Jozef "Jos" Heyligen (born 30 June 1947) is a retired
Belgian footballer
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.
Career
During his career he played for
Royal Antwerp F.C.,
K. Beringen F.C., and
K.V.C. Westerlo. He earned 2 caps for the
Belgium national football team
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, and participated in
UEFA Euro 1980
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.
He was also the manager of
K.R.C. Genk
Koninklijke Racing Club Genk (), commonly known as KRC Genk or Racing Genk, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays in the Belgian Pro League and have won four championship title ...
from 1999 to 2000.
Honours
Player
Beerschot
*
Belgian Cup
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:
1970–71
FC Antwerp
* Belgian Cup: 1974–75 (finalists)
Thor Waterschei
*
Belgian Second Division
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:
1977–78
International
Belgium
*
UEFA European Championship
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:
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...
(
runners-up)
*
Belgian Sports Merit Award: 1980
Individual
*
Man of the Season (Belgian First Division): 1970–71
Manager
Racing Genk
* Belgian Cup: 1999–2000
References
External links
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Profile- FC Antwerp
1947 births
Living people
Belgian men's footballers
Belgium men's international footballers
UEFA Euro 1980 players
K. Beerschot V.A.C. players
Royal Antwerp F.C. players
K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk players
K. Beringen F.C. players
K.F.C. Winterslag players
K.V.C. Westerlo players
Belgian Pro League players
K.V.C. Westerlo managers
Belgian football managers
Men's association football midfielders
K.F.C. Diest players
20th-century Belgian sportsmen
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