Staff · Unattached

Benoît Thans

Born 20 Aug 1964 · Liège (age 54)

  • Belgium
  • Continental Pro License
  • Staff

Record at game start, 1 Jul 2019

Current ability
110 of 200
Best job (calc)
178 Scout
World reputation
1,5000 / 5 calc
Current reputation
5,500
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—
  • Fitness—
  • Mental—
  • Tactical—
  • Technical15
  • Working with youngsters15
  • GK distribution1
  • GK handling1
  • GK shot stopping1
  • Coaching (general)—
  • Technique (coaching)—

Mental 4

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

Knowledge 8

  • Judging player ability18
  • Judging player potential19
  • 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
Director of football1783 of 5 stars20
Scout1783 of 5 stars20
Coach First Team100.5 of 5 stars—
Manager First Team90.5 of 5 stars—
Assistant Manager First Team90.5 of 5 stars—
Head of Youth Development90.5 of 5 stars—
Loan Manager90.5 of 5 stars—
Physio First Team80.5 of 5 stars—
Fitness Coach First Team80.5 of 5 stars—
Data Analyst First Team80.5 of 5 stars—
Sports Scientist First Team80.5 of 5 stars—
Technical Director80.5 of 5 stars—
Gk Coach First Team30.5 of 5 stars—

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

Staff profile

Coaching badge
Continental Pro License
Potential ability
130
Best job (calc)
Scout
Home reputation
5,000
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
Determination2
Judging staff ability2
Negotiating1

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 54 at game start
Place of birth
Liège
Nationality
Belgium
Height
—
Weight
—
Languages
French, Dutch (10/10), German (10/10)

Contract

Club
Unattached
Job
—
Contract type
—
Joined club
30 Jun 2016
Contract starts
—
Contract expires
—
Weekly wage
—
Leaves at end of contract
—
Needs work permit
—

Playing career

21
SeasonTeamDivisionAppsGoalsFee
2001 RAAL Louviéroise Belgian Pro League A 111 Unknown fee
2000 KSK Beveren Belgian Pro League A 92 Unknown fee
2000 RAAL Louviéroise Belgian Pro League A 214 Unknown fee
1999 KVC Westerlo Belgian Pro League A 270 Unknown fee
1998 KVC Westerlo Belgian Pro League A 312 Unknown fee
1997 KVC Westerlo Belgian Pro League A 324 Unknown fee
1996 RFC Liège Belgian Pro League B 298 Unknown fee
1995 RFC Liège — 228 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 A 10 Unknown fee
1991 R Antwerp FC Belgian Pro League A 20 Unknown fee
1990 R Standard de Liège Belgian Pro League A 193 Unknown fee
1989 R Standard de Liège Belgian Pro League A 327 Unknown fee
1988 R Standard de Liège Belgian Pro League A 323 Unknown fee
1987 RC Lens Ligue 1 Conforama 213 Unknown fee
1986 RFC Liège Belgian Pro League A 291 Unknown fee
1985 RFC Liège Belgian Pro League A 325 Unknown fee
1984 RFC Liège Belgian Pro League A —— Unknown fee
1983 RFC Liège Belgian Pro League A —— Unknown fee
1982 RFC Liège Belgian Pro League A 223 Unknown fee
Total (site's sum of the stored rows)37217/21 recorded5417/21 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

3
  1. Fussballclub RB Salzburg

    1 Apr 2014 – 30 Jun 2016

    Scout

  2. Belgium

    12 Jan 2012 – 30 Jun 2013

    Director of football

  3. Cercle Sportif Verviers

    25 Nov 2002 – 30 Jun 2008

    Director of football

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

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Favourite people

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Disliked people

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 2019.