# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/guy-thys
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:55:00.058Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/guy-thys"
name: "Guy Thys"
slug: "guy-thys"
description: "Guy Jean-Leonard Thys 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."
tagline: "Belgian footballer (1922–2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Belgie_tegen_Nederland_1-2%2C_Belgie%2C_trainer_Guy_Thijs_kop%2C_Bestanddeelnr_928-5992.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1922-12-06"
deathDate: "2003-08-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.78
  momentum:             10
  historical:           17.86898666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4804303"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%88%D9%8A_%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "غوي ثيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%89_%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "جوى ثيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Thys"
    title: "Guy Thys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Thys"
    title: "Guy Thys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Thys"
    title: "Guy Thys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Thys"
    title: "Guy Thys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Thys"
    title: "Guy Thys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "گای تیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Thys"
    title: "Guy Thys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Thys"
    title: "Guy Thys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Thys"
    title: "Guy Thys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Thys"
    title: "Guy Thys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ギー・ティス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B8%B0_%ED%8B%B0"
    title: "기 티"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Thys"
    title: "Guy Thys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Thys"
    title: "Guy Thys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Thys"
    title: "Guy Thys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%93%D0%B8"
    title: "Тис, Ги"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Thys"
    title: "Guy Thys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%96_%D0%A2%D1%96%D1%81"
    title: "Гі Тіс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q579497"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump