Aimé Anthuenis

Aimé Anthuenis was born and raised in Lokeren. He started his football career as a youth player of Racing Lokeren, which was renamed K.S.C. Lokeren after the merger with Standaard Lokeren. Anthuenis was a permanent fixture with the Lokeren club. He started as a striker, but later in his career he mainly played as a defender. The club was crowned division champion twice in a row and was quickly promoted from fourth to second division. In 1974 Lokeren achieved promotion to the First Division for the first time. Anthuenis' sporting career was hampered in that period by a serious knee injury. After that season he exchanged the club for fourth division Eeklo. With the club from the Meetjesland he became vice champion twice. After four seasons, he moved to Ertvelde, where he was a player-trainer for two seasons. Anthuenis combined his duties as a football coach with a job at the Ghent University.

Lokeren

After ending his career as a player, Anthuenis returned to Lokeren, where he started his career as a coach. He started working there as a youth trainer and through his work was able to advance to the first team. In the 1984–85 season, Lokeren sacked coach Dimitri Davidović. The then 41-year-old Anthuenis quit his job at the Ghent University and took over as manager at Lokeren. He started with two convincing wins. A season later, Lokeren did not perform as well. They dropped back to fourteenth place under the leadership of Anthuenis, with only four points more than relegated Waterschei. Despite the disappointing season, Anthuenis stayed as head coach. In the summer of 1986 experienced players Raymond Mommens and Maurits De Schrijver left the club, and young players such as Bruno Versavel and Stephen Keshi were given a shot in the first team. The 22-year-old attacker Dimitri M'Buyu scored 17 goals, being just short of top scorer. In May 1987, Lokeren defeated eventual vice-champion Club Brugge 1–4, with goals from Versavel and M'Buyu, among others. The latter also scored twice against Standard Liège, a game that the Lokeren won 1–2. Lokeren eventually finished the season in fourth place, allowing the club to re-join the UEFA Cup for the first time since 1982.

Charleroi

After Lokeren, Anthuenis moved to Sporting Charleroi, where he was reunited with Raymond Mommens. Under the leadership of Anthuenis, the "Zebras" once again finished safely in the…

Aimé Anthuenis is the brother of PVV politician Georges Anthuenis and the uncle of VLD politician Filip Anthuenis. His brother was mayor of Lokeren from 1995 to 2000. His son Filip succeeded him in 2001.

Manager

Waregem

Belgian Second Division: 1994–95 Genk

Belgian First Division A: 1998–99 Belgian Cup: 1997–98 Jules Pappaert Cup: 1996 Anderlecht

Belgian First Division A: 1999–2000, 2000–01 Belgian Super Cup: 2000, 2001 Jules Pappaert Cup: 2000, 2001 Lierse

Belgian Second Division: 2009–10 Individual

Belgian Manager of the Year: 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01