Vital Borkelmans

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Vital Borkelmans
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Borkelmans with Belgium in 2013.
Personal information
Full name Vital Philomene Borkelmans
Date of birth (1963-06-10) 10 June 1963 (age 59)
Place of birth Maaseik, Belgium
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1979–1986 Patro Eisden 58 (8)
1986–1989 Waregem 99 (8)
1989–2000 Club Brugge 348 (23)
2000–2002 AA Gent 56 (2)
2002–2004 Cercle Brugge 61 (5)
2004–2005 KFC Evergem-Center 6 (0)
Total628(46)
International career
1989–1998 Belgium 22 (0)
Managerial career
2010–2012 Dender EH
2012–2016 Belgium (assistant)
2018–2021 Jordan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vital Philomene Borkelmans (born 10 June 1963) is a Belgian football coach and a former left fullback who mainly played for Club Brugge (350 matches with that club), in the Belgian First Division.

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Club career

He also played for Patro Eisden, SV Waregem, Gent and Cercle Brugge. [1]

International career

Borkelmans made his debut for Belgium in an August 1989 friendly match against Denmark, coming on as an 80th-minute substitute for Danny Boffin, and earned a total of 22 caps, scoring no goals. [2] He was in the team for the 1994 and 1998 World Cups. His final international was at the latter tournament, in June 1998 against South Korea. [3]

Managerial career

In January 2010, he was appointed manager of Dender EH in the Belgian Second Division, but fired following the relegation to the Belgian Third Division following the 2011–12 season. In July 2012, Vital Borkelmans was revealed as assistant manager to Marc Wilmots for the Belgium national football team. [4]

In 2018, he was appointed as the head coach of Jordan, [5] until his resignation in June 2021. [6]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 15 June 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamFromToRecordRef.
PWDLWin %
F.C.V. Dender E.H. 28 January 201030 June 201285262534030.6
Jordan 8 May 201816 June 202139141213035.9
Total124403747032.3—

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References

  1. ↑ "Vital Borkelmans leeft van dag tot dag". voetbalbelgie.be.
  2. ↑ Appearances for Belgium National Team - RSSSF
  3. ↑ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Vital Borkelmans wordt assistent-bondscoach" (in Dutch). Sporza. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Borkelmans to steer Jordan". Asian Football Confederation . 10 September 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Jordan National Team Appoints Adnan Hamad as Head Coach". albawaba.com. 17 June 2021.


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