Urbain Braems (10 November 1933 – 9 September 2021) was a Belgian football player and manager.
He played for K.S.V. Sottegem, K.R.C. Mechelen, Club Brugge and Daring Club Bruxelles.
He managed Cercle Brugge, Royal Antwerp, Anderlecht, Beveren, Lokeren, Standard de Liège, Panionios and Trabzonspor.
Urbain Braems became Belgian national champion with Anderlecht in 1974 and with Beveren in 1984. In 1989, he moved to Trabzonspor together with his former Beveren goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff. Braems ended his managerial career in 1992, after winning the Turkish Cup with the club.
Urbain Braems died in his hometown Zottegem in 2021, aged 87.
Honours Manager Cercle Brugge Belgian Second Division: 1970–71
Anderlecht Belgian First Division: 1973–74 Belgian Cup: 1974–75
Beveren Belgian First Division: 1983–84 Belgian Cup: 1977–78, 1982–83 Belgian Supercup: 1984
Panionios Balkans Cup runner-up: 1986
Trabzonspor Turkish Cup: 1991–92 Individual
Honorary Citizen of Zottegem, Belgium: 1987 Knight in the Order of Sotto: 1987 Honorary Citizen of Trabzon, Turkey: 2007
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