Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marc Jozef Emmers | ||
Date of birth | 25 February 1966 | ||
Place of birth | Hamont-Achel, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1983–1987 | Thor Waterschei | 98 | (14) |
1987–1992 | KV Mechelen | 155 | (33) |
1992–1997 | R.S.C. Anderlecht | 60 | (3) |
1997 | AC Perugia | 7 | (0) |
1998–1999 | AC Lugano | 36 | (3) |
1999–2000 | KFC Diest | 9 | (2) |
Total | 365 | (55) | |
International career | |||
1988–1994 | Belgium | 37 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Marc Jozef Emmers (born 25 February 1966 in Hamont-Achel) is a retired Belgian footballer.
His former clubs include KV Mechelen, R.S.C. Anderlecht and AC Lugano. With K.V. Mechelen, he won the Belgian Cup in 1987, the European Cup Winner's Cup and the European Super Cup in 1988 and the Belgian First Division title in 1989. After his transfer to the great R.S.C. Anderlecht of the mid-1990s, he won the Belgian First Division title three times from 1994 to 97.
Emmers was a versatile player who was mainly played out as a midfielder. Through his career, he played at the position of libero, defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder and right-back.
Emmers also played for Belgium and was in the squad for two World Cups. At the 1990 World Cup, he played all three group stage matches, and in 1994, he participated in another three games.
Emmers is the father of the Belgian footballer Xian Emmers. [1]
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