Hugo Broos

Hugo Henri Broos (born 10 April 1952) is a Belgian football manager and former player. He is the manager of South Africa national soccer team

Hugo Broos
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
Place of birth Humbeek, Belgium
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 South Africa (Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1983 Anderlecht 350 (1)
1983–1988 Club Brugge 161 (1)
Total 511 (2)
International career
1974–1986 Belgium 24 (0)
Managerial career
1988–1991 RWD Molenbeek
1991–1997 Club Brugge
1997–2002 Excelsior Mouscron
2003–2005 Anderlecht
2005–2008 Genk
2008–2009 Panserraikos
2009–2010 Trabzonspor
2010–2011 Zulte Waregem
2011–2012 Al Jazira (assistant)
2014 JS Kabylie
2014–2015 NA Hussein Dey
2016–2017 Cameroon
2018–2019 Oostende (sports director)
2019 Oostende (caretaker)
2021–2022 South Africa
2022– South Africa
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Cameroon (as manager)
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner2017
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

Training Belgian national team in Brussels, 1977: Broos, François Van der Elst and Eric Gerets

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 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.

Hugo Broos as coach of Trabzonspor in 2009

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

Anderlecht[6]

Club Brugge[11]

Belgium

Manager

RWD Molenbeek

Club Brugge[11]

Anderlecht[6]

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. "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. "Club Brugge | Palmares".
  12. "Winnaars Brugse Metten".
  13. "FIFA 1986 World Cup". Archived from the original on 5 June 2016.
  14. "RWDM 1989-1990".
  15. "AfCoN 2017: Cameroon coach Hugo Broos pays tribute to '23 friends'".
  16. "Palmares Profvoetballer van het Jaar".
  17. "Hugo Broos wordt ereburger in woonplaats". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 18 February 2017.
  18. "Succescoach Hugo Broos wordt ereburger". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 6 July 2017.
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