Marcel Bout Explained

Marcel Bout
Fullname:Marcel Bout
Birth Date:18 November 1962
Birth Place:Haarlem, Netherlands
Manageryears1:2006–2009
Managerclubs1:Jong AZ
Manageryears2:2009–2010
Managerclubs2:Telstar

Marcel Bout (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /mɑrˈsɛl ˈbʌut/; born 18 November 1962) is a Dutch football coach and scout. Bout has worked with Feyenoord, Volendam, AZ, Telstar, Bayern Munich, Manchester United and the Netherlands national football team in various coaching and advisory roles in the past.

Biography

Bout previously worked as a head training coach, youth team coach and recovery trainer at Feyenoord (1995–2004) and assistant coach, head of youth and chief scout at Volendam (2004–2006),[1] [2] and was the manager of the AZ second team Jong AZ from 2006 to 2009.[3] In 2010, he took over as head coach of the Telstar senior team from Edward Metgod, before joining Louis van Gaal as an assistant at Bayern Munich in 2011. Bout previously worked with Van Gaal at AZ (where they won the Dutch Eredivisie in 2009),[4] and following the departure of Van Gaal from Bayern Munich in 2011, Bout continued to work at Bayern Munich, serving as assistant manager alongside interim head coach Andries Jonker. Bout was retained by new Bayern Munich manager Jupp Heynckes, and became the chief match analyst at the club.[5] He left Germany in 2012 to become an assistant coach, technical analyst and scout with the Netherlands national under-21 football team.

Bout joined Louis van Gaal at Manchester United in the summer of 2014, becoming the assistant coach specialising in opposition scouting.[6] He was named chief global scout in October 2016 and left his role in April 2022.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MARCEL BOUT ASSISTENT-TRAINER VOLENDAM . www.feyenoord.nl . . nl . 31 January 2004.
  2. News: Marcel Bout vertrekt bij FC Volendam . www.groot-waterland.nl . 21 April 2006 . nl.
  3. News: Marcel Bout verkast naar Jong AZ . Elfvoetbal.nl . 22 April 2006 . nl.
  4. Web site: Froggatt. Mark. Van Gaal's guys: Marcel Bout. ManUtd.com. 3 June 2014.
  5. News: Bajkowski. Simon. Who are the coaches coming with Van Gaal?. 22 May 2014. Manchester Evening News. 19 May 2014.
  6. News: Mogan . Tony . Who Are Manchester United's New Coaches Frans Hoek and Marcel Bout?. 19 May 2014 . International Business Times . 19 May 2014 .
  7. News: Marcel Bout 'chief scout' bij Manchester United . https://web.archive.org/web/20161106061916/http://www.gelderlander.nl/algemeen/sport/voetbal/marcel-bout-chief-scout-bij-manchester-united-1.6496553 . 6 November 2016 . Gelderlander . nl .