Belgian footballer
Guillaume Gillet
(born 9 March 1984) is a Belgian professional
football
coach and former player.
Club career
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Born in
Liege
, Gillet has played for
RFC Liege
,
Vise
,
Eupen
,
Gent
,
Anderlecht
[1]
[2]
and
SC Bastia
who Gillet joined on a season-long loan deal with on 10 July 2014.
[3]
On 1 November Gillet scored a costly
own goal
as Bastia lost 1?0 at home to
Guingamp
.
[4]
In December 2015, while at Anderlecht, Gillet said he had turned down an offer from
LA Galaxy
but that he could still move to
Major League Soccer
that winter. He was out of contract at the end of the season.
[5]
Eventually on 28 December 2015 has joined
FC Nantes
from Jupiler League champions Anderlecht.
[6]
On 7 August 2017, Gillet signed a two-year contract with
Olympiacos
, thereby re-uniting with his former manager at Anderlecht,
Besnik Hasi
.
[7]
On 18 November 2017, he scored his first goal with the club opening the score in a 2?1 home
Greek Super League
game against
Levadiakos
.
[8]
He left Olympiakos at the end of the 2017?18 season.
[9]
On 2 August 2018, Gillet signed a two-year contract with French
Ligue 2
club
RC Lens
.
[10]
After his second season with Lens, during which he helped the club achieve promotion to
Ligue 1
, his contract was not renewed.
[11]
In July 2020, Gillet returned to Belgium having agreed a one-year contract with
Sporting Charleroi
.
[11]
On 12 January 2022, Gillet joined
Waasland-Beveren
in the second-tier
Belgian First Division B
until the end of the 2021?22 season.
[12]
In May 2022 he returned to
Anderlecht
, to play with their under-23 team.
[13]
International career
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Gillet made his international debut for
Belgium
in 2007,
[1]
and has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches for his country,
[14]
scoring the equalising goal in the 45th minute in a 1?1 draw with
Croatia
.
[15]
International goals
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Coaching career
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He became head coach of
RSCA Futures
in November 2022.
[16]
He left the club in June 2023, being replaced by
Marink Reedijk
.
[17]
[18]
Honours
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Anderlecht
[19]
References
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a
b
Guillaume Gillet
at National-Football-Teams.com
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"Profile"
(in Dutch). Voetbal International.
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"Reinforcement appointed Guillaume Gillet"
.
Bastia
. 10 July 2014. Archived from
the original
on 14 July 2014
. Retrieved
25 July
2014
.
- ^
"Gillet own goal costs Bastia"
.
ESPN
FC.com
. 1 November 2014
. Retrieved
1 November
2014
.
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"Guillaume Gillet: "J'ai refuse une offre des L.A. Galaxy"
"
. www.dhnet.be. 1 December 2015.
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"Guillaume Gillet joins Nantes from Anderlecht"
. www.thescore.com. 28 December 2015.
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"Guillaume Gillet, 33 ans, rejoint son ancien coach Hasi a l'Olympiakos"
. www.rtbf.be. 7 August 2017
. Retrieved
7 August
2017
.
- ^
"Με την ψυχ? στο στ?μα ο Ολυμπιακ??, 2-1 τον Λεβαδειακ? στο Φ?ληρο"
. www.sport24.gr. 18 November 2017.
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"Τ?λο? ο Ζιλ? απ? τον Ολυμπιακ? | Gazzetta"
.
www.gazzetta.gr
.
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"Guillaume Gillet s'engage avec Lens en Ligue 2"
. rtbf.be. 2 August 2018.
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a
b
Burion, Lise (6 July 2020).
"Guillaume Gillet de retour en Belgique, au Sporting de Charleroi"
.
RTBF
(in French)
. Retrieved
31 July
2020
.
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"WELKOM OP DE FREETHIEL, GUILLAUME GILLET!"
(Press release) (in Dutch).
Waasland-Beveren
. 12 January 2022
. Retrieved
9 February
2022
.
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"Welcome home, Guillaume | RSC Anderlecht"
.
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Guillaume Gillet
?
FIFA
competition record (archived)
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a
b
"Belgium vs Croatia match report"
.
FIFA
.com. Archived from
the original
on 18 May 2014.
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"Anderlecht Online - Gillet will remain coach of RSCA Futures (16 Nov 22)"
.
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Leclercq, Valerie (16 June 2023).
"Guillaume Gillet n'est plus l'entraineur des RSCA Futures, il est remplace par Marink Reedijk"
.
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"Guillaume Gillet: "J'aurais aime rester a Anderlecht, mais c'etait impossible"
"
.
Le Soir
. 22 June 2023.
- ^
Guillaume Gillet
at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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