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Raymond Goethals

1921 - 2004

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Raymond Goethals (French pronunciation: [ʁɛmɔ̃ ɡutals], Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɛmɔ̃ ˈɣutɑls]; 7 October 1921 – 6 December 2004) was a Belgian football coach who led Marseille to victory in the UEFA Champions League final in 1993, becoming the first coach to win a European trophy with a French club and also the only coach to win the Champions League with a French club. Sometimes nicknamed "Raymond-la-science" ("Raymond-the-Science", previously the nickname of Belgian anarchist and Bonnot gang member Raymond Callemin), "le sorcier" ("the Wizard") or "le magicien" ("the Magician"), Goethals was known for his blunt way of speaking, his habit of mispronouncing players' names and his distinctive Brussels accent. A chain smoker, he was likened to TV police detective Lieutenant Columbo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raymond Goethals has received more than 193,967 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Raymond Goethals is the 64th most popular coach (down from 51st in 2019), the 182nd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 161st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Coach.

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Raymond Goethals ranks 64 out of 328Before him are Jean-Pierre Papin, Massimiliano Allegri, Roy Hodgson, Enzo Bearzot, Eric Gerets, and Morten Olsen. After him are Jean Tigana, Unai Emery, Roger Lemerre, Safet Sušić, Jorge Valdano, and Tito Vilanova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Raymond Goethals ranks 95Before him are James Clavell, Gene Roddenberry, Murray Bookchin, Françoise Gilot, Oskar Gröning, and Mary Douglas. After him are Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Leonardo Sciascia, George Roy Hill, Stanley Ho, Maurice Richard, and Jean-Marie Balestre. Among people deceased in 2004, Raymond Goethals ranks 56Before him are Elmer Bernstein, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Ko Yong-hui, Richard Avedon, Johnny Ramone, and Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev. After him are Serge Reggiani, Jean Rouch, Lennart Bernadotte, Harold Shipman, Nikolai Chernykh, and Nino Manfredi.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Raymond Goethals ranks 182 out of 1,019Before him are Eric Gerets (1954), Jan Matsys (1509), Godfried Danneels (1933), Constantin Meunier (1831), Gaston IV, Count of Foix (1422), and Clara Peeters (1594). After him are Paul Otlet (1868), Roelant Savery (1576), Wilfried Martens (1936), Theodor de Bry (1528), Hugo Claus (1929), and Melchior Broederlam (1355).

Among COACHES In Belgium

Among coaches born in Belgium, Raymond Goethals ranks 2Before him are Eric Gerets (1954). After him are Georges Leekens (1949), Guy Thys (1922), Robert Waseige (1939), René Vandereycken (1953), and Hugo Broos (1952).