Axel Lawarée

Axel Lawarée (9 October 1973 in Huy) is a former Belgian footballer. He played as striker.

Axel Lawarée
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Lawarée in 2005
Personal information
Full nameAxel Lawarée
Date of birth (1973-10-09) 9 October 1973 (age 50)
Place of birthHuy, Belgium
Playing positionForward (retiered)
Youth career
1981-1985Ampsin Sport
1985-1991RFC Seraing
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991-1996RFC Seraing96(27)
1996-1997Standard Liège35(12)
1997-1998Sevilla F.C.12(1)
1998-2001Excelsior Mouscron 47(15)
2001-2004Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz80(48)
2004-2006SK Rapid Wien71(18)
2006-2007FC Augsburg33(15)
2007-2010Fortuna Düsseldorf68(21)
2010-2011TuS Bösinghoven
2011-2013RFC Hannutois
2013-2014FC Richelle United
2014-2015JS Vivegnis
Total̩
Teams managed
2014-2016Standard Liège (sporting director)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Lawarée's professional career began in 1991 with Belgian club RFC Seraing. Then he played for Standard Liège. He came to Spain in 1997 . There he played one season at Sevilla FC. He then returned to Belgium and worked for Excelsior Mouscron.

In 2001 he moved to Austria. With Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz he became top scorer of the league. In February 2004 he moved to the Austrian record champions SK Rapid Wien. He celebrated the first championship title of his career in 2005. The derby against FK Austria Vienna in May 2005 caused an injury-related setback. Lawarée was seriously injured by a brutal foul during a counterattack by Austria goalkeeper Joey Didulica.

In the summer of 2006, Lawarée moved to FC Augsburg in the 2nd Bundesliga. During the summer break of 2007, Lawarée signed a two-year contract with the then regional league team Fortuna Düsseldorf. Through promotion to the 3rd league and the promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga in the summer of 2009 the contract was extended for another year.

In the 2010/11 season, Axel Lawarée played for TuS Bösinghoven. He then ended his career with the lower-class clubs RFC Hannutois and FC Richelle United in Belgium . He also runs a consulting firm, Lawarée Axel Consulting SPRL.