| Phillipe Albert | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Phillipe Albert | |
| Date of birth | August 10, 1967 | |
| Place of birth | Bouillon, Belgium | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1986–1988 1988–1991 1991–1994 1994–1999 1998–1999 1999–2000 | Charleroi KV Mechelen Anderlecht Newcastle United → Fulham (loan) Charleroi Total | 65 (7) 87 (5) 50 (9) 96 (8) 13 (2) 14 (1) 325 (32) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1987–1997 | Belgium | 41 (5) |
1 Senior club appearances and goals | ||
Philippe Albert (born August 10, 1967 in Bouillon) is a former Belgian football defender. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Bouillon is a Municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Luxembourg Province. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring He played with R. Charleroi S.C., KV Mechelen, R.S.C. Anderlecht and Newcastle United in England. R Charleroi SC is a Belgian Football club from the city of Charleroi, Hainaut. YR KV Mechelen is a Belgian Football club from Mechelen in Antwerp province Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA, is a Belgian football club from Anderlecht, in the Brussels Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) is an English football club based in Newcastle upon England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Albert was a regular in his national team where he played in the 1994 World Cup. The Belgium national football team is the national football team of Belgium and is controlled by the Belgian Football Association. The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17 1994
He was a cult hero at Newcastle United due to his less than defensive tendencies in The Entertainers central defence, his most famous moment arguably being when he scored an audacious chip over Peter Schmeichel in a 5–0 win over Manchester United. Peter Bolesław Schmeichel MBE (born 18 November 1963 in Gladsaxe, Denmark) is a retired Danish professional footballer
Fans at Newcastle created a terrace chant for the player, singing "Phillipe, Phillipe Albert, everyone knows his name" to the words of the song used in the soundtrack to the 1970's children's TV series The Adventures of Rupert Bear. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The Adventures of Rupert Bear is a Live-action / Puppet Television series, based on the Mary Tourtel character Rupert Bear
Albert won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1992, the year when he was transferred from Mechelen to Anderlecht. In Football (soccer, the Belgian Golden Shoe ( Dutch: Gouden Schoen, French: Soulier d'Or) is an Award given at the beginning
At the 1994 World Cup, he played in all four of Belgium's matches, scoring in the opening match against Netherlands and in the second round match against Germany, which Belgium lost 3–2. The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17 1994 The Netherlands national football team is the national football team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Netherlands Football Association The German national football team (Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft From 1950 to 1990 the team was also informally called West Germany in English as since
Now in retirement, Albert is now working as a pundit for Belgian TV whilst also having close connections with Newcastle.
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Marc Degryse | Belgian Golden Shoe 1992 | Succeeded by Pär Zetterberg |
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