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Staff · RCS Verviers

Benoît Thans

Born 20 Aug 1964 (age 45)

Record at game start, 1 Jul 2010

Current ability
140 of 200
Best job (calc)
80 Scout
World reputation
1,5000 / 5 calc
Current reputation
4,500
Wage
—
Contract until
—

Tactics

Preferred approach

Playing style
—
Pressing style
—
Mentality
—
Coaching style
—

Tactical tendencies

  • Attacking—
  • Directness—
  • Pressing—
  • Sitting back—
  • Tempo—
  • Width—
  • Depth—
  • Flamboyancy—
  • Flexibility—

Team management

  • Free roles—
  • Marking—
  • Offside trap—
  • Set pieces—
  • Squad rotation—
  • Use of playmaker—
  • Use of substitutes—
  • Dirtiness allowance—

Stored preferences and tactical tendencies. Each tendency uses the game’s 1–20 scale.

Staff attributes

Coaching 12

  • Attacking15
  • Defending—
  • Fitness1
  • Mental—
  • Tactical—
  • Technical15
  • Working with youngsters15
  • GK distribution—
  • GK handling—
  • GK shot stopping1
  • Coaching (general)—
  • Technique (coaching)—

Mental 4

  • Determination15
  • Discipline—
  • Man management—
  • Motivating—

Knowledge 8

  • Judging player ability16
  • Judging player potential—
  • Judging staff ability—
  • Tactical knowledge—
  • Negotiating—
  • Analysing data—
  • Presenting data—
  • Judging team data—

Medical 2

  • Physiotherapy—
  • Injury management—

Board 9

  • Business—
  • Buying players—
  • Hardness of training—
  • Interference—
  • Mind games—
  • Patience—
  • Resources1
  • Versatility—
  • Eccentricity—

Personality 8

  • Adaptability7
  • Ambition—
  • Controversy7
  • Loyalty7
  • Pressure—
  • Professionalism15
  • Sportsmanship9
  • Temperament12

Stored staff attributes, 1–20. A dash means the attribute is not recorded for this person in this build.

Coaching stars (calc)

  • Overall——
  • Quickness——
  • Strength——
  • GK shot stopping——
  • GK handling——
  • Defending (tactical)——
  • Defending (technical)——
  • Possession (tactical)——
  • Possession (technical)——
  • Attacking (tactical)——
  • Attacking (technical)——

Calculated by fm-reader per training category, as FM shows them. Missing ratings remain blank.

Job ratings (calc)

JobRatingStars calc Preference
Scout800.5 of 5 stars—
Coach First Team740.5 of 5 stars—
Manager First Team720.5 of 5 stars—
Assistant Manager First Team720.5 of 5 stars—
Gk Coach First Team50.5 of 5 stars—
Fitness Coach First Team30.5 of 5 stars—
Physio First Team—0.5 of 5 stars—

Calculated by fm-reader (1–200); preference is the stored 1–20 wish for the job.

Staff profile

Coaching badge
—
Potential ability
—
Best job (calc)
Scout
Home reputation
4,500
Reputation scope (calc)
National
Personality (calc)
—
Media handling (calc)
—

What the best job values

Scout: stored job weights
AttributeWeight
Judging player ability4
Judging player potential4
Tactical knowledge4

The game’s stored attribute weights for the job type of this person’s calculated best job. Weights are 1–10; these are weighting inputs, not attribute or job ratings.

Personal

Full name
—
First name
Benoît
Last name
Thans
Common name
—
Date of birth
20 Aug 1964 age 45 at game start
Place of birth
—
Nationality
Belgium
Height
—
Weight
—
Languages
Dutch (10/10), Italian (10/10)

Contract

Club
RCS Verviers
Job
—
Contract type
—
Joined club
—
Contract starts
—
Contract expires
—
Weekly wage
—
Leaves at end of contract
—
Needs work permit
—

Playing career

19
SeasonTeamDivisionAppsGoalsFee
2001 RAA Louviéroise Belgian Pro League 111 Unknown fee
2000 RAA Louviéroise Belgian Pro League 214 Unknown fee
2000 KSK Beveren Belgian Pro League 92 Unknown fee
1999 KVC Westerlo Belgian Pro League 270 Unknown fee
1998 KVC Westerlo Belgian Pro League 312 Unknown fee
1997 KVC Westerlo Belgian Pro League 324 Unknown fee
1996 RFC Liège Belgian Second League —— Unknown fee
1995 RFC Liège — —— Unknown fee
1994 AC Bellinzona Swiss Challenge League —— Unknown fee
1993 AC Bellinzona Swiss Challenge League —— Unknown fee
1992 R Standard de Liège Belgian Pro League 10 Unknown fee
1991 R Antwerp FC Belgian Pro League 20 Unknown fee
1990 R Standard de Liège Belgian Pro League 193 Unknown fee
1989 R Standard de Liège Belgian Pro League —— Unknown fee
1988 R Standard de Liège Belgian Pro League —— Unknown fee
1987 RC Lens Ligue 1 213 Unknown fee
1986 200043 — —— Unknown fee
1985 200043 — —— Unknown fee
1984 200043 Belgian Third Division B —— Unknown fee
Total (site's sum of the stored rows)17410/19 recorded1910/19 recorded

Up to 200 stored seasons. The site's sums cover the displayed rows only; missing appearances and goals are excluded separately.

International

NationCapsGoalsU21
Belgium0011 / 3

Staff career

1

  1. RCS Verviers

    25 Nov 2002 – 30 Jun 2008

    Director of football

Up to 200 stored career entries. A missing departure date remains unknown.

Favourite clubs

RFC Liège 100
RCS Verviers 75
KVC Westerlo 60

Favourite people

Maxime Thans 100
Toni Brogno 75

Disliked people

Arie Haan 75
Emilio Ferrera 75
Daniel Leclercq 75
Filippo Gaone 75

About this record

  1. calc marks a calculated figure. Position and role ratings, values, personality, job ratings and stars come from fm-reader.
  2. A dash means this build does not store the value. Numeric zero is shown as stored.
  3. Ages, employment and contracts are at game start, 1 Jul 2010.