Marc Brys

Marc Brys
	KV Mechelen in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth	10 May 1962 (age 61)
Place of birth	Antwerp, Belgium
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1972–1978	Beerschot
1978–1993	Wilrijk
1993–1994	Merksem
1994–1997	Wilrijk
1997–1998	Willebroek
Managerial career
Years	Club
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
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, currently managing Cameroon.

Career

His coaching career took off at Belgian 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

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-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^[3]

Managerial statistics

As of matches played 7 October 2023

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record								Ref
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Ref
Germ. Beerschot	July 2003	September 2005	87	29	22	36	88	107	−19	033.33
Germ. Beerschot	July 2006	June 2007	35	14	9	12	52	47	+5	040.00
R.E. Mouscron	July 2007	December 2007	17	6	4	7	23	23	+0	035.29
FC Eindhoven	July 2008	June 2009	40	10	14	16	64	83	−19	025.00
Den Bosch	July 2009	June 2010	40	16	12	12	73	59	+14	040.00	^[4]^[5]
KV Mechelen	July 2010	June 2012	78	29	19	30	103	112	−9	037.18
Najran SC	August 2014	October 2014	3	0	0	3	2	4	−2	000.00
Beerschot Wilrijk	July 2016	May 2018	81	46	18	17	146	83	+63	056.79
Sint-Truiden	July 2018	November 2019	60	24	20	16	89	82	+7	040.00
OH Leuven	June 2020	October 2023	119	40	32	47	183	201	−18	033.61
Career totals			560	214	150	196	823	801	+22	038.21