He first moved out of Belgium in 1983 to Netherlands where he signed a two-year contract with Heerlen-based, Eerste Divisie club, Sporting Heerlen.

After a 9-month break, Luc Eymael is back, and it is with the Libyan club, ittihad misrata premier league, that he signs a new contract on 23 August 2022 for a new challenge whose objective is to participate in the final round of this season to qualify for an African Cup.

On September 27, 2024, Luc Eymael, with 14 years of international experience, was appointed head of FC Saint Eloi Lupopo, a top club based in Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

He has worked with many of Belgium's current and former footballing stars including Eden Hazard, Axel Witsel, Logan Bailly, Guillaume Gillet, Christian Benteke and François Sterchele.

Eymael first moved out of Belgium as a football manager in 2010 to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where on 26 August 2010 he was appointed as the head coach of the Linafoot club AS Vita.

In the 2011–12 Gabon Championnat National D1, he helped his team secure the fourth position, thus ending his one-year spell with the Gabonese club.

In June 2012, he moved to Algeria where he was appointed as the head coach of Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club, MC Oran on a one-year-term contract.

He also helped them win the 2013 FKF President's Cup.In September 2013, South African club, Orlando Pirates reached an agreement with Eymael, but later the deal failed to materialize.

[10][11] During his short time with the club, the team participated in the 2014 CAF Champions League where they lost on away goals rule to the Republic of the Congo's AC Léopards.

He resigned as the club's head coach on 30 June 2014, having helped the team secure the second position in the 2013–14 Rwanda National League.

In July 2014, Eymael moved to Tunisia where he was appointed as the head coach of Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club, JS Kairouan.

[14][15][16][17][18][19][20] He began his 2016 Sudan Premier League campaign[21][22] on 27 January 2016 with a 2–0 win over Merrikh Kosti at the Al-Merrikh Stadium.

He found the team struggling and ending every year at the bottom half of the league rankings (precisely between position 16 and 14) fighting relegation battles.

On 12 November 2018, Eymael resigned from his position as the manager of Free State Stars following a second straight loss in the league with a 1–0 defeat at home against SuperSport United F.C.

He managed 20 games, winning eight, finishing six in a draw, and losing six.On 1 October 2019, Eymael signed with the Black Leopards in the Premier Soccer League in South Africa.

[32] Eymael resigned from his position with the Black Leopards of South Africa, citing personal reasons, after having helped bring them to the top eight.

[40] Luc Eymael signed a contract in Tunisia on 1 July 2021, but for important family and private reasons he had to leave the club on 20 September 2021 by mutual agreement.