Jan Van Winckel

Jan Van Winckel
Personal information
Full name	Jan Van Winckel
Date of birth	26 March 1974 (age 51)
Place of birth	Duffel, Belgium
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Al-Ahli Saudi (Technical Advisor)
Managerial career
Years	Team
1994–2000	University of Leuven (head-coach)
1994–2000	Stade Leuven (assistant manager)
2000–2002	KV Mechelen (assistant manager)
2002–2003	Al-Hilal Saudi (assistant manager)
2003–2004	United Arab Emirates (assistant manager)
2005–2006	United Arab Emirates U23
2006–2008	Belgium national football team (scout)
2006–2011	Club Brugge KV (assistant manager)
2011–2012	Beerschot AC (assistant manager)
2012–2014	Al-Ahli Saudi (Technical Director)
2014–2015	Olympique de Marseille (Assistant Manager)
2015–2018	Saudi Arabian Football Federation (Technical Director)
2019–2022	United Arab Emirates Football Association (Senior Technical Consultant)
2022–2023	Al-Ahli Saudi (Technical Director)
2023–	United Arab Emirates Football Association (Technical Director)

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 United Arab Emirates Football Association.

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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^[1] and is the author of various book and academic articles^[2]

Van Winckel was Assistant Coach at Al-Hilal Saudi in 2004. He held the same role at the national team of the United Arab Emirates 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.^[3]

At Olympique de Marseille, Van Winckel acted as Marcelo Bielsa's right hand and first team assistant.^[4]

After resigning at Olympique de Marseille, Van Winckel became the technical director of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation in 2015. As technical director, Van Winckel led the Saudi Arabian football team to the World Cup in Russia in 2018.^[5]

In 2019, Jan Van Winckel signed as a senior technical consultant to the United Arab Emirates Football Association. 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. ^[6]

In 2023, Van Winckel was re-appointed as Technical Director of the United Arab Emirates Football Association. He appointed the Portuguese manager Paulo Bento as head coach of the national team.

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Jan Van Winckel

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