Francky Dury

Francky Dury (born 11 October 1957) is a Belgian football manager. He most recently managed Zulte Waregem, the team he coached for almost 20 years. Before that, he had already worked for their predecessor Zultse VV for 10 seasons.

Amateur footballing career and early coaching career Born in Roeselare, Dury began his career as an amateur footballer in the Belgian lower leagues, playing for Hulste Sport from 1971 to 1981.

He made his first coaching experiences at Harelbeke, where he was in charge of the second team, as well as at KSK Beveren-Leie, K.S.K. Ronse and R.R.C. Tournaisien. ), the Belgian Third Division (2002) In 2007, he signed a professional contract as coach of the club while giving up his previously held job as a detective. In August 2009, he became the assistant of Frank Vercauteren, then-coach of the national Belgian team, while remaining the coach of Zulte-Waregem.

Gent In June 2010, rumours were confirmed that Dury would have contract talks with K.A.A. Gent to become the club's new coach, which was confirmed on 10 June, the date on which the transfer became official. On 14 May 2011, the Belgian press reported that Dury's contract would be terminated after Gent's final match of the season, against Club Brugge. Having finished the regular season in third place, Gent had failed to win any of their first nine playoff matches (out of ten in total), meaning they could only finish in 5th or 6th place, with no chance of qualifying for a 2011–12 European competition.

Return to Zulte-Waregem After half a year working for the Royal Belgian Football Association working first as national technical director and then as head coach of the Belgium U21,

Honours Zulte-Waregem Belgian Best Coach of the Year: 2013 Guy Thys Award: 2014 Raymond Goethals Award: 2016 West-Flemish personality of the year: 2007