Nico Claesen

Nico Claesen
Personal information
Full name	Nicolaas Pieter Claesen
Date of birth	1 October 1962 (age 61)
Place of birth	Maasmechelen, Belgium
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Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	RFC Liège (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1977–1978	K. Patro Eisden Maasmechelen
1978–1984	R.F.C. Seraing
1984–1985	VfB Stuttgart
1985–1986	Standard de Liège
1986–1988	Tottenham Hotspur
1988–1992	Royal Antwerp FC
1992–1993	Germinal Ekeren
1993–1994	Royal Antwerp FC
1994–1996	KV Oostende
1996–1998	Sint-Niklase SK
1998–2000	K. Beringen
International career
1983–1990	Belgium
Managerial career
2005–2008	Patro Eisden MM
2010–	RFC Liège
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Nicolaas "Nico" Pieter Claesen (born 1 October 1962) is a former Belgian football player who works as head coach of RFC Liège.^[1]

Among the many club teams he played for were Tottenham Hotspur, who bought him from Standard Liege in 1986–87 for £600K and sold him for £550K to Antwerp FC in August 1988. He also played for VfB Stuttgart.^[2]

International career

He earned 36 caps and scored 12 goals from 1983 to 1990 for the Belgium national football team, and was in the squad for three major tournaments: UEFA Euro 1984, the 1986 FIFA World Cup, where he scored three goals as Belgium finished in fourth, and the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

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