus possible de travailler ainsi!", sudinfo.be, 19 February 2019
  6. Le coach de Waremme s'en va, comme pressenti, dhnet.be, 23 February 2019
  7. Stéphane Demets wordt nieuwe trainer van KSK Heist, gva.be, 11 March 2019


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