Ronny Deila has been named as the new manager of Club Brugge.
The former Celtic boss takes over in the role from interim boss Rik De Mil and will be in place for the start of next season.
Brugge and Standard Liege agreed a compensation deal to see Deila free to make the switch in Belgium.
Deila began his management career with a brief stint at Norwegian fourth-tier club Brodd before a six-year stay at Strongodset.
From there, he moved to Celtic in 2014 where he would lift three trophies before stepping down at the end of the 2015/16 season.
Deila then joined Valerenga in 2017 and stayed at the club until a huge move to New York City in the MLS in 2020.
He celebrated victories in the MLS Cup and Easter Conference with NYCFC before heading to Belgian in 2022 with Standard Liege.
A Club Brugge statement read: "Ronny Deila will be the new head coach of Blue-Black next season. Standard Liège and Club Brugge on the one hand and Ronny Deila and Club Brugge on the other reached an agreement on this today.
"Club Brugge has its new head coach for next season. Ronny Deila comes over from Standard Liège. With Deila (47), Club brings in a coach who knows what winning trophies is. The Norwegian was 2 times Scottish champion with Celtic Glasgow and 1 time Norwegian Champion with Stromsgodset. With both teams he also won the respective national cups. In 2021, he became champion in the MLS with New York City FC.
"Deila succeeds interim coach Rik De Mil. De Mil can join Deila's technical staff and decide on his future in the coming weeks. Ronny Deila brings assistant Efrain Juarez.
"The former Mexican defender and A-international was also an assistant to Deila at Standard and New York City. Goalkeeping coach Wouter Biebauw, video analyst Matthias Bernaert and the 2 physical coaches Eddie Rob and Carl Vandenbussche remain in the technical staff of the first team. Nicky Hayen and Steve Colpaert will return to Club NXT as agreed, as will coach Hayk Milkon who will return to the U18s.
"The presentation of new coach Ronny Deila will take place on the occasion of the first training session of the new season at the end of June."
