Frédéric Brillant

Frédéric Brillant (born 26 June 1985) is a French former footballer who is currently an assistant manager for D.C. United in Major League Soccer. He has played most of his career with clubs in Belgium and in the United States.[1]

Frédéric Brillant
Brillant with D.C. United in 2018
Personal information
Full name Frédéric Brillant
Date of birth (1985-06-26) 26 June 1985
Place of birth Sedan, France
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Sedan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2010 RE Bertrix 122 (7)
2011–2012 KV Oostende 32 (6)
2012–2013 Beerschot AC 31 (1)
2013–2016 KV Oostende 79 (6)
2016–2017 New York City 54 (2)
2018–2021 D.C. United 99 (5)
Total 417 (27)
Managerial career
2022 Loudoun United (assistant)
2022– D.C. United (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2021

Career

Belgium

Brillant started his professional career with RE Bertrix in the lower divisions of Belgium.[2] He then joined second-division side KV Oostende in 2011. Brillant then made it to the top-flight Belgium league, Belgian First Division A by joining Beerschot AC in 2012. After his former club, KV Oostende was promoted to the first division, Brillant re-joined Oostende in 2013.

Brillant appeared in 127 games in total for K.V. Oostende and contributed 13 goals and one assist.

New York City FC

Brillant was acquired by New York City FC from the Belgian team KV Oostende on 28 January 2016 on a free transfer[3] and scored his first MLS goal against Orlando City SC on 29 May 2016.[4] He was released by New York at the end of their 2017 season.[5]

D.C. United

He was signed to a two-year contract by D.C. United on 10 December 2017. On 1 November, 2018, Brillant scored his first goal for D.C. United against the Columbus Crew with a header in the first round of the MLS 2018 Playoffs.[6] Brillant finished his first year for D.C. United with 27 games played, 24 starts, and a contribution of one assist.[7] Brillant scored his second goal for D.C. United against the Seattle Sounders on 22 September, 2019. The goal was assisted by Wayne Rooney.[8]

For his consistency with D.C., he was featured MLS's Team of the Week three weeks in a row in 2019.[9][10][11]

On 10 December 2019, he signed a two-year contract extension with the club.[12] In 2021, Brillant's playing time began to decline after the acquisition of Brendan Hines-Ike and the rise of Donovan Pines in the starting lineup. Following the 2021 season, Brillant was released by D.C. United.[13]

On 11 January 2022, Brillant announced his retirement from playing and professional football, and would be taking up a role as assistant coach to Loudoun United.[14]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 8 November 2020[15][16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Playoffs Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
RE Bertrix 2010–11 Belgian Third Division 3031 000—313
KV Oostende 2011–12 Belgian Second Division 3362 020—376
Beerschot AC 2012–13 Belgian First Division 281—30—311
KV Oostende 2013–14 2921051—353
2014–15 2822161—364
2015–16 11010——120
Total 10110611320012013
New York City 2016 MLS 311—20—331
2017 2311020—261
Total 542104000592
D.C. United 2018 MLS 2701010—290
2019 3422010—372
2020 161—103[lower-alpha 1]1202
Total 773303031864
Career total 290191112223132623
  1. Appearance(s) in MLS is Back Tournament

References
  1. FRÉDÉRIC BRILLANT: «IL Y A PAS MAL DE SHOW AUTOUR DE LA MLS» sofoot.com
  2. Stejskal, Sam (28 January 2016). "New York City FC add experience, sign 30-year-old French defender Frederic Brillant". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  3. Araos, Christian (27 January 2016). "NYCFC set to sign Frederic Brillant on free transfer". Empire of Soccer. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  4. "Orlando City 2-2 NYCFC". ESPN FC. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  5. "New York City FC Announce Roster Options for 2018". 27 November 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  6. "United acquire defender Frédéric Brillant". dcunited.com. D.C. United. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  7. "Frédéric Brillant". dcunited.com. D.C. United. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  8. "DC United 2, Seattle Sounders 0 | 2019 MLS Match Recap". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. 22 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  9. "Team of the Week presented by Audi: Carlos Vela flies highest in Week 30". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  10. "Team of the Week presented by Audi: Vito Mannone stops them all in Week 29". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  11. "Team of the Week presented by Audi: Carles Gil hustles to the top in Week 28". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  12. "D.C. United have re-signed defender Frédéric Brillant to a two-year contract extension". dcunited.com. D.C. United. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  13. "DC United's transformation under Hernan Losada continues with roster update | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer.
  14. "D.C. United Defender Frédéric Brillant Retires from Professional Soccer and Joins Loudoun United FC as Assistant Coach". DCUnited.com. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  15. Frédéric Brillant at Soccerway. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  16. "Frédéric Brillant » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
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