Nicky Hayen

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Nicky Hayen
Personal information
Full name Nicky Hayen
Date of birth (1980-08-16) 16 August 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Sint-Truiden, Belgium
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Club Brugge (head coach)
Youth career
–1999 Sint-Truiden
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2008 Sint-Truiden 243 (4)
2008–2010 RBC Roosendaal 62 (5)
2010–2013 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 40 (3)
2012–2013 → Antwerp (loan) 0 (0)
2013–2014 Dender 0 (0)
Managerial career
2013–2014 Dender
2014 Zwarte Leeuw
2014 Najran (assistant)
2014–2015 Al-Raed (assistant)
2015–2016 KVK Tienen
2016–2017 ASV Geel
2017–2018 Berchem Sport
2019–2020 Sint-Truiden (caretaker)
2020 Sint-Truiden (assistant)
2020–2021 Waasland-Beveren
2021–2022 Haverfordwest County
2022–2023 Club NXT
2023 Club Brugge (assistant)
2023–2024 Club NXT
2024– Club Brugge
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicky Hayen (born 16 August 1980) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Belgian Pro League club Club Brugge.

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Career

From 1999 on, Hayen played nine seasons at the highest level of Belgian professional football with Sint-Truiden, before moving to RBC Roosendaal in the second division in the Netherlands for two seasons. He returned to Belgium in 2010 by joining Oud-Heverlee Leuven and was part of the team achieving promotion to the Belgian Pro League. In the summer of 2012, he was loaned out for one season to Antwerp, but when the season ended he was released and became player-coach at Dender EH in the Belgian Third Division. In February 2014, he was relieved of his coaching duties at Dender EH due to bad result, but stayed with the team as player.

On 31 December 2021, Hayen was announced as manager of Cymru Premier club Haverfordwest County on an initial 18-month contract. [1] This was duly extended for a further 12 months upon confirmation of safety towards the end of the 2021–22 season, after an excellent run of form. Hayen was the first Belgian manager to work in the Cymru Premier. [2] He left the club in June 2022 to return to Belgium to take up a position as manager of Club Brugge's under-23 team, Club NXT. [3] [4]

On 18 March 2024, he was appointed as caretaker manager of Club Brugge, following the dismissal of Ronny Deila. [5] Hayen turned Brugge's fortunes around, and won the Belgian championship after a 0–0 draw against Cercle Brugge. [6] He signed a permanent deal as coach of Club Brugge on 3 June 2024. [7]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 12 March 2025 [8]
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamNatFromToRecord
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
ASV Geel Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 1 July 201616 October 201742205177458+16047.62
Berchem Sport Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 15 November 201724 January 20187016716−9000.00
Sint-Truiden Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 25 November 20192 January 20206114513−8016.67
Waasland-Beveren Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 1 July 202030 June 20213898215279−27023.68
Haverfordwest County Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg 31 December 20211 May 2022156452916+13040.00
Club Brugge Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 18 March 2024present6134151211769+48055.74
Career total169703465284251+33041.42

Honours

Player

Oud-Heverlee Leuven

Manager

Club Brugge

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Jones, Harrison (31 January 2021). "Haverfordwest make surprise appointment as Nicky Hayen named manager". T Clwb Pel Droed. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  2. ↑ Jamshidian, Harry. "Nicky Hayen takes charge at Haverfordwest County AFC". Western Telegraph. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  3. ↑ Jones, Jordan (15 June 2022). "Haverfordwest County dealt blow as manager Nicky Hayen departs for Club Brugge". Y Clwb Pel-Droed. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "NICKY HAYEN IS THE NEW HEAD COACH OF CLUB NXT". clubbrugge.be. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Club Brugge fires coach Ronny Deila ahead of playoffs in Belgium". AP News. 18 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "CLUB SPEELT GELIJK TEGEN CERCLE EN IS KAMPIOEN!". clubbrugge.be (in Dutch). 26 May 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "NICKY HAYEN TO REMAIN HEAD COACH AT CLUB BRUGGE". clubbrugge.be. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  8. 1 2 3 Nicky Hayen coach profile at Soccerway
  9. ↑ "Club Brugge boven: Nicky Hayen beste Belgische trainer, Joaquin Seys sterkste debutant". Sporza (in Dutch). 16 December 2024.
  10. ↑ "Bekijk hier de uitslagen van het 71e Gala van de Gouden Schoen". Sporza (in Dutch). 4 February 2025.


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