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Guy Thys

1922 - 2003

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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. With 114 games between 1976 and 1991, he is the longest-serving national coach in the history of the Red Devils to date. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guy Thys is the 110th most popular coach (down from 100th in 2019), the 328th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 242nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Coach.

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Guy Thys ranks 110 out of 471. Before him are Javier Aguirre, Dušan Bajević, Lars Lagerbäck, Branko Ivanković, Mazinho, and Şenol Güneş. After him are Lucien Favre, Huub Stevens, Holger Osieck, Hennes Weisweiler, Juan López Fontana, and David Moyes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Guy Thys ranks 154. Before him are Esther Lederberg, Yuri Knorozov, Manshuk Mametova, Gershon Kingsley, Artemio Franchi, and Vasko Popa. After him are Kevin Roche, Michel Henry, Vasili Mitrokhin, Esther Brand, Margherita Hack, and Luis Somoza Debayle. Among people deceased in 2003, Guy Thys ranks 99. Before him are William Steig, Wendy Hiller, Sébastien Japrisot, Uday Hussein, Rie Mastenbroek, and Fritz Fischer. After him are Alan Bates, John Ritter, Massimo Girotti, Donald O'Connor, Maurice Pialat, and Kalpana Chawla.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Guy Thys ranks 328 out of 1,190. Before him are Odile Defraye (1888), Henry IV, Duke of Brabant (1251), Léon Scieur (1888), Victor Boin (1886), Camille Huysmans (1871), and Edward Schillebeeckx (1914). After him are Walter Godefroot (1943), José van Dam (1940), Michel de Ghelderode (1898), Hélène Dutrieu (1877), John III, Duke of Brabant (1300), and Cornelis Floris de Vriendt (1514).

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Among COACHES In Belgium

Among coaches born in Belgium, Guy Thys ranks 4. Before him are Raymond Goethals (1921), Eric Gerets (1954), and Georges Leekens (1949). After him are René Vandereycken (1953), Robert Waseige (1939), Hugo Broos (1952), and Tom Saintfiet (1973).

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