# Marcel Bout

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**Marcel Bout** (mɑrˈsɛl ˈbʌut; born 18 November 1962) is a Dutch [football](/source/Association_football) coach and [scout](/source/Scout_(association_football)). Bout has worked with [Feyenoord](/source/Feyenoord), [Volendam](/source/FC_Volendam), [AZ](/source/AZ_Alkmaar), [Telstar](/source/SC_Telstar), [Bayern Munich](/source/FC_Bayern_Munich), [Manchester United](/source/Manchester_United_F.C.) and the [Netherlands national football team](/source/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](/source/Jong_AZ) from 2006 to 2009.[3] In 2010, he took over as head coach of the Telstar senior team from [Edward Metgod](/source/Edward_Metgod), before joining [Louis van Gaal](/source/Louis_van_Gaal) as an assistant at [Bayern Munich](/source/FC_Bayern_Munich) in 2011. Bout previously worked with Van Gaal at AZ (where they won the Dutch [Eredivisie](/source/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](/source/Andries_Jonker). Bout was retained by new Bayern Munich manager [Jupp Heynckes](/source/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](/source/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]

## References

1. ["MARCEL BOUT ASSISTENT-TRAINER VOLENDAM"](https://www.feyenoord.nl/nieuws/nieuwsoverzicht/63660) (in Dutch). *www.feyenoord.nl*. [Feyenoord](/source/Feyenoord). 31 January 2004.

1. ["Marcel Bout vertrekt bij FC Volendam"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210115215858/https://www.groot-waterland.nl/2006/04/21/marcel-bout-vertrekt-bij-fc-volendam/) (in Dutch). *www.groot-waterland.nl*. 21 April 2006. Archived from [the original](https://www.groot-waterland.nl/2006/04/21/marcel-bout-vertrekt-bij-fc-volendam/) on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

1. ["Marcel Bout verkast naar Jong AZ"](https://www.elfvoetbal.nl/Overige/212929/Marcel-Bout-verkast-naar-Jong-AZ) (in Dutch). *Elfvoetbal.nl*. 22 April 2006.

1. Froggatt, Mark. ["Van Gaal's guys: Marcel Bout"](http://www.manutd.com/en/New-Manager/NewManagerNews/2014/May/Profile-of-new-Manchester-United-assistant-coach-Marcel-Bout.aspx). ManUtd.com. Retrieved 3 June 2014.

1. Bajkowski, Simon (19 May 2014). ["Who are the coaches coming with Van Gaal?"](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/who-coaches-coming-louis-van-7141765). *Manchester Evening News*. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

1. Mogan, Tony (19 May 2014). ["Who Are Manchester United's New Coaches Frans Hoek and Marcel Bout?"](http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/who-are-manchester-uniteds-new-coaches-frans-hoek-marcel-bout-1449196). *International Business Times*. Retrieved 19 May 2014.

1. ["Marcel Bout 'chief scout' bij Manchester United"](http://www.gelderlander.nl/algemeen/sport/voetbal/marcel-bout-chief-scout-bij-manchester-united-1.6496553) (in Dutch). *Gelderlander*. [Archived](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 at the Wayback Machine.

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