Guy Thys
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| Full name | Guy Jean Léonard Thys | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Antwerp, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of death | Antwerp, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1934–1939 | Beerschot | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1939–1950 | Beerschot | 143 | (60) | ||||||||||||||
| 1942–1943 | → Daring Bruxelles (loan) | 26 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 1950–1954 | Standard Liège | 104 | (46) | ||||||||||||||
| 1954–1958 | Cercle Brugge | 107 | (41) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 380 | (159) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1952–1953 | Belgium | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
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| 1954–1958 | Cercle Brugge | ||||||||||||||||
| 1958–1959 | Lokeren | ||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1963 | Wezel Sport | ||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1966 | Herentals | ||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1969 | Beveren | ||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1973 | Union Saint-Gilloise | ||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1976 | Royal Antwerp | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1989 | Belgium | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Belgium | ||||||||||||||||
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Guy Jean-Leonard Thys (6 December 1922 – 1 August 2003) was a Belgian football manager, mostly known for being the most successful manager in the history of the Belgium national football team as he managed to lead the national side to their only UEFA European Championship final in 1980 and a fourth–place finish at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.[1] With 114 games between 1976 and 1991, he is the longest-serving national coach in the history of the Red Devils to date.[2]
Career
Player career
Thys was born in Antwerp as son of Belgian international Ivan Thys. He started his career in the 1940s and 50s as a football player with Beerschot, Daring Molenbeek and Standard. Because of the war, nearly five years of his career were lost.[3] In 1952 and 1953 he played two matches with the Red Devils, the Belgium national team.[4]
Manager career
He combined the activities of player and trainer for Cercle Brugge from 1954 until 1958. In 1959 he performed the same functions for Racing Lokeren. He became a full-time trainer with Wezel the same year, followed by Herentals, Beveren, Union Sint-Gillis, and Antwerp. Under Thys' leadership Antwerp was a finalist in the Belgian Cup and twice finished second in the championship.
International management
Thys was appointed Belgium manager in 1976 and remained in the job until 1989, managing the team for 101 games, 45 of which were victories.[5]
Under his lead the Red Devils participated twice in the European Championship, and three times at the World Cup. In 1980, Belgium narrowly lost the European Championship final to Germany in Rome. In the opening game of the 1982 World Cup, Belgium surprised the world by beating the reigning world champions Argentina 1–0.[6] In 1986 Belgium finished fourth in the World Cup in Mexico.[7] His team beat Spain and the Soviet Union, but was defeated by Diego Maradona and his Argentine team in the semi-finals.[8]
Walter Meeuws succeeded as coach in 1989 him and Thys became a kind of technical director. However, Meeuws was fired after one defeat and two ties. Eight months after stepping down as manager Thys was re-appointed in early 1990 in order to take charge of the team for the 1990 World Cup.[9] The side duly qualified through the group stage and was knocked out by the England national team in the second round of the tournament.[10] Thys retired again in 1991.[3]
Death
Guy Thys died on 1 August 2003.[1]
Honours
Player
- Standard Liège[11]
- Belgian Cup: 1953–54
Player/Manager
Cercle Brugge
Manager
- Beveren[13]
- Belgian Second Division: 1966–67
- Royal Antwerp[14]
- Belgian First Division Runner-up: 1973–74, 1974–75
- Belgian Cup Runner-up: 1974–75
International
Belgium
- UEFA European Championship: 1980 (runners-up)[15]
- FIFA World Cup: 1986 (fourth place)[16]
- Belgian Sports Merit Award: 1980[17]
Individual
- World Soccer Magazine Manager of the Year: 1986[18]
- Coach of the Platina 11 (Best Team of 50 Years Golden Shoe Winners): 2003[19]
- Guy Thys Awards: From 2011[20]
- RBFA 125 Years Icons Team Coach: 2020[21]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Guy Thys". The Telegraph. 4 August 2003. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bondscoach Guy Thys (1976 – 1989 en 1990 – 1991)". rbfa.be. 2 March 2025.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Colin, François (1 August 2023). "Vandaag 20 jaar terug overleed Guy Thys" [Today Guy Thys passed away 20 years ago]. dewitteduivel.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."General Information about the player Guy Thys". national-football-teams.com/. 14 May 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."General Information about the coach Guy Thys". national-football-teams.com. 14 May 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Het kanon van Erwin Vandenbergh: zes keer Belgisch topschutter en eeuwige glorie met treffer tegen Argentinië" [Erwin Vandenbergh's cannon: six times Belgian top scorer and eternal glory with goal against Argentina]. Het Laatste Nieuws (in Nederlands). 11 November 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Vandaag 35 jaar geleden, start Wereldkampioenschap voetbal 1986 in Mexico". gisterennogvandaag.wordpress.com (in Nederlands). 31 May 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Why Diego Maradona against Belgium was his most complete display at the 1986 World Cup". nytimes.com. 15 December 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Italia 1990 - Belgium preview". italia1990.com. 4 March 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."England v Belgium | Round of 16 | 1990 FIFA World Cup Italy". plus.fifa.com. 20 June 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Standard de Liège | Palmares".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cercle Brugge | Geschiedenis". Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."SK Beveren | Geschiedenis".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."FC Antwerp | Palmares".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."UEFA Euro 1980".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."FIFA 1986 World Cup". Archived from the original on 5 June 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Nationale Trofee voor Sportverdienste".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.""World Soccer" Awards".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.UEFA.com (15 January 2004). "Aruna voted Belgium's finest". UEFA. Retrieved 8 November 2020.[dead link]
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Felice Mazzu wint de Guy Thys Award: "Heel belangrijk, want erkenning vanuit de voetbalwereld"" (in Nederlands). Sporza. 10 September 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Guy Thys désigné sélectionneur de l'équipe idéale des Diables Rouges" (in français).
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