Fangio Buyse (born 27 September 1974) is a Belgian

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midfielder and manager. Married with Nikolina Stevic and father of Lara Buyse

Career

Player

He played with

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in K.S.V. Waregem and subsequently moved to

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to play for Niki Volou,

Athinaikos Athinaikos A.C. (, full name Athinaikos Athletic Club) is a Greek multisport-club, founded in 1917. It is based in Vyronas, a suburb east of Athens. Athinaikos has football, basketball, and handball teams. Its achievements comprise Panhellenic ch ...

Kerkyra Corfu ( , ) or Kerkyra (, ) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands; including its small satellite islands, it forms the margin of Greece's northwestern frontier. The island is part of the Corfu regional unit, and is admin ...

Agios Dimitrios Agios Dimitrios (Greek: Άγιος Δημήτριος meaning Saint Dimitrios, before 1928: Μπραχάμι - ''Brahami'') is a town in Attica, Greece, and a suburb in the southern part of the Athens agglomeration. Geography Agios Dimitrios is ...

and Acharnaikos. In 2006 he went to

Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...

to play for

Doxa Katokopia Doxa Katokopias FC () is a Cypriot professional football club from Katokopia in the Nicosia District. History Doxa (which translates as ''Glory'') was promoted to First Division in 1998 for first time in their history, but after finishing 13 ...

s for two seasons, and then from summer 2008 he played for

APOP Kinyras Peyias APOP Kinyras FC (, ''Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Pegeias Kinyras'', "Athletic Football Club Peyia Kinyras") was a Cypriot football club from the village of Peyia of Paphos District. The club formed in 2003 following the merger of lower divisi ...

. At APOP Kinyras Peyias he helped them win their first

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title in 2009 and scored in the final against

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou () is a Cyprus, Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL Limassol also maintains a AEL Limassol B.C., men's and AEL Limassol B.C. (women), women's basketball teams, a wom ...

Manager

In his first year as a player/manager in 2012–13 he managed to get AEK Kouklia F.C. promoted for the first time in the team's history to the

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

. In July 2013 he moved to

AC Omonia Nicosia Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia (; ''Athlitikós Sýllogos Omónoia Lefkosías''), commonly known as Omonia Nicosia, or simply Omonia (also transliterated as Omonoia), is a Cypriot professional multi-sport club, established on 4 June 1948 in Nico ...

, first as coach of the U-21 team and later in a double role also as Assistant-coach after the team sacked

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. In a 21-month period he worked together with 3 headcoaches;

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, Miguel Angel Lotina and

Costas Kaiafas Kostas Kaiafas (; born 22 September 1974 in Nicosia) is a Cypriot former football player and manager. As a player, he was a midfielder for Omonia and Alki Larnaca. He was the captain of Omonia and the second longest servant in the history of ...

. He also was care-taker for Omonia's win over EN Paralimni on 5 January 2014. After 3.5 years in Omonia Nicosia AC he moved back to Niki Volou (his first team as a player in Greece), and started first as technical director of the academy, as he was also in his last year in Omonia. Then in 2017-18 as the first team manager he won the local Thessaly Cup, and also took the team to the Football League II Cup final. In 2018-19 he became manager of

Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia (, ''Olympiakos Lefkosias'') is a Cypriot football club based in Nicosia and competes in the . The club was founded in 1931, and is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. ...

. When he started they were in last position with 0 points, but he managed to get them promoted to the first division. After this successful season he decided to leave Cyprus. He was close to signing for FC Lugano but at the last moment the deal fell through, so he then joined newly promoted Blue Boys Muhlenbach and he managed to keep them in the BGL League. Due to Corona and the stop of the Championship in Luxembourg he moved to his home country to join KMSK Deinze.

Technical Director

After a 1-year stay in Deinze he received an offer from Saudi Professional League Abha Club to become technical director. At his arrival on 15 October the team was in the last place with only 4 points in 7 games. Abha Club after all they remained in the highest league. Also for the season 2022-23 an easy stay in the league was secured fast.

Honours

Player

KSV Waregem *Belgian second division: 1994–95 Athinaikos *Beta Ethniki: 2000–01 APOP Kinyras *

: 2008–09

Coach

AEK Kouklia *Promotion to Premier League: 2013 Niki Volos * Thessaly Cup 2017

Managerial statistics

References

External links

UEFA
*http://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/cnt/DMF20130515_00584084 {{DEFAULTSORT:Buyse, Fangio 1974 births Living people Belgian men's footballers Belgian expatriate men's footballers Niki Volos F.C. players Athinaikos F.C. players A.O. Kerkyra players Doxa Katokopias FC players APOP Kinyras FC players AEP Paphos FC players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus AEK Kouklia players Belgian football managers Niki Volos F.C. managers FC Blue Boys Muhlenbach managers Belgian expatriate football managers K.M.S.K. Deinze players Akritas Chlorakas players Men's association football midfielders People from Deinze Footballers from East Flanders