Hugo Broos

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.

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 (age 73)
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–	South Africa
Medal record Men's football Representing  Cameroon (as manager) Africa Cup of Nations Winner 2017
* 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.

Broos (left) with Belgium 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.

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 team.^[5] He led South Africa to a third-place finish at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.^[6]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 15 June 2025

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record					Ref
				G	W	D	L	Win %
RWD Molenbeek		July 1988	June 1991	70	21	13	36	030.00
Club Brugge		July 1991	June 1997	269	167	57	45	062.08
Excelsior Mouscron		July 1997	June 2002	197	92	42	63	046.70
Anderlecht		July 2002	February 2005	118	75	15	28	063.56
Genk		July 2005	February 2008	98	50	22	26	051.02
Panserraikos		December 2008	June 2009	21	5	8	8	023.81
Trabzonspor		July 2009	November 2009	15	6	3	6	040.00
Zulte Waregem		October 2010	May 2011	25	8	7	10	032.00
JS Kabylie		July 2014	September 2014	5	3	1	1	060.00
NA Hussein Dey		November 2014	February 2015	11	4	3	4	036.36
Cameroon		13 February 2016	4 December 2017	25	10	9	6	040.00
Oostende (caretaker)		March 2019	April 2019	8	2	2	4	025.00
South Africa		5 May 2021	Present	56	28	19	9	050.00
Total				917	471	200	246	051.36	—

Honours

Player

Anderlecht^[7]

• 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^[8]
• Tournoi de Paris: 1977^[9]
• Jules Pappaert Cup: 1977, 1983^[10]
• Belgian Sports Merit Award: 1978^[11]

Club Brugge^[12]

• Belgian First Division: 1987–88
• Belgian Cup: 1985–86
• Belgian Super Cup: 1986
• Bruges Matins: 1984^[13]

Belgium

• FIFA World Cup fourth place: 1986^[14]

Manager

RWD Molenbeek

• Belgian Second Division: 1989–90^[15]

Club Brugge^[12]

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

Anderlecht^[7]

• Belgian First Division: 2003–04

Cameroon

• Africa Cup of Nations: 2017^[16]

South Africa

• Africa Cup of Nations third place: 2023^[6]

Individual

• Belgian Professional Manager of the Year: 1991–92, 1995–96, 2003–04, 2006–07^[17]
• Honorary Citizen of Jabbeke and Grimbergen: 2017^[18][19]