Ronny Van Geneugden (; born 17 August 1968) is a Belgian

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coach and former player, currently technical director at

MVV Maastricht Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently ...

. As a manager, Van Geneugden had most of his successes with

Oud-Heverlee Leuven Oud-Heverlee Leuven (), also called OH Leuven or OHL, is a Belgian professional football club from the city of Leuven. It was created in 2002 from the merger of three clubs, '' F.C. Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee'', whose registration number it i ...

, leading them to the Belgian Second Division title in 2010–11, hence gaining promotion to the 1st division for season 2011–12, he was rewarded with a contract extension to 2015. Despite two successful seasons in the 1st division where

finished mid-table, his contract was terminated on 21 January 2014 as his team sat second bottom of the 1st division after a poor first half of the 2013–14 season. In April 2017, Van Geneugden signed a 2-year-deal in Malawi as the head coach of the national team. The contract expired on 31 March 2019 and on 6 April 2019, the

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announced that the contract would not be renewed.

Club career

He played for Thor Waterschei,

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Waalwijk. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie i ...

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, SK Lommel, Germinal Ekeren,

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and Verbroedering Geel.

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Profile & stats
- Lokeren
Ronny Van Geneugden Interview
Living people Belgian men's footballers Belgian football managers 1968 births Challenger Pro League players Belgian Pro League players Eredivisie players RKC Waalwijk players Royal Antwerp F.C. players K.F.C. Lommel S.K. players Beerschot A.C. players K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players KRC Genk managers Oud-Heverlee Leuven managers Enosis Neon Paralimni FC managers Footballers from Hasselt Expatriate football managers in Malawi Malawi national football team managers Men's association football midfielders 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-footy-midfielder-stub