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Frédéric Brillant
	Brillant with D.C. United in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Frédéric Brillant
Date of birth	26 June 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Sedan, France
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Sedan
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2010	RE Bertrix
2011–2012	Oostende
2012–2013	Beerschot
2013–2016	Oostende
2016–2017	New York City
2018–2021	D.C. United
Total
Managerial career
2022	Loudoun United (assistant)
2022–2023	D.C. United (assistant)
2024	Utah Royals (assistant)
2024	DC Power
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2021

Frédéric Brillant (born 26 June 1985) is a French former footballer and coach. He has played most of his career with clubs in Belgium and in the United States.^[1]

Career

Belgium

Brillant started his professional career with RE Bertrix in the lower divisions of Belgium.^[2] He then joined second-division side Oostende in 2011. Brillant then made it to the top-flight Belgium league, Belgian First Division A by joining Beerschot in 2012. After his former club, KV Oostende was promoted to the first division, Brillant re-joined Oostende in 2013.

Brillant appeared in 127 games in total for Oostende, and contributed 13 goals and one assist.

New York City

Brillant was acquired by New York City from the Belgian team Oostende on 28 January 2016 on a free transfer^[3] and scored his first MLS goal against Orlando City SC on 29 May 2016.^[4] He was released by New York at the end of their 2017 season.^[5]

D.C. United

He was signed to a two-year contract by D.C. United on 10 December 2017. On 1 November 2018, Brillant scored his first goal for D.C. United against the Columbus Crew with a header in the first round of the MLS 2018 Playoffs.^[6] Brillant finished his first year for D.C. United with 27 games played, 24 starts and a contribution of one assist.^[7] Brillant scored his second goal for D.C. United against Seattle Sounders FC on 22 September 2019. The goal was assisted by Wayne Rooney.^[8]

For his consistency with D.C., he was featured MLS's Team of the Week three weeks in a row in 2019.^[9]^[10]^[11]

On 10 December 2019, he signed a two-year contract extension with the club.^[12] In 2021, Brillant's playing time began to decline after the acquisition of Brendan Hines-Ike and the rise of Donovan Pines in the starting lineup. Following the 2021 season, Brillant was released by D.C. United.^[13]

Coaching

On 11 January 2022, Brillant announced his retirement from playing and professional football, and would be taking up a role as assistant coach to Loudoun United.^[14]

On 22 April 2022 it was announced that Brillant had been hired as an assistant coach for D.C. United, his former club.^[15]

On 13 March 2024 Brillant was announced as an assistant coach for the Utah Royals of the NWSL, an expansion side in its inaugural season.^[16]

On 20 May 2024, Brillant was announced as the head coach for DC Power FC of the newly-formed USL Super League^[17]^[18]

Power FC and Brillant parted ways on 27 November 2024, after posting a record of 3 wins, 6 losses, and 4 draws.^[19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 November 2020^[20]^[21]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Playoffs		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
RE Bertrix	2010–11	Belgian Third Division	30	3	1	0	0	0	—		31	3
Oostende	2011–12	Belgian Second Division	33	6	2	0	2	0	—		37	6
Beerschot	2012–13	Belgian First Division	28	1	—		3	0	—		31	1
Oostende	2013–14		29	2	1	0	5	1	—		35	3
	2014–15		28	2	2	1	6	1	—		36	4
	2015–16		11	0	1	0	—		—		12	0
	Total		101	10	6	1	13	2	0	0	120	13
New York City	2016	MLS	31	1	—		2	0	—		33	1
	2017	MLS	23	1	1	0	2	0	—		26	1
	Total		54	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	59	2
D.C. United	2018	MLS	27	0	1	0	1	0	—		29	0
	2019		34	2	2	0	1	0	—		37	2
	2020		16	1	—		1	0	3^[a]	1	20	2
	Total		77	3	3	0	3	0	3	1	86	4
Career total			290	19	11	1	22	2	3	1	326	23