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 manager)
2000–2002 KV Mechelen (assistant manager)
2002–2004 Al-Hilal Saudi (assistant manager)
2004–2006 United Arab Emirates (assistant manager)
2004–2006 United Arab Emirates U23
2006–2008 Belgium (scout)
2006–2011 Club Brugge KV (assistant manager)
2011–2012 Beerschot AC (assistant manager)
2012–2014 Al-Ahli Saudi (technical director)
2014–2015 Marseille (assistant manager)
2015– Saudi Arabia (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

  • 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

As Technical Director

Others


Honours

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

  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. "Belgian coach plots course to return Saudi to Asian elite". Inside World Football. 7 October 2015.
  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.
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