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Marc Brys

Marc Brys

Brys with KV Mechelen in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth	(1962-05-10) 10 May 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth	Antwerp, Belgium
Position(s)	Defender[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1978	Beerschot
1978–1993	Wilrijk
1993–1994	Merksem
1994–1997	Wilrijk
1997–1998	Willebroek
Managerial career
1998–2001	Londerzeel
2001–2003	Berchem Sport
2003–2005	Germinal Beerschot
2006	Deinze
2006–2007	Germinal Beerschot
2007	Mouscron
2008–2009	FC Eindhoven
2009–2010	Den Bosch
2010–2012	KV Mechelen
2012–2013	Al-Faisaly FC
2014	Al-Raed
2014	Najran[2]
2014–2015	Al-Raed
2016–2018	Beerschot Wilrijk
2018–2019	Sint-Truiden
2020–2023	OH Leuven
2024–	Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marc Brys (born 10 May 1962) is a Belgian football manager and former player, who is the current manager of the Cameroon national team.

His coaching career took off at Belgian club Berchem Sport, which he guided to the championship of the Belgian fourth and third divisions. After this success, Brys took over the first-division club Germinal Beerschot.

In his first year, with the smallest competition budget, Germinal finished 7th, although 75% of Belgian coaches predicted that the club would be relegated. In May 2005, during his second year, Brys took Germinal to a 2–1 victory over Club Brugge in the Belgian Cup, the first and only prize Germinal would win in its history. Germinal participated in the 2005–06 UEFA Cup but was eliminated by Olympique de Marseille on penalty kicks.

In 2006–07 Brys coached Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz, where he was fired despite finishing in seventh place. He subsequently coached in Holland at FC Eindhoven and Den Bosch.

In 2010 Brys signed for two years with KV Mechelen. In his first year, the club attained the highest point total in itshistory.

In 2012 Brys managed Saudi club Al-Faisaly FC (Harmah). He reached the semi-finals of the Crown Prince Cup and became group winner of the Gulf Cup. In his second season, however, he was fired and took over the Club Al-Raed for the last four games of the competition. He managed to keep them in the First League with two wins and two draws.

Following a stint of over three seasons, Brys was finally sacked at OH Leuven in October 2023 and retired, settling with his wife in his home in Crete. Six months later however, Brys signed for Cameroon, following in the footsteps of fellow Belgian manager Hugo Broos who had already lead the team in 2016 & 2017. Brys also stated he had denied offers from other African nations such as Ghana and Tunisia.

As of matches played 11 June 2024

Berchem Sport^[5]

• Belgian Third Division: 2001–02

Germinal Beerschot

• Belgian Cup: 2004–05^[6]

Individual

• Raymond Goethals Award: 2020^[7]

• Media related to Marc Brys at Wikimedia Commons

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