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Vital Heynen (born 12 June 1969) is a Belgian professional 
1996–97 – with 1998–99 – with Noliko Maaseik
* Domestic
** 1995–96 
Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
** 1996–97 
Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 1996–97 Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 1996–97 Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
** 1997–98 Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 1997–98 Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 1997–98 Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
** 1998–99 Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 1998–99 Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 1998–99 Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
** 1999–2000 Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2000–01 Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2000–01 Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2000–01 Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2001–02 Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2001–02 Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2001–02 Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2002–03 Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2002–03 Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2002–03 Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2003–04 Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2003–04 Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
2007–08 – with Noliko Maaseik
* Domestic
** 2006–07 Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2007–08 Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2007–08 Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2007–08 Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2008–09 Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2008–09 Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2008–09 Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2009–10 Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2009–10 Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2010–11 Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2011–12 Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2011–12 Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2011–12 Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2014–15 French SuperCup, with German SuperCup, with German Cup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
** 2016–17 German SuperCup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
** 2016–17 German Cup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
** 2017–18 German SuperCup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
** 2017–18 German Cup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
** 2018–19 German SuperCup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
** 2018–19 German Cup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
** 2019–20 Italian SuperCup, with Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Perugia
Coach profile
at ''LegaVolley.it''
Coach/Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Heynen, Vital 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Maaseik Belgian men's volleyball players Belgian volleyball coaches Volleyball coaches of international teams Coaches at the 2020 Summer Olympics Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Belgian expatriate sportspeople in France Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Setters (volleyball) 20th-century Belgian sportsmen Nilüfer Belediyespor coaches
Vital Heynen (born 12 June 1969) is a Belgian professional volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
coach and former player. Since 2024, he serves as head coach for the China national team.
Career as coach
Heynen started out his career as a volleyball coach in his hometown clubNoliko Maaseik
Greenyard Maaseik is a Belgian professional men's volleyball club from the city of Maaseik. They compete in the Lotto Volley League, and their home stadium is Steengoed Arena. Greenyard Maaseik holds most of the titles in the Lotto Volley L ...
. In 2005 he became assistant coach and a year later - a head coach. During his six-year work at the club, his team won four Belgian Championships, five Belgian Cups and four Supercups. Additionally Heynen was twice named Belgian ''Coach of the Year'' in 2009 and 2011. In 2012 he left his hometown club and joined Turkish club Ziraat Bankası Ankara, which he coached in the season 2012/2013. In December 2013 he was named a new coach of Transfer Bydgoszcz, PlusLiga
The PlusLiga is the highest level of men's volleyball in Poland, a professional league competition featuring volleyball clubs located in this country. It is overseen by Polska Liga Siatkówki SA (PLS SA). It is currently a 14 teams league from Oc ...
.
In February 2012 he became a head coach of Germany national team.
At the World Championship 2014 his team beat France
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in 3rd place match and won bronze medal. In 2017 he took over Belgian national team. On 7 February 2018 Heynen was chosen as the new head coach of Poland men's national volleyball team
The Poland men's national volleyball team (Polish language, Polish: ''Reprezentacja Polski w piłce siatkowej mężczyzn'') represents Poland in international volleyball competition. The team is directed by the Polish Volleyball Federation (''Pol ...
. At the World Championship 2018 in Italy, Poland led by Heynen beat Brazil
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in the final, defended the World Championship 2014 title, and achieved 3rd World Champion title in total. In 2019 Heynen coached Poland to the European Championship 2019 bronze medal by beating France
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in 3rd place match and losing only to Slovenia
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in the semifinal. At the FIVB World Cup 2019 his team lost only against USA
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and Brazil
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and eventually was placed 2nd in the competition, winning the silver medal. In November, 2019 he became a head coach of Sir Safety Conad Perugia. In the 2019/2020 season Sir Safety Perugia
Umbria Volley Perugia, known as Sir Safety Umbria Volley Perugia due to sponsorship from Sir Safety System, is a professional Italian volleyball club based in Perugia. It plays in the highest level of the Italian Volleyball League. In the Italian ...
coached by Heynen achieved the Italian SuperCup after defeating Modena Volley
Modena Volley is a professional volleyball team based in Modena, Italy. It has played in the highest level of the Italian Volleyball League without interruption since 1968. It is the most successful Italian club, having won both the national le ...
in the final.
Honours
As a player
* CEV European Champions Cup ** 1996–97 – with Noliko Maaseik
Greenyard Maaseik is a Belgian professional men's volleyball club from the city of Maaseik. They compete in the Lotto Volley League, and their home stadium is Steengoed Arena. Greenyard Maaseik holds most of the titles in the Lotto Volley L ...
** 1998–99 – with Noliko Maaseik
* Domestic
** 1995–96 Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
** 1996–97 Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 1996–97 Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 1996–97 Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
** 1997–98 Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 1997–98 Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 1997–98 Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
** 1998–99 Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 1998–99 Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 1998–99 Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
** 1999–2000 Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2000–01 Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2000–01 Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2000–01 Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2001–02 Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2001–02 Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2001–02 Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2002–03 Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2002–03 Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2002–03 Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2003–04 Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2003–04 Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
As a coach
*CEV Cup
The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year.
Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed to CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 to CEV Cup. T ...
** 2007–08 – with Noliko Maaseik
* Domestic
** 2006–07 Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2007–08 Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2007–08 Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2007–08 Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2008–09 Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2008–09 Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2008–09 Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2009–10 Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2009–10 Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2010–11 Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2011–12 Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2011–12 Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2011–12 Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
** 2014–15 French SuperCup, with Tours VB
Tours VB is a professional men's volleyball club which is playing their home matches at the Salle Robert Grenon in Tours, France.
Tours VB plays in LNV Ligue A, top volleyball league in France. According to Media Guide book, the annual budget o ...
** 2015–16 German SuperCup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
VfB Friedrichshafen Volleyball GmbH is a German professional men's volleyball club founded in 1969 and based in Friedrichshafen, southern Baden-Württemberg. Main stakeholder is VfB Friedrichshafen e.V. The club plays in the German Deutsche Volle ...
** 2015–16 German Cup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
** 2016–17 German SuperCup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
** 2016–17 German Cup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
** 2017–18 German SuperCup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
** 2017–18 German Cup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
** 2018–19 German SuperCup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
** 2018–19 German Cup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
** 2019–20 Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Perugia
Umbria Volley Perugia, known as Sir Safety Umbria Volley Perugia due to sponsorship from Sir Safety System, is a professional Italian volleyball club based in Perugia. It plays in the highest level of the Italian Volleyball League. In the Italian ...
** 2020–21 Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Perugia
References
External links
* *Coach profile
at ''LegaVolley.it''
Coach/Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Heynen, Vital 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Maaseik Belgian men's volleyball players Belgian volleyball coaches Volleyball coaches of international teams Coaches at the 2020 Summer Olympics Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Belgian expatriate sportspeople in France Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Setters (volleyball) 20th-century Belgian sportsmen Nilüfer Belediyespor coaches