Jan Van Winckel
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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 at Olympique de Marseille.
Career
As player
- 1994-1995 : Belgian Champion University football
- 1996-1997 : Belgian Champion University football
- 2001-2002 : 7th most valuable player Belgian Futsal Association
- 2001-2002 : 5th best goal scorer Belgian Futsal Association
- 2001-2002 : Final Belgian Cup Belgian Futsal Association
As coach
- 1994-2000 : Oud-Heverlee Leuven
BEL - 2000-2002 : KV Mechelen BEL
- 2002-2004 : Al-Hilal FC
KSA - 2004-2006 : United Arab Emirates national football team
United Arab Emirates - 2006 : Swaziland national football team
SWZ [3] - 2006-2011 : Club Brugge KV BEL
- 2011-2012 : Beerschot AC BEL
- 2012-2014 : Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah) KSA
- 2014-2015 : Olympique de Marseille
FRA - 2015 - : Saudi Arabian Football Federation KSA [4]
Honours
- 1997-1998 : Belgian Champion University football BEL
- 2000-2002 : KV Mechelen BEL : Winner Belgian League
- 2002-2005 : Al-Hilal FC KSA : Winner Saudi Crown Prince Cup and Saudi Federation Cup
- 2005-2006 : United Arab Emirates national football team United Arab Emirates : Qualified for AFC Asian Cup and Gulf Cup of Nations and winner of Kirin Cup
- 2006 : Swaziland national football team SWZ : Second place COSAFA Cup
- 2006-2011 : Club Brugge KV BEL : Winner of Belgian Cup
- 2013-2014 : Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah) KSA : Vice-champion AFC Champions League
Bibliography
- Fitness in Soccer - The science and practical application with Tenney D, Helsen W, McMillan K, Meert JP, Bradley P, Moveo Ergo Sum, Leuven 2014,ISBN 9789082132304 www.fitnessinsoccer.com
- Voetbalconditie - Tussen praktijk en wetenschap door Jean Pierre Meert , Werner Helsen , Kenny Mcmillan , David Tenney , Jan Van Winckel. ACCO Uitgeverij. Publicatiedatum: 28 maart 2014. Pagina's: 608. ISBN 9789033497780
References
- ^ "Jan Van Winckel profile on ResearchGate". University of Leuven. 8 September 2015.
- ^ "Science-based Practice". TopSportsLab. 8 September 2015.
- ^ "Swaziland appoint new coach". BBC Sport. 3 May 2006.
- ^ "Belgian coach plots course to return Saudi to Asian elite". Inside World Football. 7 October 2015.