Stephan Van Der Heyden

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Stephan Van Der Heyden
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-07-03) 3 July 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth Sint-Gillis-Waas, Belgium
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Rangers (assistant manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1991 Beveren
1991–1996 Club Brugge 130 (15)
1996–1997 Roda JC 27 (2)
1997–1998 Lille 16 (1)
1998–1999 Roda JC 25 (1)
1999–2001 Germinal Beerschot
International career
1991–1994 Belgium 4 (0)
Managerial career
2010–2011 Sporting Lokeren (assistant manager)
2011–2013 Club Brugge (scout)
2013–2017 Club Brugge (assistant manager)
2017–2018 Vardar Skopje (assistant manager)
2018–2021 Jordan (assistant manager)
2021–2022 Kerala Blasters (assistant manager)
2023– Rangers (assistant manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephan Van Der Heyden (born 3 July 1969) is a Belgian professional football coach and former player, who is the current assistant manager of Rangers. [1]

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Playing career

A midfielder during his playing career, Van Der Heyden has played for various clubs including Beveren, Club Brugge, Germinal Beerschot and Royal Cappellen in Belgium, Roda JC in the Netherlands, South Melbourne in Australia and 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.

Coaching career

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 Club Brugge. At Brugge, He 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 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 Van Der Heyden has been appointed as the assistant coach of the Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters ahead of the 2021–22 season. [3] [4] Kerala Blasters reached the Play-Offs ànd the ISL Final. They only lost after extra time and penalties to Hyderabad fc. On 20 October 2023, Van Der Heyden joined Scottish Premiership side Rangers as assistant manager to Philippe Clement. [5]

Honours as a player

National Military Team

Belgian National Team

KSK Beveren

Club Brugge

Roda JC

Honours as Assistant Coach

Club Brugge

Rangers Fc

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References

  1. ↑ @KeralaBlasters (14 November 2021). "Join us in welcoming our new Assistant Coach, @VoetbalSteph, to the team!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021– via Twitter.
  2. ↑ Mohamed, Farzan. "ISL 2021-22: Kerala Blasters FC announce Stephan Van Der Heyden as their assistant coach". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Kerala Blasters appoint Stephan Van Der Heyden as assistant coach". Khel Now. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "OFFICIEEL: Na Borkelmans gaat Van der Heyden Vukomanovic helpen". www.voetbalprimeur.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Rangers Confirm Stephan Van Der Heyden as Assistant Manager". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 20 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "1997: RODA JC WINT BEKERFINALE NA DOELPUNTENFESTIVAL". totoknvbbekker.nl. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2020.


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