Norbert Beuls (13 January 1957 – 19 February 2014) was a Belgian

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and football manager.

Club career

He came through the youth ranks at hometown club Rapid Spouwen and joined

Tongeren Tongeren (; ; ; ) is a city and former municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg, in the southeastern corner of the Flemish region of Belgium. Tongeren is the oldest town in Belgium, as the only Roman administrative capital wit ...

in 1977. After a season on loan at FC Antwerp he moved to

Charleroi Charleroi (, , ; ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is the largest city in both Hainaut and Wallonia. The city is situated in the valley of the Sambre, in the south-west of Belgium, not ...

in 1985 before fe finished his career at

Racing 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 ...

Managerial career

Beuls was manager of Genk alongside Pierre Denier and also coached

Spouwen-Mopertingen Sportvereniging Belisia Bilzen is a football club based in Bilzen, Limburg, Belgium. The club is affiliated to the Royal Belgian Football Association (KBVB) with ''matricule'' 5775 and has sky blue as club colour. The club currently play in Belgi ...

and Patro Eisden with whom he won promotion to the

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in 2011. He returned to Spouwen in 2014 but suddenly died on 19 February 2014.

Personal life

Beuls was married and had 4 sons.Obituary
- Spouwen Mopertingen

References

External links

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- FC Antwerp {{DEFAULTSORT:Beuls, Norbert 1957 births 2014 deaths Sportspeople from Bilzen Men's association football defenders Belgian men's footballers Royal Antwerp F.C. players Royal Charleroi S.C. players KRC Genk players Belgian Pro League players Belgian football managers Footballers from Limburg (Belgium) 20th-century Belgian sportsmen