Frédéric Brillant

Frédéric Brillant (born 26 June 1985) is a French former footballer who is currently the head coach for DC Power FC in the USL Super League. He has played most of his career with clubs in Belgium and in the United States.

Belgium
Brillant started his professional career with RE Bertrix in the lower divisions of Belgium. 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 and scored his first MLS goal against Orlando City SC on 29 May 2016. He was released by New York at the end of their 2017 season.

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. Brillant finished his first year for D.C. United with 27 games played, 24 starts and a contribution of one assist. Brillant scored his second goal for D.C. United against Seattle Sounders FC on 22 September 2019. The goal was assisted by Wayne Rooney.

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

On 10 December 2019, he signed a two-year contract extension with the club. 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.

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.

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

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.

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