Axel Lawarée

Belgian footballer

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

Axel Lawarée
Lawarée in 2005
Personal information
Full name Axel Lawarée
Date of birth (1973-10-09) 9 October 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Huy, Belgium
Position(s) Forward (retiered)
Youth career
1981-1985 Ampsin Sport
1985-1991 RFC Seraing
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991-1996 RFC Seraing 96 (27)
1996-1997 Standard Liège 35 (12)
1997-1998 Sevilla F.C. 12 (1)
1998-2001 Excelsior Mouscron 47 (15)
2001-2004 Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz 80 (48)
2004-2006 SK Rapid Wien 71 (18)
2006-2007 FC Augsburg 33 (15)
2007-2010 Fortuna Düsseldorf 68 (21)
2010-2011 TuS Bösinghoven
2011-2013 RFC Hannutois
2013-2014 FC Richelle United
2014-2015 JS Vivegnis
Total ̩
Teams managed
2014-2016 Standard Liège (sporting director)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

change

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.