1922 - 2003
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guy Thys has received more than 80,306 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Guy Thys is the 103rd most popular coach (down from 84th in 2019), the 301st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 244th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Coach.
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Among coaches, Guy Thys ranks 103 out of 328. Before him are Miljan Miljanić, Jozef Adamec, David Moyes, Walter Zenga, Lars Lagerbäck, and Vladimir Petrović. After him are Dušan Bajević, Hennes Weisweiler, Dan Petrescu, Zlatko Dalić, Tatiana Tarasova, and André Villas-Boas.
1930 - 2012
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 97
1942 - 2018
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 98
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 99
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 100
1948 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 101
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 102
1922 - 2003
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 103
1948 - Present
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 104
1919 - 1983
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 105
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 106
1966 - Present
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 107
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 108
1977 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 109
Among people born in 1922, Guy Thys ranks 154. Before him are Margherita Hack, John Edward Williams, Anatoli Papanov, Anker Jørgensen, Stanley Schachter, and Dilip Kumar. After him are Stephen Toulmin, Eugene Stoner, Susanna Agnelli, Elissa Aalto, Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, and András Hegedüs. Among people deceased in 2003, Guy Thys ranks 98. Before him are Wendy Hiller, Qusay Hussein, Foday Sankoh, Marie Trintignant, Massimo Girotti, and Mario Merz. After him are Eizo Yuguchi, Jaba Ioseliani, Kató Lomb, Neil Postman, Jacques Deray, and Bernard Williams.
1922 - 2013
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 148
1922 - 1994
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 149
1922 - 1987
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 150
1922 - 2016
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 151
1922 - 1997
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 152
1922 - 2021
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 153
1922 - 2003
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 154
1922 - 2009
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 155
1922 - 1997
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 156
1922 - 2009
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 157
1922 - 1994
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 158
1922 - 1950
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 159
1922 - 1999
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 160
1912 - 2003
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 92
1966 - 2003
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 93
1937 - 2003
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 94
1962 - 2003
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 95
1918 - 2003
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 96
1925 - 2003
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 97
1922 - 2003
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 98
1945 - 2003
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 99
1926 - 2003
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 100
1909 - 2003
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 101
1931 - 2003
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 102
1929 - 2003
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 103
1929 - 2003
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 104
Among people born in Belgium, Guy Thys ranks 301 out of 1,019. Before him are Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (1630), Charles Eugène de Croÿ (1651), Jean Absil (1893), John Berchmans (1599), Enzo Scifo (1966), and Godfrey I, Count of Louvain (1060). After him are George Sarton (1884), Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (1217), Gustave de Molinari (1819), José van Dam (1940), Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine (967), and Johnny Galecki (1975).
1630 - 1675
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 295
1651 - Present
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 296
1893 - 1974
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 297
1599 - 1621
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 298
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 299
1060 - 1139
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 300
1922 - 2003
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 301
1884 - 1956
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 302
1217 - 1281
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 303
1819 - 1912
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 304
1940 - Present
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 305
967 - 1044
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 306
1975 - Present
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 307
Among coaches born in Belgium, Guy Thys ranks 4. Before him are Eric Gerets (1954), Raymond Goethals (1921), and Georges Leekens (1949). After him are Robert Waseige (1939), René Vandereycken (1953), and Hugo Broos (1952).
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 1
1921 - 2004
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 2
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 3
1922 - 2003
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 4
1939 - 2019
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 5
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 6
1952 - Present
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 7