Stephan van der Heyden (born 3 July 1969) is a Belgian professional football coach and former player, who last worked as the assistant manager of Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters FC.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stephan van der Heyden | ||
Date of birth | (1969-07-03) 3 July 1969 (age 53) | ||
Place of birth | Sint-Gillis-Waas, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1987–1991 | K.S.K. Beveren | ||
1991–1996 | Club Brugge | 130 | (15) |
1996–1997 | Roda JC | 27 | (2) |
1997–1998 | Lille OSC | 16 | (1) |
1998–1999 | Roda JC | 25 | (1) |
1999–2001 | Germinal Beerschot | ||
2001–2002 | FC Kapellen | ||
National team | |||
1991–1994 | Belgium | 4 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2010–2011 | Sporting Lokeren (assistant manager) | ||
2011–2013 | Club Brugge KV (scout) | ||
2013–2017 | Club Brugge KV (assistant manager) | ||
2017–2018 | FK Vardar Skopje (assistant manager) | ||
2018–2021 | Jordan (assistant manager) | ||
2021–2022 | Kerala Blasters FC (assistant manager) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
A midfielder during his playing career, Stephan Van Der Heyden has played for various clubs including Waasland-Beveren, Club Brugge, Beerschot AC and Royal Cappellen FC in Belgium, Roda JC in Netherlands, South Melbourne FC in Australia and LOSC Lille in France. He has also made a handful of appearances for the Belgian national teams in the junior and senior levels. He was in the Belgium squad for the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
After retiring from professional football in 2003, he returned to the game as a coach in 2010. He started his coaching career at Sporting Lokeren before returning to former club Brugge. At Brugge, Hyden began as part of their scouting team. In June 2013, he was appointed as the club’s assistant coach and continued with them for the next four years. In 2017, he signed with Macedonian club FK Vardar Skopje to take on the role of assistant coach once again. The following year, he started working with Jordan national team head coach Vital Borkelmans as his assistant.[2]
On 14 October 2021, it was announced that Lokeren has been appointed as the assistant coach of the Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters ahead of the 2021–22 season.[3][4]
Roda JC
Belgium squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup | ||
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