André Vandeweyer
André Joseph Philibert Vandewyer (Tienen, June 21, 1909 - Tienen, October 22, 1992) was a Belgian football player who played as a goalkeeper. He was in First Class at Union Sint-Gillis. After that he became a football coach and he was a coach of the Belgian football team. Career As goalkeeper
Vandewyer debuted in 1926 at the age of 17 in the first team of RC Tienen, who then played in Third Class. In 1931 the promotion was celebrated to Second Class, partly thanks to Vandewyer. He attracted interest in former Prime Minister Union Sint-Gillis who attracted him. Vandewyer immediately conquered a regular base and was part of the team who remained unmarried between 1933 and 1935 and became international champion. He remained goalkeeper at Union until 1939 and remained affiliated to 1941. Vandewyer decided his lower-level player career at RFC Hannutois (1943-1945) and RSC Wasmes (1945-1946). In total, he played 196 games in First Class and 117 in Second Class.
Between 1933 and 1935 Vandewyer played five games for the Belgian soccer team, three of which were held at the World Cup in 1934 in Italy. For the World Cup in 1938 in France he was in the preselection, but he did not play at all. As a football coach
In 1947, Vandewyer became a football coach at Union Saint-Gillis. In 1949, he graduated with the team to two classes but two years afterwards, the team graduated back to first grade. Vandewyer remained until 1959 and ended with the team usually in the first half of the ranking.
Vandewyer was also a coach of the Belgian football team between January 1955 and June 1957. He was appointed in 1955 as a preliminary trainer after Doug Livingstone's departure. Eventually he stayed in office for more than two years.
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