Rik Pauwels

Rik Pauwels was a Belgian football manager and player.

Biography

A goalkeeper, Pauwels played for Tubantia Borgerhout and was a player-coach for. 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. He replaced Leo Canjels at K Boom FC later that year before his retirement with Racing Mechelen in 1994.
Pauwels died on 23 September 2025, at the age of 88.