Saudi Arabian Football Federation (technical director)
2019–2022
United Arab Emirates Football Association (Senior technical Consultant)
2022–
Al-Ahli Saudi (technical advisor)
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 senior technical consultant at the United Arab Emirates Football Association and technical advisor of Al-Ahli Saudi.
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 division and has launched projects to privatise 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 advisor. He was technical director at the club in 2014-2015 and became vice-champions of Asia. [6]
^"Jan Van Winckel profile on ResearchGate". University of Leuven. 8 September 2015.
^"Jan Van Winckel profile on Academia". University of Leuven. 8 September 2021.
^"Interview: Belgian Van Winckel spearheads a Saudi football revolution". Inside World Football. 6 June 2016.
^"Bielsa avait toujours raison". OM. 11 November 2016.
^"BLADES WELCOME JAN VAN WINCKEL TO THE BOARD". SUFC. 21 December 2017.
^"Jan Van Winckel signs as technical advisor to Al-Ahli Saudi". BFC Pro. 10 August 2022.
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Dutch) Madeleine Van De Winckel. "Vredeman de Vries, Hans." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 25 Jan. 2014. Allegory of death...
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ISSN 0003-990X. PMID 13687345. Helsen, Werner F.; Starkes, Janet L.; VanWinckel, Jan (2000-11-01). "Effect of a change in selection year on success in male...
Charles de Hovyne (1596–1671), lord of Gouvernies, Granbray, Winckel, Steenkercke, etc., was president of the Privy Council of the Habsburg Netherlands...
dating the holding's current CEO Lars De Wulf. Jan gets married two more times, with Nele VanWinckel and Linda Desmedt, which leads to three more children:...
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definitief beschermd, Archeonet.be, 13 Nov 2009. Accessed 15 Feb. 2015. Cornelius Van Gestel, Historia sacra et profana Archiepiscopatus Mechliniensis (The Hague...
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