Jan Van Winckel (born March 26, 1974) is a Belgian football coach, UEFA and AFC Pro License Instructor and a FIFA Technical Expert. He is Technical Director at the

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. Van Winckel holds a UEFA Pro-licence and graduated with a Master in Sport Sciences and a Master in Business Economics from the University of Leuven. He remains faculty of the Movement Control & Neuroplasticity Research Group and is the author of various book and academic articles Van Winckel was Assistant Coach at Al-Hilal Saudi in 2004. He held the same role at the national team of the

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in 2005. In 2002, he was at the heart of Belgium's footballing renaissance with Michel Sablon, Marc Van Geersom, Werner Helsen, and Bob Browaeys. At

Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; , ), also known simply as Marseille, or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional Association football, football club based in Marseille which competes in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top f ...

, Van Winckel acted as

Marcelo Bielsa Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera (, nicknamed ''El Loco Bielsa'' , meaning 'The Madman Bielsa'; born 21 July 1955) is an Argentine professional Association football, football manager who is the current manager of the Uruguay national football team ...

's right hand and first team assistant. After resigning at

, Van Winckel became the technical director of the

Saudi Arabian Football Federation The Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF; ) is the association football, football Sport governing body, governing body of Saudi Arabia. Founded in 1956, It's responsibilities include administration of club competitions and national teams. The ...

in 2015. As technical director, Van Winckel led the Saudi Arabian football team to the World Cup in Russia in 2018. In 2019, Jan Van Winckel signed as a senior technical consultant to the

. He set up the UAE FA 2nd and 3rd divisions and has launched projects to privatize football clubs in the United Arab Emirates. In 2022, he extended his contract. In 2022, Van Winckel signed an agreement with Al-Ahli Saudi as Technical Ddvisor. He was technical director at the club from 2014 to 2015 and became vice-champion of Asia. The club was promoted back to the Saudi Pro League. In 2023, Van Winckel was re-appointed as Technical Director of the

. He appointed the Portuguese manager Paulo Bento as head coach of the national team.

Career

As Player

* 1994-1995: Belgian Champion University football * 1996-1997: Belgian Champion University football * 1994-1997: Belgian National University team * 1996-1997: Belgian National University futsal team * 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 * 2001-2002: Selected for the national futsal team

As Coach

* 1994-2000 : Stade Leuven * 2000-2002 :

KV Mechelen Yellow Red Koninklijke Voetbalclub Mechelen (), often called KV Mechelen (, KVM) or simply by their former French name Malinois /ˌmalɪˈnwɑː/, is a Belgian professional association football, football club based in Mechelen in the Antwerp (pr ...

* 2002-2004 :

Al-Hilal FC Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club (), simply known as Al-Hilal, is a professional multi-sports club based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Their Association football, football team competes in the Saudi Pro League. In Arabic, Al-Hilal means "the Crescent Mo ...

* 2004-2006 :

United Arab Emirates national football team The United Arab Emirates national football team () represents United Arab Emirates in men's international Association football, football and serves under the auspices of the country's United Arab Emirates Football Association, Football Associat ...

* 2006-2008 :

Belgium national football team The Belgium national football team has represented Belgium in men's international Association football, football since Évence Coppée Trophy, their maiden match in 1904. The squad is under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and is governed in E ...

*Scout * 2006-2011 :

Club Brugge KV (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional Association football, football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capac ...

* 2011-2012 :

Beerschot AC Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club (), simply known as Beerschot AC, was a Belgian football club based in southern Antwerp. Beerschot played in the Belgian Pro League from 1999–2000 (as Germinal Beerschot) until 2012–13, when they were ...

* 2014-2015 :

As Technical Director

* 2012-2014:

Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah) Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club (), commonly known as Al-Ahli, is a Saudi professional football club based in Jeddah. It competes in the Saudi Pro League, the top tier of Saudi football. Al-Ahli has won 52 official championships, the third mos ...

* 2015-2018 :

* 2022-2023:

* 2023- :

Others

* 2015 - :

Asian Football Confederation The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia. The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation ( ...

Member of Expert Panels on Coach Education & Youth Development * 2015 - :

Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee Saudi Olympic & Paralympic Committee (IOC code: KSA; ) is the National Olympic Committee and the National Paralympic Committee representing Saudi Arabia. Until the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Saudi Arabia was one of three countries that had ...

Member of Mass Participation Committee and High Performance Committee

Honours

* 1997-1998 : Belgian Champion University football * 2000-2002 :

: Winner Belgian League * 2002-2005 :

: Winner

Saudi Crown Prince Cup The Saudi Crown Prince's Cup () was the oldest Saudi Arabian annual cup competition. History The cup was the oldest and first domestic football competition in Saudi Arabia; the first edition was held in 1956–57; five editions were played betwe ...

and

Saudi Federation Cup The Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup, formerly known as the Saudi Federation Cup, was an association football competition organized by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation. History The competition was founded in the 1975–76 season, with Al-Nassr a ...

* 2005-2006 :

: Qualified for

AFC Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second-oldest c ...

and

Arabian Gulf Cup The Arabian Gulf Cup (, ''Kaʾs al-Khalīj al-ʿArabī''), also referred to simply as the Gulf Cup, is a biennial association football competition governed by the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation for its eight member nations. The history of ...

and winner of

Kirin Cup The is an association football tournament organised in Japan by the Kirin Brewery Company. The host, Japan national football team, Japan, is a participant in every edition. The tournament was founded in 1978 then known as Japan Cup (Internatio ...

* 2006 :

Swaziland national football team The Eswatini national football team, nicknamed ''Sihlangu Semnikati'' (King's Shield), represents Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, in international football and is controlled by the Eswatini Football Association. It has never qualified f ...

: Second place

COSAFA Cup The COSAFA Cup (known fully as COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup) is an annual tournament for teams from Southern Africa organized by Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA), inaugurated after the ban against the Republic of Sout ...

* 2006-2011 :

: Winner of

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (; ; ) is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Royal Belgian FA. The competition started in 1908 with provincial selections as the "Belgian Provinces Cup". Starting from 1912 only actual clubs were allowed ...

* 2013-2014 :

: Vice-champion

AFC Champions League The AFC Champions League Elite (abbreviated as the ACL Elite) is an annual continental club association football, football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's List of top-division football clubs i ...

* 2015-2017 :

: Winner of Arabian Gulf Cup * 2018 :

: Qualified for the FIFA World Cup in Russia

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, 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. ''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Winckel, Jan Van Place of birth missing (living people) Belgian football managers 1974 births Living people Expatriate football managers in Eswatini Belgian expatriate football managers Beerschot A.C. non-playing staff Club Brugge KV non-playing staff Olympique de Marseille non-playing staff Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Eswatini Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Belgian expatriate sportspeople in France People from Duffel Sportspeople from Antwerp Province