Jan Van Winckel

Jan Van Winckel
Personal information
Full name Jan Van Winckel
Date of birth (1974-03-26) 26 March 1974
Place of birth Duffel, Belgium
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Saudi Arabian Football Federation (Technical Director)
Teams managed
Years Team
1994-2000 University of Leuven - Head-Coach
1994-2000 Stade Leuven - Assistant
2000-2002 KV Mechelen - Assistant
2002-2004 Al-Hilal Saudi - Assistant
2004-2006 United Arab Emirates national football team - Assistant
2004-2006 United Arab Emirates national under-23 football team - Head-Coach
2006 Swaziland national football team - Head-Coach
2006-2008 Belgium national football team - Scout
2006-2011 Club Brugge KV - Assistant
2011–2012 Beerschot AC - Assistant
2012-2014 Al-Ahli Saudi - Technical Director
2014–2015 Marseille - Assistant
2015- Saudi Arabia national football team - Technical Director

Jan Van Winckel, born March 26, 1974, is a Belgian football coach, director of the Belgian Professional Football Coaches and current technical director of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation.

Van Winckel holds a UEFA Pro-license and graduated with a Master of Physical Education and a Master in Business Economics from the University of Leuven. He remains faculty of the Movement Control & Neuroplasticity Research Group. [1]

In 2006, he co-founded TopSportsLab, a spin-off that develops sports science innovations. [2]

Before signing as technical director of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation in 2015, Van Winckel was the assistant of Marcelo Bielsa [3] at Olympique de Marseille.

Career

As player

As coach

Honours

Bibliography

References

  1. "Jan Van Winckel profile on ResearchGate". University of Leuven. 8 September 2015.
  2. "Science-based Practice". TopSportsLab. 8 September 2015.
  3. "Bielsa avait toujours raison.". OM. 11 November 2016.
  4. "Swaziland appoint new coach". BBC Sport. 3 May 2006.
  5. "AFC coach education panel looks to raise coaching standards". Asian Football Confederation. 9 September 2016.
  6. "Saudi Vision 2030: what this means for the country’s top football teams". The National. 22 June 2017.
  7. "Belgian coach plots course to return Saudi to Asian elite". Inside World Football. 7 October 2015.
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