Vital Borkelmans

Vital Borkelmans

Borkelmans with Belgium in 2013.
Personal information
Full name	Vital Philomene Borkelmans
Date of birth	(1963-06-10) 10 June 1963
Place of birth	Maaseik, Belgium
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Jordan (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1986	Patro Eisden	58	(8)
1986–1989	K.S.V. Waregem	99	(8)
1989–2000	Club Brugge	348	(23)
2000–2002	K.A.A. Gent	56	(2)
2002–2004	Cercle Brugge	61	(5)
2004–2005	K.F.C. Evergem-Center	6	(0)
Total		628	(46)
International career
1989–1998	Belgium	22	(0)
Managerial career
2010–2012	Dender EH
2012–2016	Belgium (assistant)
2018–	Jordan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vital Philomene Borkelmans (born 10 June 1963) is a Belgian football coach and a former left fullback who mainly played for Club Brugge (350 matches with that club), in the Belgian First Division. He also played for Patro Eisden, SV Waregem, Gent and Cercle Brugge. Vital played with Belgium and was in the team for the 1994 and 1998 World Cups. In January 2010, he was appointed manager of Dender EH in the Belgian Second Division, but fired following the relegation to the Belgian Third Division following the 2011-12 season. In July 2012, Vital Borkelmans was revealed as assistant manager to Marc Wilmots for the Belgium national football team.

In 2018 it was announced he had been appointed as the head coach of Jordan.

Player palmares

Club Brugge

• Belgian First Division (4): 1989–90, 1991–92, 1995–96, 1997–98
• Belgian Cup (3): 1990–91, 1994–95, 1995–96
• Belgian Super Cup (6): 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998

External links

• Vital Borkelmans at WorldFootball.net