Franck "Francky" Vandendriessche (; born 7 April 1971) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Vandendriessche was born in Waregem. Among his former clubs are K.S.V. Waregem and Cercle Brugge.

Franky Vandendriessche

International career

Vandendriessche played one game with the Belgium national team against Croatia due to the injuries of both Geert De Vlieger and Frédéric Herpoel and Belgium lost 4–0. He was in the team for the 2002 World Cup.

Franky Vandendriessche

Coaching career

After his playing career, Vandendriessche became goalkeeping coach for his former team Mouscron. But due to financial uncertainty at Mouscron, he decided to move to Mons during the summer break of 2009. Assistant manager Geert Broeckaert would follow him a bit later.

Franky Vandendriessche

On 10 July 2009, he became goalkeeping coach of the Belgium national team but was sacked on 6 October 2009 for having allegedly given a journalist from the Flemish newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws details about team selection before it had been officially announced. The Belgian goalkeeper Stijn Stijnen retired from the Belgian football team on the same day in connection with this incident. He was from 2007, the goalkeeping coach at Excelsior Mouscron until June 2009, and a short time later became the goalkeeper coach at Mons. In May 2011, he became goalkeeping coach at K.V. Kortrijk.

Honours

Player

KSV Waregem

Second Division: 1993–94

Belgium

FIFA Fair Play Trophy: 2002 World Cup

Individual

Belgian Professional Goalkeeper of the Year: 2001–02

References

External links

Cerclemuseum.be

Profile from the Belgian Pro League

Footgoal

Profile from Cercle Brugge

1971 births

Living people

People from Waregem

Belgian men's footballers

Belgium men's international footballers

Men's association football goalkeepers

Royal Excel Mouscron players

Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players

2002 FIFA World Cup players

Belgian Pro League players

Association football goalkeeping coaches

Footballers from West Flanders