Hugo Broos

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Hugo Broos

| image = Hugo Broos 1.jpg

| caption = Broos coaching Cameroon at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup

| fullname = Hugo Henri Broos{{cite web |url=https://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=219&antId=1252981 |title=Hugo Henri̇ Broos |publisher=Turkish Football Federation |access-date=21 December 2020}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|4|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Humbeek, Belgium

| height = 1.80 m

| position = Defender

| currentclub = South Africa (Manager)

| years1 = 1970–1983

| clubs1 = Anderlecht

| caps1 = 350

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 1983–1988

| clubs2 = Club Brugge

| caps2 = 161

| goals2 = 1

| totalcaps = 511

| totalgoals = 2

| nationalyears1 = 1974–1986

| nationalteam1 = Belgium

| nationalcaps1 = 24

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1988–1991

| managerclubs1 = RWD Molenbeek

| manageryears2 = 1991–1997

| managerclubs2 = Club Brugge

| manageryears3 = 1997–2002

| managerclubs3 = Excelsior Mouscron

| manageryears4 = 2003–2005

| managerclubs4 = Anderlecht

| manageryears5 = 2005–2008

| managerclubs5 = Genk

| manageryears6 = 2008–2009

| managerclubs6 = Panserraikos

| manageryears7 = 2009–2010

| managerclubs7 = Trabzonspor

| manageryears8 = 2010–2011

| managerclubs8 = Zulte Waregem

| manageryears9 = 2011–2012

| managerclubs9 = Al Jazira (assistant)

| manageryears10 = 2014

| managerclubs10 = JS Kabylie

| manageryears11 = 2014–2015

| managerclubs11 = NA Hussein Dey

| manageryears12 = 2016–2017

| managerclubs12 = Cameroon

| manageryears13 = 2018–2019

| managerclubs13 = Oostende (sports director)

| manageryears14 = 2019

| managerclubs14 = Oostende (caretaker)

| manageryears15 = 2021–

| managerclubs15 = South Africa

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}

{{Medal|Country|{{fb|CMR}}}} (as manager)

}}

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.{{in lang|en}} [http://www.clubbrugge.be/club/nl/geschiedenis.php?a=2_trainer&id=28 Club Brugge website – Broos bio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312064614/http://www.clubbrugge.be/club/nl/geschiedenis.php?a=2_trainer&id=28 |date=12 March 2007 }}

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

File:Training Belgisch elftal in Brussel Broos (l) en Van de Elst tijdens training, Bestanddeelnr 929-4066.jpg 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.

File:Hugo Broos Trabzonspor OTRS.jpg in 2009]]

He was sacked in 2012 and became manager of the national team of Cameroon.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35570502|title=Belgium's Hugo Broos is named as Cameroon's new coach|date=13 February 2016|website=BBC Sport|access-date=29 August 2019|first=Leocadia|last=Bongben}} He led the team to victory in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38882794|title=Afcon 2017: Cameroon coach Hugo Broos pays tribute to '23 friends'|date=6 February 2017|website=BBC Sport|access-date=29 August 2019}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Gillion |first1=Baden |title=Belgian Hugo Broos is the new Bafana Bafana head coach |url=https://www.news24.com/sport/soccer/bafanabafana/breaking-belgian-hugo-broos-unveiled-as-new-bafana-bafana-head-coach-20210505 |access-date=5 May 2021 |agency=sport24 |publisher=News24}} He led South Africa to a third-place finish at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Managerial statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" \|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
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align="left"\|RWD Molenbeek \|{{Flagicon\|Belgium}} \|July 1988 \|June 1991 {{WDL\|70\|21\|13\|36

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|+ Managerial record by team and tenure

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!rowspan="2"|Nat

!rowspan="2"| From

!rowspan="2"| To

!colspan="5"|Record

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!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}

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align="left"|RWD Molenbeek

|{{Flagicon|Belgium}}

|July 1988

|June 1991

{{WDL|70|21|13|36

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| align="left"|Club Brugge

|{{Flagicon|Belgium}}

|align=left|July 1991

|align=left|June 1997

| align="left"|Excelsior Mouscron

|{{Flagicon|Belgium}}

|align=left|July 1997

|align=left|June 2002

| align="left"|Anderlecht

|{{Flagicon|Belgium}}

|align=left|July 2002

|align=left|February 2005

| align="left"|Genk

|{{Flagicon|Belgium}}

|align=left|July 2005

|align=left|February 2008

| align="left"|Panserraikos

|{{Flagicon|Greece}}

|align=left|December 2008

|align=left|June 2009

| align="left"|Trabzonspor

|{{Flagicon|Turkey}}

|align=left|July 2009

|align=left|November 2009

| align="left"|Zulte Waregem

|{{Flagicon|Belgium}}

|align=left|October 2010

|align=left|May 2011

| align="left"|JS Kabylie

|{{Flagicon|Algeria}}

|align=left|July 2014

|align=left|September 2014

| align="left"|NA Hussein Dey

|{{Flagicon|Algeria}}

|align=left|November 2014

|align=left|February 2015

| align="left"|Cameroon

|{{Flagicon|Cameroon}}

|align=left|13 February 2016

|align=left|4 December 2017

| align="left"|Oostende (caretaker)

|{{Flagicon|Belgium}}

|align=left|March 2019

|align=left|April 2019

| align="left"|South Africa

|{{Flagicon|South Africa}}

|align=left|5 May 2021

|align=left|Present

! colspan=4 | Total

!—

Honours

=Player=

Anderlecht{{cite web|title=RSC Anderlecht {{!}} Palmares|url=https://www.rsca.be/nl/club/palmares}}

Belgian First Division: 1971–72, 1973–74, 1980–81
Belgian Cup: 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76
Belgian League Cup: 1973, 1974
European Cup Winners' Cup: 1975–76, 1977–78; runner-up 1976–77
European Super Cup: 1976, 1978
UEFA Cup: 1982–83
Amsterdam Tournament: 1976{{cite web|title=Amsterdam Tournament|url=http://users.skynet.be/Crystal/specials/SP1.htm|access-date=16 October 2020|archive-date=21 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021153450/http://users.skynet.be/Crystal/specials/SP1.htm|url-status=dead}}
Tournoi de Paris: 1977{{Cite web|title=Tournois de Paris : une compétition opposant 4 clubs|url=http://www.psgweb.fr/tournoi-de-paris/|access-date=8 November 2020|language=fr}}
Jules Pappaert Cup: 1977, 1983{{cite web|title=Jules Pappaert Cup|url=https://www.dhnet.be/sports/football/le-trophee-pappaert-c-est-reparti-5bb21893cd70a16d8128c4d6}}
Belgian Sports Merit Award: 1978{{cite web|title=Nationale Trofee voor Sportverdienste|date=7 November 2019 |url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20191107_04705232}}

Club Brugge{{cite web|title=Club Brugge {{!}} Palmares|date=29 January 2024 |url=https://www.clubbrugge.be/nl/geschiedenis}}

Belgian First Division: 1987–88
Belgian Cup: 1985–86
Belgian Super Cup: 1986
Bruges Matins: 1984{{cite web|title=Winnaars Brugse Metten|url=http://users.skynet.be/rfcb-web/va-brmetten.htm}}

Belgium

FIFA World Cup fourth place: 1986{{cite web|title=FIFA 1986 World Cup|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/mexico1986/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605153554/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/mexico1986/|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2016}}

=Manager=

RWD Molenbeek

Belgian Second Division: 1989–90{{cite web|title=RWDM 1989-1990|url=http://www.rwdm.net/saison%2089-90.html}}

Club Brugge

Belgian First Division: 1991–92, 1995–96
Belgian Cup: 1994–95, 1995–96
Belgian Super Cup: 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996

Anderlecht

Belgian First Division: 2003–04

Cameroon

Africa Cup of Nations: 2017{{cite web|title=AfCoN 2017: Cameroon coach Hugo Broos pays tribute to '23 friends'|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/38882794}}

South Africa

Africa Cup of Nations third place: 2023{{Cite web |date=10 February 2024 |title=Broos heaps praise on his players following bronze medal finish |url=https://www.cafonline.com/caf-africa-cup-of-nations/news/broos-heaps-praise-on-his-players-following-bronze-medal-finish/ |website=cafonline.com |language=}}

=Individual=

Belgian Professional Manager of the Year: 1991–92, 1995–96, 2003–04, 2006–07{{cite web|title=Palmares Profvoetballer van het Jaar|url=https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/alle-palmaressen-op-een-rijtje~b21f9e9f/}}
Honorary Citizen of Jabbeke and Grimbergen: 2017{{Cite web |date=18 February 2017 |title=Hugo Broos wordt ereburger in woonplaats |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20170217_02736770 |website=Het Nieuwsblad |language=nl}}{{Cite web |date=6 July 2017 |title=Succescoach Hugo Broos wordt ereburger |url=https://www.hln.be/grimbergen/succescoach-hugo-broos-wordt-ereburger~a78aca7b/ |website=Het Laatste Nieuws |language=nl}}