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Guy 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]

Guy Thys
Guy Thys pictured in 1976
Personal information
Full name Guy Jean Léonard Thys
Date of birth (1922-12-06)6 December 1922
Place of birth Antwerp, Belgium
Date of death 1 August 2003(2003-08-01) (aged 80)
Place of death Antwerp, Belgium
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
19341939 Beerschot
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19391950 Beerschot 143 (60)
19421943 → Daring Bruxelles (loan) 26 (12)
19501954 Standard Liège 104 (46)
19541958 Cercle Brugge 107 (41)
Total 380 (159)
National team
19521953 Belgium 2 (0)
Teams managed
19541958 Cercle Brugge
19581959 Lokeren
19601963 Wezel Sport
19631966 Herentals
19661969 Beveren
19691973 Union Saint-Gilloise
19731976 Royal Antwerp
19761989 Belgium
19901991 Belgium
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Belgium (as manager)
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up1980
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career


Thys was born in Antwerp and started his career in the 1940s and 50s as a football player with Beerschot, Daring Molenbeek and Standard. In 1952 and 1953 he played two matches with the Red Devils, the Belgian national team.

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. 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. 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. The side duly qualified through the group stage and was knocked out by the English national team in the second round of the tournament. Thys retired again in 1991.

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. In 1986 Belgium finished fourth in the World Cup in Mexico. His team beat Spain and the Soviet Union, but was defeated by Diego Maradona and his Argentine team in the semi-finals.


Death


Guy Thys died on 1 August 2003.[1]


Honours



Player


Standard Liège[2]

Player/Manager



Cercle Brugge[3]


Manager


Beveren[4]
Royal Antwerp[5]

International


Belgium


Individual



References




Sporting positions
Preceded by
Jozef Vandercruyssen
Cercle Brugge top scorer
1955
Succeeded by
François Loos
Preceded by
François Loos
Cercle Brugge top scorer
alongside François Loos

1957
Succeeded by
André Perot

На других языках


[de] Guy Thys

Guy Jean Léonard Thys (* 6. Dezember 1922 in Antwerpen; † 1. August 2003) war ein belgischer Fußballtrainer.
- [en] Guy Thys

[fr] Guy Thys

Guy Thys, né le 6 décembre 1922 et décédé le 1er août 2003, est un footballeur et entraîneur belge de football. Il a notamment été l'entraîneur de l'équipe nationale belge de football le plus couronné de succès[1].

[it] Guy Thys

Guy Thys (Anversa, 6 dicembre 1922 – Anversa, 1º agosto 2003) è stato un allenatore di calcio e calciatore belga.

[ru] Тис, Ги

Ги Тис (нидерл. Guy Thys; 6 декабря 1922, Антверпен — 1 августа 2003, Антверпен, Фландрия) — бельгийский футболист и тренер, играл на позиции нападающего.



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