Stephan Van Der Heyden
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-07-03) 3 July 1969
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*
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
International career
1991–1994 Belgium 4 (0)
Managerial career
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)
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]

Playing career

A midfielder during his playing career, Van Der Heyden has played for various clubs including K.S.K. 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.

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 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 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] On 20 October 2023, Van Der Heyden joined Scottish Premiership side Rangers F.C. as assistant manager to Philippe Clement.[5]

Honours

Roda JC

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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