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In April 2015, he was re-hired by PSV as a striker coach. In August 2021, Nilis became the head coach of Belgian Division 2 club Belisia Bilzen, which had been founded earlier that year from a merger between Spouwen-Mopertingen and Bilzerse Waltwilder. It was his first assignment as head coach.
Nilis decided to make the leap after a career marked by successes in the heat of the home. He first massacred defenses in his native Belgium, with Anderlecht (127 goals in eight seasons), before making the aforementioned leap to PSV. There he won the admiration of Ronaldo.
Oct 28, 2020 · Ronaldo, his former strike partner at PSV, described the Belgian as the best he played with. “I’ve played with big players like Figo, Romario, Zidane, Rivaldo, Djorkaeff and Raul, but it clicked...
- Gregg Evans
Oct 18, 2016 · Now a coach preparing PSV Eindhoven for Bayern München, Luc Nilis was for one night only the Bundesliga side's tormenter-in-chief. He looks back at "one of the best victories I had at PSV".
May 25, 2023 · Aged 27 and having conquered Belgium, in 1994 he made the short journey across the border to join PSV, where he formed a devastating partnership with Ronaldo, who joined the club that same summer after taking advice from Romario, who spent five years at the Phillips Stadion himself.
Nov 6, 2023 · After six years at PSV, Nilis decided to try his luck in the Premier League in 2000, signing for Aston Villa.
EDIT: For example, here's Anderlecht playing Barcelona in the second round of the Cup Winners Cup in 1989 (they would reach the final of that edition). Luc Nilis remplaced Musonda (dad of Charly Musonda, one of the future "big talents" on Chelsea's roster now) after about half an hour.
