Sven Vermant

Sven Vermant (born 4 April 1973) is a Belgian former professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is best known for his spells at Club Brugge and FC Schalke 04.

Sven Vermant

Personal information
Date of birth	(1973-04-04) 4 April 1973 (age 52)
Place of birth	Lier, Belgium
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1978–1989	KV Hooikt
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1993	KV Mechelen	21	(4)
1993–2001	Club Brugge	243	(67)
2001–2005	Schalke 04	98	(6)
2003	Schalke 04 II	1	(1)
2005–2008	Club Brugge	69	(5)
2008–2010	Royal Knokke
International career
1995–2004	Belgium	18	(0)
Managerial career
2009–2010	Club Brugge U19 (assistant)
2010–2011	Club Brugge B
2011–2012	Club Brugge (sporting director & scout)
2013–2014	Club Brugge U10[1]
2014–2015	Club Brugge U17[2]
2015–2018	Club Brugge B[3]
2018	Waasland-Beveren
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Lier, Vermant started his career in 1978 at KV Hooikt and played there until 1989 when he moved to KV Mechelen, that had won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup the year before. In 1993 Vermant moved to Club Brugge, where he won both the championship (1996, 1998) and the Belgian Cup (1995, 1996) twice.

Vermant stayed at Bruges until he transferred to FC Schalke 04 in 2001, after being heavily linked with a move to Scottish club Rangers.^[4] At Schalke he won the 2001–02 DFB-Pokal.

In 2005, Vermant returned to Club Brugge where he played until 2008.^[5] On 9 December 2007, he played his 400th game for Club Brugge against KSV Roeselare, which they won 2–1. Vermant is the ninth player in the history of the club to achieve this milestone.

In July 2008 his transferred to Royal Knokke from the Provincial League.^[6]

International career

Vermant collected 18 caps with the Belgium national team and was in the team for the 2002 World Cup. He made his debut on 23 August 1995 in a 2–1 loss against Germany.

Coaching career

Vermant was set to become assistant manager of Club Brugge's youth system, signing a contract due to take effect in May 2011.^[7]

Personal life

Sven Vermant is married to Stefanie Van Vyve (Miss Belgian Beauty 1995). They have a daughter, Elena (° 1999) and a son, Romeo (° 2004). His son Romeo plays football at Club Brugge.^[1]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
KV Mechelen	1991–92	Eerste klasse	1	0
	1992–93	Eerste klasse	20	4
	Total		21	4
Club Brugge	1993–94	Eerste klasse	29	5
	1994–95	Eerste klasse	31	12
	1995–96	Eerste klasse	31	6
	1996–97	Eerste klasse	26	4
	1997–98	Eerste klasse	30	6
	1998–99	Eerste klasse	31	7
	1999-00	Eerste klasse	32	14
	2000–01	Eerste klasse	33	13
	Total		243	67
Schalke 04	2001–02[8]	Bundesliga	28	0	4	0	2	0	4	1	–		38	1
	2002–03[8]	Bundesliga	23	4	3	0	2	0	3	0	–		31	4
	2003–04[8]	Bundesliga	25	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	–		29	2
	2004–05[8]	Bundesliga	22	0	4	0	0	0	11	0	–		37	0
	Total		98	6	12	0	4	0	21	1	0	0	135	7
Schalke 04 II	2001–02[8]	Regionalliga Nord	1	1	0	0	–		–		–		1	1
Club Brugge	2005–06	Belgian First Division A	32	1
	2006–07	Belgian First Division A	27	3
	2007–08	Belgian First Division A	10	1
	Total		69	5
Career total			432	83

Honours

Club Brugge^[9]

• Belgian First Division: 1995–96, 1997–98
• Belgian Cup: 1994–95, 1995–96; runner-up 1997–98^[10]
• Belgian Supercup: 1994, 1996, 1998, 2005^[11]
• Bruges Matins: 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000^[12]
• Jules Pappaert Cup: 1995^[13]

Schalke 04

• DFB-Pokal: 2001–02
• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2003, 2004^[14][15]

Belgium

• FIFA Fair Play Trophy: 2002 World Cup^[16]