Hugo Broos

Hugo Broos

Personal information
Date of birth	10 April 1952 (1952-04-10)
Place of birth	Humbeek, Belgium
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1970–1983	R.S.C. Anderlecht	350	(1)
1983–1988	Club Brugge	161	(1)
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	Trabzonspor
2010–2011	Zulte Waregem
2011–	Al Jazira Club (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Hugo Broos (born 10 April 1952 in Humbeek) is a Belgian football manager who is currently assistant coach in Al-Jazira.

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 4 Euro Cup finals, 3 national championships and 4 Belgian Cups. Between 1974 and 1986 he represented his country playing 31 times for the national team, gaining 24 caps and finishing 4th at the World Championship in Mexico in 1986. In 1983 Broos switched teams and started playing for Club Brugge. He played there for 5 seasons until season 87–88. During this period he helped his team gain the Belgian Cup in 1986 and the championship in 1988. He also is a central defender who played a long time with R.S.C. Anderlecht. Broos then moved to the rival Club Brugge in 1983. Five seasons later the player stopped his career.

In his career as a football player he won the Belgian Cup 5 times.

Coaching career

From 1991 to 1998 he coached Club Brugge, winning the championship twice in 1992 an 1996. In 1991, 1995 and 1996 his team also won the Belgian Cup. From 2002 until 2005 he coached RSC Anderlecht. Again he managed to get his team into the Champions League and his team won the 2003–2004 season championship. Season 2004–2005 was a turning point however. His team was kicked out of the Champions League and they blew their chances for the Belgian Cup too. After a 0–0 outcome against AA Ghent the verdict fell; on February the 7th, Broos got 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 September the 30th by beating them with 1–4. During the 2007–08 season he was fired again. In the summer of 2008, some sources first reported him signing a coaching contract at Romanian club Vaslui, however he denied their offer "because of a combination of personal and sport-related reasons"

Broos won the prestigious Coach of the Year award 4 times in his career. Twice coaching Club Brugge in both 1992 and 1996, once with Anderlecht in 2004 and finally(?) in 2007 with KRC Genk. On 15 December 2008, Broos accepted the proposal of Greek club, Panserraikos, and for the first time in his career left his country. Panserraikos had a great campaign in Greek Cup, eliminate Panathinaikos in quarterfinals but lost against AEK Athens in the semis. Later in season Panserraikos couldn't avoid relegation. Broos left from Panserraikos and became new coach of Trabzonspor, on 22 June 2009 and was released on 22 November 2009.

Personal life

Broos is married and has two daughters and one son.