Rik Pauwels

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Rik Pauwels
Pauwels with Beveren
Personal information
Date of birth (1937-03-13)13 March 1937
Place of birth Belgium
Date of death 23 September 2025(2025-09-23) (aged 88)
Position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1963 Tubantia Borgerhout
1971–1976 SK 's Gravenwezel-Schilde [nl]
Managerial career
1971–1976 SK 's Gravenwezel-Schilde
1976–1978 Berchem Sport (assistant)
1978–1981 KSK Beveren (assistant)
1981–1982 Waterschei Thor
1982–1984 KSK Beveren (assistant)
1984–1986 KSK Beveren
1986–1989 Racing Mechelen
1989–1990 KSK Beveren
1990–1991 K Boom FC
1993–1994 Racing Mechelen
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rik Pauwels (13 March 1937 – 23 September 2025) was a Belgian football manager and player.[1]

Biography

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A goalkeeper, Pauwels played for Tubantia Borgerhout and was a player-coach for SK 's Gravenwezel-Schilde [nl]. He served as an assistant for K. Berchem Sport and KSK Beverem before his first head coaching role at Waterschei Thor in 1981, with whom he won the Belgian Cup in 1982. He returned to KSK Beverem several times before leaving for good in January 1990.[2] He replaced Leo Canjels at K Boom FC later that year[3] before his retirement with Racing Mechelen in 1994.

Pauwels died on 23 September 2025, at the age of 88.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Rik Pauwels, ancien entraîneur de Beveren et Waterschei notamment, est décédé". Le Soir (in French). 23 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Beveren licencie Pauwels!". Le Soir (in French). 19 January 1990. Archived from the original on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Football : Pauwels relaye Canjels". Le Soir (in French). 20 March 1990. Archived from the original on 30 April 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  4. ^ "L'ancien entraîneur de football Rik Pauwels est décédé". La Libre Belgique (in French). 23 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.