Luc Nilis

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Luc Nilis
Personal information
Full name Luc Gilbert Cyrille Nilis
Date of birth (1967-05-25) 25 May 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Hasselt, Belgium
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Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 PSV Eindhoven (striker coach)
Youth career
1973–1980 Halveweg Zonhoven
1980–1984 Winterslag
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1986 Winterslag 47 (16)
1986–1994 Anderlecht 224 (127)
1994–2000 PSV Eindhoven 164 (110)
2000 Aston Villa 3 (1)
Total 503 (288)
International career
1982–1983 Belgium U16 6 (3)
1982–1983 Belgium U17 3 (2)
1983–1984 Belgium U18 8 (1)
1983–1985 Belgium U19 11 (6)
1986–1987 Belgium U21 3 (0)
1988–2000 Belgium 56 (10)
Managerial career
2005–2006 K. Heusden-Zolder S.K. (technical director)
2006–2011 PSV Eindhoven (scout)
2007–2010 PSV Eindhoven (assistant)
2011 Kasımpaşa SK (assistant)
2011–2013 Gençlerbirliği S.K. (assistant)
2015– PSV Eindhoven (striker coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luc Gilbert Cyrille Nilis (born 25 May 1967 in Hasselt, Belgium), nicknamed Lucky Luc, is a former Belgian football striker. He enjoyed a successful career in his native Belgium and, in particular, in the Netherlands with PSV Eindhoven. However, his playing days came to an end in the 2000–01 season after breaking his leg in a match with his club Aston Villa following a clash with Ipswich Town goalkeeper Richard Wright.

Club career

His former clubs include K.F.C. Winterslag, R.S.C. Anderlecht, PSV Eindhoven and Aston Villa. During his time with PSV, Nilis formed one of the deadliest partnerships in Europe with team-mate Ruud van Nistelrooy. In the 1998–99 season, Nilis and van Nistelrooy scored 55 league goals between them. Van Nistelrooy finished as top-scorer, Nilis came second. In the following season, Nilis' last for PSV, they scored 48 league goals between them.

Then, after 6 years in the Netherlands, Nillis joined Aston Villa on a Bosman transfer in July 2000.[1] Nilis' Villa career started well, as he scored on his debut in the UEFA Intertoto Cup against Dukla Příbram on 22 July 2000[2] before going on to score on his league debut against Chelsea on 27 August 2000.[3] Then in a league match against Ipswich Town on 9 September 2000, Nilis was involved in a clash with goalkeeper Richard Wright[4] that left him with a double compound fracture of his right shin.[5] At one point the injury became infected and Nilis even feared a possible amputation.[6] This hypothesis was later ruled out, although his playing career was effectively ended.

Ronaldo occasionally names Nilis as one of the best strike partners he had played with despite sharing only a brief time with him at PSV.[7] Ruud van Nistelrooy has also stated on several occasions that the Belgian was one of the best players, if not the best, he had ever played with.

International career

Nilis played 56 times for the Belgian national team, scoring 10 times. A prolific goalscorer with his clubs, he scored his first goal for Belgium only on his 24th cap (a 9–0 win against Zambia). Nilis played in the 1994 World Cup, the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000, the latter was co-hosted by his birth-country Belgium and the Netherlands.

International goals

"Score and result lists Belgium's goals first."[8]

Coaching career

After his playing career Nilis took a job with PSV, first as a scout and then training the club's forwards. In January 2011, Nilis became assistant manager with Turkish club Kasımpaşa Spor Kulübü, followed by another assistant manager stint with Gençlerbirliği S.K., also in Turkey. In April 2015 he was re-hired by PSV as a striker coach.[9]

Personal

Nilis's father, Roger (1938–2011), played as a professional footballer in Belgium in the 1960s.[10]

Honours

Club

Belgium Anderlecht
Netherlands PSV

Individual

References

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  7. ↑ http://esporte.uol.com.br/ultimas/multi/2009/05/15/04023762DC812346.jhtm?sabatina-da-folha-com-ronaldo--integra-da-entrevista-04023762DC812346
  8. ↑ http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=15141
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