Hugo Broos

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Hugo Henri Broos (born 10 April 1952) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of the South Africa national 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.[1]

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

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Broos (left) with Belgium teammates François Van der Elst and Eric Gerets in 1977

Coaching career

From 1991 to 1998 Broos 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 Anderlecht. He got the team into the Champions League and his team won the 2003–04 season championship. The following 2004–05 season 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 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 Broos left 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 Greek club Panserraikos, and for the first time in his career, coached outside his home country. Panserraikos had a good campaign in Greek Cup, eliminating Panathinaikos in the quarter-finals but losing to AEK Athens in the semi-finals. 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.

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Broos as coach of Trabzonspor in 2009

He was sacked in 2012 and became manager of the national team of Cameroon.[2] He led the team to victory in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.[3] 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 team.[4] He led South Africa to a third-place finish at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[5]

Managerial statistics

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Managerial record by team and tenure
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RWD Molenbeek Template:Flagicon July 1988 June 1991

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Club Brugge Template:Flagicon July 1991 June 1997

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Excelsior Mouscron Template:Flagicon July 1997 June 2002

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Anderlecht Template:Flagicon July 2002 February 2005

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Genk Template:Flagicon July 2005 February 2008

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Panserraikos Template:Flagicon December 2008 June 2009

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Trabzonspor Template:Flagicon July 2009 November 2009

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Zulte Waregem Template:Flagicon October 2010 May 2011

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JS Kabylie Template:Flagicon July 2014 September 2014

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NA Hussein Dey Template:Flagicon November 2014 February 2015

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Cameroon Template:Flagicon 13 February 2016 4 December 2017

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Oostende (caretaker) Template:Flagicon March 2019 April 2019

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South Africa Template:Flagicon 5 May 2021 Present

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Total

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Honours

Player

Anderlecht[6]

Club Brugge[11]

Belgium

Manager

RWD Molenbeek

Club Brugge[11]

Anderlecht[6]

Cameroon

South Africa

  • Africa Cup of Nations third place: 2023[5]

Individual

References

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External links

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