Bruno Versavel (born 27 August 1967) is a Belgian former professional

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who played as a

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, most notably for KV Mechelen and

R.S.C. Anderlecht Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht (, , ) or RSCA (, , ), is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht, Brussels Capital-Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian First Division A and is the most successful B ...

Playing career

Born in

Diest Diest () is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. Situated in the northeast of the Hageland region, Diest neighbours the provinces of Antwerp to its North, and Limburg to the East and is situated aroun ...

, Versavel made his debut in professional football at

KFC Diest Koninklijke Football Club Diest is a Belgian association football club from the town of Diest, Flemish Brabant. It played two spells in the first division: from 1961–62 to 1964–65 and from 1970–71 to 1974–75, finishing 7th in 1964. H ...

before moving to

KSC Lokeren Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen (; often simply called Sporting Lokeren or Lokeren) was a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Lokeren, in the province of East Flanders. The club was founded in 1923 but cea ...

. While at KV Mechelen he won the Belgian League and the

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. He then moved to

where he played five seasons. He also played for

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side

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and Swiss club

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before moving back to Belgium to play for FC Herentals, K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel and

K.V. Turnhout K.F.C. Turnhout is a Belgian football club, from the municipality of Turnhout. History K.F.C. Turnhout was founded as ''Turnhout Sport'' in 1912 with matricule n°148. After World War I, the club was refounded as ''F.C. Turnhout'' with the sam ...

. Versavel earned 28 caps for the Belgium national team scoring four times.

Coaching career

After retiring in 2012, he became manager of KSV Oud-Turnhout. Versavel left the club in the summer 2015 because had an oral agreement with KVK Beringen. However, KVK Beringen did not keep their word and chose another coach. Versavel was then without club until 24 January 2017 where it was announced, that he had become the new manager of KFCMD Halen. On 5 March 2018, he became the manager of KOVC Sterrebeek. He was fired four months later. In February 2019 it was confirmed, that Versavel would take charge of KESK Leopoldsburg from the upcoming 2019–20 season. But already in October 2019 it was decided by mutual consultation, to end the cooperation.

Career statistics

International goals

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Honours

Player

KV Mechelen *

Belgian First Division The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 tea ...

: 1988–89 *

: 1988 *

Amsterdam Tournament The Amsterdam Tournament ( nl, Amsterdam Toernooi) was a pre-season association football competition, held in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The competition was hosted by Eredivisie club Ajax at the Amsterdam Arena. It was inaugurated in 1975 as t ...

: 1989 *

Joan Gamper Trophy The Joan Gamper Trophy ( ca, Trofeu Joan Gamper) or Joan Gamper Cup is an annual association football exhibition match held in August, before the start of Barcelona's La Liga season, where top division clubs from Europe compete against them. The c ...

: 1989 *

Jules Pappaert Cup Trophy Jules Pappaert or Pappaert cup is a Belgian football trophy since 1953 and is awarded annually to a club in the first, second or third division of the Belgian Pro League with the longest uninterrupted series of unbeaten games. The award i ...

: 1990 Anderlecht *

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, 1993–94, 1994–95 *

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: 1993–94 Belgian Cup, 1993–94; runner-up 1996–97 Belgian Cup, 1996–97 *

Belgian Super Cup The Belgian Super Cup ( nl, Belgische Supercup, ; french: Supercoupe de Belgique; german: Belgischer Fußball-Super Cup), ''Pro League Supercup'', is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian First Division A champio ...

: 1993, 1995

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* * 1967 births Living people Belgian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Belgium men's international footballers 1990 FIFA World Cup players Belgian Pro League players Serie B players K.F.C. Diest players K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players K.V. Mechelen players R.S.C. Anderlecht players FC Lugano players AC Perugia Calcio players Belgian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland People from Diest Footballers from Flemish Brabant {{Belgium-footy-midfielder-stub