Luc Eymael

Luc Eymael (born 20 September 1959) is a Belgian football manager and former player,and married to Patricia Abbruzzese.

Luc began his professional footballing career in 1975 with the Fléron-based Royal Star Fléron Football Club, with whom he participated in the Belgian Fourth Division and later helped in promotion to the Belgian Third Division.

In 1981, he moved to Ferrières where he signed a one-year contract with Belgian Third Division club, Royale Union Sportive Ferrières.

He first moved out of Belgium in 1983 to Netherlands where he signed a two-year contract with Heerlen-based, Eerste Divisie club, Sporting Heerlen.

In 1985, he moved back to Belgium to Vaux-sous-Chèvremont where he signed a long-term contract with, along with Belgian Fifth Division club, Racing Club Vaux.

In a five-year spell with the club, he helped them in promotion to the Belgian Fourth Division.

In 1990, he signed a two-year contract with Huy-based Belgian Third Division club, Royal Football Club Huy.

In 1992, he moved to Virton where he signed a long-term contract with Belgian Fourth Division club, R.E. Virton.

He first helped his team in promotion to the Belgian Third Division and later in promotion to the Belgian Second Division.

He then moved to Hasselt where in 1995, he signed a one-year contract with Belgian Second Division club, K.S.C. Hasselt.

Later, in 1996, he signed a one-year contract with Union Royale Namur Fosses-La-Ville and helped the club win the 1996–97 Belgian Third Division, earning a promotion to the Belgian Second Division.

In 1998, he moved to Athus where he signed a one-year contract with Belgian Fourth Division club, Royal Sporting Club Athusien.

He began his managerial career in 1999 with Lierneux-based Belgian Fifth Division club, RUS Sartoise.

Finally, he ended his career as a footballer in the year 2000, playing for a season with another Belgian Fourth Division club, Royal Football Club Aubel.

He has also participated in various international tournaments with the Belgium U-14 side, the Belgium national under-16 football team and the Belgium national Military football team.

After a 9-month break, Luc Eymael is back, and it is with the Libyan club, ittihad misrata premier league, that he signs a new contract on 23 August 2022 for a new challenge whose objective is to participate in the final round of this season to qualify for an African Cup.

Luc Eymael returned to Africa on January 28, 2024, to sign with the new club AIGLES DU CONGO based in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The club is currently in 4th place in the Champions League and aims to move up to 3rd or 2nd position.

Luc holds the UEFA Pro Licence, the highest football coaching qualification.

He received the UEFA Pro Licence in 2007 and the UEFA A License on 10 September 2002, from the Royal Belgian Football Association.

He is also a graduate from the Federal School of football coaching of Union Royale Belge Des Sociétés de Football Association (URBSFA).

In 2003, he was appointed as the head coach of another Belgian Fifth Division club, Weywertz-based, FC Weywertz.

In 2004, he moved to Arlon where he signed a three-year contract with Football Club Jeunesse Lorraine Arlonaise with whom he participated in the Belgian Fourth Division and later helped them get promoted to the Belgian Third Division.

Later, in 2007, he moved to Spy where he was appointed as the head coach of Belgian Fourth Division club, RFC Spy on a two-year contract.

In 2009, he moved to Hamoir where he worked as the head coach of Belgian Third Division club, Royal Racing Club Hamoir and thus ending his eleven-year long-spell in Belgium as a football manager.

Eymael first moved out of Belgium as a football manager in 2010 to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where on 26 August 2010 he was appointed as the head coach of the Linafoot club AS Vita.

In his very first season as the head coach of the Kinshasa-based club, he helped them win the 2010 Linafoot.

The team finished at the top just above their archrivals, TP Mazembe.

He helped the Libreville-based club win the 2010–11 Gabon Championnat National D1, which was the first national title won in the history of the club, thus helping them qualify for the 2012 CAF Champions League.

Eymael also helped his club win the 2011 Super Coupe du Congo.

The Congolese club also reached the Second Round of the 2011 CAF Champions League under his leadership.

He maintained an unbeaten 23-games record with the Kinshasa-based club and later resigned from his position by April 2011.

In May 2011, he moved to Gabon where on 1 July 2011 he was appointed as the head coach of Gabon Championnat National D1 club, Missile.

He also helped the club reach the First Round of the Round of 16 of the 2011 CAF Confederation Cup where they narrowly lost 0–3 on penalties to Algeria's JS Kabylie after the tie had ended 3–3 on aggregate.

In the 2011–12 Gabon Championnat National D1, he helped his team secure the fourth position, thus ending his one-year spell with the Gabonese club.

He also helped a number of players from his squad earn caps for the Gabon national football team, one of whom later signed a two-year contract with Russian Football Premier League club, FC Rostov.

In June 2012, he moved to Algeria where he was appointed as the head coach of Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club, MC Oran on a one-year-term contract.

Later, in September 2012, due to some financial delays he decided to part ways with the Oran-based club.

He also holds the CAF A License which he received from the Tunisian Football Federation on 5 February 2015.

He has worked with many of Belgium's current and former footballing stars including Eden Hazard, Axel Witsel, Logan Bailly, Guillaume Gillet, Christian Benteke and François Sterchele.