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My Take
What strikes me about Eric Van Meir is the quiet dignity of being squad-deep rather than a star. Carried to three World Cups and a European Championship by Belgium, he saw the pitch only sparingly, yet kept earning the call. To me, that says more about a player's reliability than any highlight reel. A towering centre-back who built a steady club career at Lierse, Charleroi and Standard Liège before moving into coaching, he reads as the kind of professional every dressing room needs but few headlines celebrate. I have a soft spot for these unglamorous backbones of the game.
Overview
Eric Van Meir (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛrɪk fɑ ˈmɛiər]; born 28 February 1968) is a Belgian football manager and former player who played as a defender. His former clubs include Lierse, Charleroi and Standard Liège. Van Meir played for Belgium and was in the squad for the 1994, 1998 and 2002 World Cups and also for the Euro 2000 but played only a few matches.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Eric Van Meir
- Name (Japanese)
- エリック・ファン・メイル
- Reading
- えりっく・ふぁん・めいる
- Born
- February 28, 1968 (age 58)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Monkey
- Origin
- Brecht, Province of Antwerp, Belgium
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 195 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from Belgium →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.