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Tom Saintfiet

1973 - Today

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Tom Saintfiet (born 29 March 1973) is a Belgian football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Mali national team. He managed the Gambian national team from 2018 to 2024, earning a place in the top five list of best coaches of the year in the African continent in 2022 and 2023, voted by Confédération Africaine de Football. In 2022, he was second runner-up for the Royal Belgian Football Association's "Coach of the Year" award. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Tom Saintfiet is the 433rd most popular coach (down from 344th in 2024), the 996th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 860th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Belgian Coach.

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Tom Saintfiet ranks 433 out of 471Before him are Sascha Lewandowski, Martin Schmidt, Rafael Dudamel, Ahmed El-Kass, Steve Sampson, and Jorge Amado Nunes. After him are Andreas Heraf, Neil Lennon, Raúl Gutiérrez, Diego Martínez, Michele Serena, and Joe Royle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Tom Saintfiet ranks 807Before him are Jordan Prentice, Mkhitar Manukyan, Li Xiaoshuang, Alban Bushi, Robert Luketic, and Baciro Djá. After him are Marian Hristov, Hatem Ghoula, Paco Plaza, Eric Lange, Petr Gabriel, and Thomas Enger.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Tom Saintfiet ranks 996 out of 1,190Before him are Christophe Rochus (1978), Kevin Borlée (1988), Milow (1981), Mehdi Carcela (1989), Peter Piot (1949), and Matz Sels (1992). After him are Dennis Praet (1994), Thomas Buffel (1981), Gella Vandecaveye (1973), Ritchie De Laet (1988), Luca Brecel (1995), and Princess Eléonore of Belgium (2008).

Among COACHES In Belgium

Among coaches born in Belgium, Tom Saintfiet ranks 9Before him are Georges Leekens (1949), Guy Thys (1922), René Vandereycken (1953), Robert Waseige (1939), Hugo Broos (1952), and Hein Vanhaezebrouck (1964).