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  Michel Preud'homme

  Name: Michel Preud’homme

• DOB: 24/01/1959
• Height: 6ft 0in (1.83m)
• Clubs:
  • Standard Liege (1977-86)
  • KV Mechelen (1986-94)
  • Benfica (1994-99)
• Years Active: 1977-1999
• Club Appearances: 649
• International Appearances: (Belgium) 58

Michel Preud’homme was the first ever winner of the Yashin Award for best goalkeeper in a World Cup in the USA 1994 tournament, which was a fitting way for the player, who then had arguably his best years behind him, to be marked, having achieved great things without ever playing league football on the big stage for any club.

Plying his trade in Belgium, for KV Mechelen, a league which was not regarded for its European success, it is a mark of how well Preud’homme played in the 1980s that he clocked a Cup Winners Cup winners medal and a European Super Cup winners medal in 1987/88.

Awards

• Belgian Goalkeeper of the Year: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1994
• “Golden Shoe” Award, Belgium: 1987, 1989
• IFFHS Worlds Best Goalkeeper: 1994
• UEFA Goalkeeper of the Year: 1994
• Yashin Award: 1994

Honours

• Belgian First Division: Winner 1981-82, 1982-83 (Standard Liege) 1988-89 (KV Mechelen)
• Belgian Cup: 1981-82 (Standard Liege)
• Belgian Supercup: 1981, 1983 (Standard Liege)
• UEFA Cup Winners Cup: Winner 1987-88 (KV Mechelen) Runner Up 1981-82 (Standard Liege)
• UEFA European Supercup: Winner 1987-88 (KV Mechelen)
• Porutguese Cup: Winner 1995-96 (Sporting Lisbon)