Guy Kiala
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 16 April 1969 | ||
Place of birth | Kalemie, Zaire | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1986–1987 | K.R.C. Mechelen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1987–1995 | K.R.C. Mechelen | 152 | (1) |
1995–1997 | K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel | 47 | (1) |
1997–1998 | Racing Jet Wavre | 24 | (0) |
1998–2000 | KAV Dendermonde | 18 | (1) |
1987–2000 | Belgium National Military Football Team | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Guy Kiala (born 16 April 1969) is a Belgian football manager and former player who made 192 appearances in the Belgian First and Second Divisions playing for K.R.C. Mechelen and K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel.
Football career
He started his youth career with K.R.C. Mechelen, before joining the seniors (then in first and second division). After 9 years playing in Mechelen, he earned a move to K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel (second division) where he played for 2 seasons. He finished his career with 1 season at Racing Jet Wavre and 2 seasons at KAV Dendermonde,[1] before he continued his career in football as a trainer.[2]
Managerial career
During his time at K.R.C. Mechelen, Kiala combined his football career as a coach for the club's youth teams. But his coaching career of senior teams started in 2000 when joining as an assistant coach at KSK Sint-Paulus Opwijk (fourth division). Where he also trained youth teams. And in 2008, assistant coach Kiala became head coach after trainer Vandevelde left the club. Despite a 7 to 9 in the final round he left the club to become head coach at Eendracht Opstal (fourth division).[3][4]
From 2005 till 2010 he combined his civil training career with that of assistant coach of the Belgium National Military Football Team. And this with both men and women teams. [5] [6]
In 2010, he became 'Revalidation Coach and video Analyst' at SV Zulte Waregem (women). Later in 2012 he became the team's head coach which finished in fifth place in the BeNe League.[7] And he obtained his UEFA Pro Licence in the same class as Bob Peeters.[8]
Late 2013 he became T3 at the Freethiel at Waasland-Beveren.[9][10][11]
Guy Kiala, had a chance to become coach of the England women's national football team. But went together with Bob Peeters in 2014 (with whom he has collaborated with Waasland-Beveren) to Charlton Athletic F.C.[12][13] In January 2015, after the club sacked head coach Bob Peeters, Senior Professional Development Coach Patrick Van Houdt and Performance Analyst Kiala were also fired. At the time Charlton had won once in the previous 12 games and had slipped to 14th in the Championship table.[14][15][16]
In August 2015, Kiala moved to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where he became Academy Technical Director at Al-Ahli Saudi FC [17][18]
In August 2018, Kiala moved to the city of Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates where he became coach at Al Ain FC. [19]
References
- ^ "Spelersfiche – Kiala Guy" [Player details – Kiala Guy]. Belgian Soccer Database (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Kiala Guy | Lierse SK". Lierse.com. 1969-04-16. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
- ^ "Guy Kiala verlaat Opwijk ondanks recente 7 op 9 (Opwijk) - Het Nieuwsblad". Nieuwsblad.be. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
- ^ "Guy Kiala wil meer voetbal brengen in ploeg van Opstal (Buggenhout) - Het Nieuwsblad Mobile". M.nieuwsblad.be. 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
- ^ "België doet mee aan 8ste WK Vrouwenvoetbal voor militairen in Duitsland". Loft6.be. 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
- ^ "Guy Kiala (Buggenhout) - Het Nieuwsblad Mobile". M.nieuwsblad.be. 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
- ^ "Belgium - G. Kiala - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Int.soccerway.com. 1969-04-16. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
- ^ "David Gevaert en Guy Kiala behalen UEFA pro trainersdiploma (Zulte) - Het Nieuwsblad Mobile". M.nieuwsblad.be. 2012-06-19. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
- ^ "W-B verwelkomt T3 Guy Kiala - Waasland-Beveren". Waasland-beveren.be. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
- ^ "Kiala komt bij technische staf - Gazet van Antwerpen". Gva.be. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
- ^ "Zulte Waregem wuift coach Kiala uit - Voetbalnieuws". Voetbalkrant.com. 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-07-21.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Patrick Van Houdt and Guy Kiala to join the coaching team at Charlton and work with Head Coach Bob Peeters and U21s coach Jason Euell". Cafc.co.uk. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
- ^ "Charlton Athletic have sacked Bob Peeters after a dismal run of form | Football | Sport". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
- ^ "Charlton sack Peeters". It.en.abc.scoresway.hosted.core.optasports.com. 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
- ^ "Bob Peeters sacked as Charlton coach after 25 league games". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ^ "Twitter". Mobile.twitter.com. 2015-08-21. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
- ^ "News | BFC Pro". Bfcpro.eu. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/guy-kiala-b074116