Hugo Broos

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Hugo Broos
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Broos coaching Cameroon at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
Personal information
Full name Hugo Henri Broos[1]
Date of birth (1952-04-10) 10 April 1952 (age 69)
Place of birth Humbeek, Belgium
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 South Africa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1983 R.S.C. Anderlecht 350 (1)
1983–1988 Club Brugge 161 (1)
Total 511 (2)
National team
1974–1986 Belgium 24 (0)
Teams managed
1988–1991 R.W.D. Molenbeek
1991–1997 Club Brugge
1997–2002 Excelsior Mouscron
2003–2005 R.S.C. Anderlecht
2005–2008 K.R.C. Genk
2008–2009 Panserraikos F.C.
2009–2010 Trabzonspor
2010–2011 Zulte Waregem
2011–2012 Al Jazira Club (assistant)
2014 JS Kabylie
2014–2015 NA Hussein Dey
2016–2017 Cameroon
2018–2019 Oostende (sports director)
2019 Oostende (caretaker)
2021– South Africa
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Hugo Henri Broos (born 10 April 1952) is a Belgian football manager who is currently manager of the South Africa national football team.

Playing career[]

He started his football career in his hometown Humbeek, playing for KFC Humbeek and was discovered at the early age of eighteen by a scout from RSC Anderlecht. For more than ten years he was their central defender and helped them win three European trophies, three national championships and four Belgian Cups. Between 1974 and 1986 he represented Belgium, gaining 24 caps and finishing fourth at the World Cup in Mexico in 1986. In 1983 Broos switched teams and started playing for Club Brugge. He played there for five seasons until season 1987–88. During this period he helped his team gain the Belgian Cup in 1986 and the championship in 1988. In 1988 Broos retired as a professional footballer.[2]

In his career as a football player he won the Belgian Cup five times.

Coaching career[]

From 1991 to 1998 he coached Club Brugge, winning the championship twice in 1992 and 1996. He also won the Belgian Cup in 1991, 1995 and 1996. From 2002 until 2005 he coached RSC Anderlecht. He got the team into the Champions League and his team won the 2003–2004 season championship. Season 2004–2005 was a turning point however, and the team were knocked out of the Champions League and the Belgian Cup. After a 0–0 result against AA Gent, Broos was fired for the first time in his career. Later that year in June, he became coach for KRC Genk and got back at his former team on 30 September by beating them 4-1. During the 2007–08 season he left KRC Genk.

Broos won the prestigious Belgian Coach of the Year award four times in his career, twice while coaching Club Brugge (1992 and 1996), once with Anderlecht in 2004, and with KRC Genk in 2007. On 15 December 2008, Broos became coach of the Greek club, Panserraikos, and for the first time in his career, coached outside his home country. Panserraikos had a great campaign in Greek Cup, eliminating Panathinaikos in quarterfinals but lost against AEK Athens in the semis. Later in season Panserraikos couldn't avoid relegation. Broos left Panserraikos and became new coach of Trabzonspor on 22 June 2009 and was released on 22 November 2009. After that he was head coach of Zulte Waregem for half a season, before becoming assistant coach of Al Jazira Club.

He was sacked in 2012 and became manager of the national team of Cameroon.[3] He led the team to victory in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.[4] He took the role of sporting director of K.V. Oostende after being laid-off as Cameroon's coach in February 2018. On 5 May 2021, he was appointed manager of the South Africa national football team.[5]

Honours[]

Player[]

RSC Anderlecht[6]
Club Brugge[11]

International[]

Belgium

  • FIFA World Cup: 1986 (fourth place)[13]

Manager[]

RWD Molenbeek
  • Belgian Second Division: 1989–90[14]
Club Brugge[11]
RSC Anderlecht[6]

International[]

Cameroon

Individual[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Hugo Henri̇ Broos". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. ^ (in English) Club Brugge website – Broos bio Archived 12 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Bongben, Leocadia (13 February 2016). "Belgium's Hugo Broos is named as Cameroon's new coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Afcon 2017: Cameroon coach Hugo Broos pays tribute to '23 friends'". BBC Sport. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  5. ^ Gillion, Baden. "Belgian Hugo Broos is the new Bafana Bafana head coach". News24. sport24. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "RSC Anderlecht | Palmares".
  7. ^ "Amsterdam Tournament".
  8. ^ "Tournois de Paris : une compétition opposant 4 clubs" (in French). Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Jules Pappaert Cup".
  10. ^ "Nationale Trofee voor Sportverdienste".
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b "Club Brugge | Palmares".
  12. ^ "Winnaars Brugse Metten".
  13. ^ "FIFA 1986 World Cup".
  14. ^ "RWDM 1989-1990".
  15. ^ "AfCoN 2017: Cameroon coach Hugo Broos pays tribute to '23 friends'".
  16. ^ "Palmares Profvoetballer van het Jaar".
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