Hein Vanhaezebrouck

Hein Vanhaezebrouck (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɛin vɑnˈɦaːzəbruk]; born 16 February 1964) is a Belgian football manager who is currently leading Gent in the Belgian First Division A. He has a reputation for favouring an offensive style of play.

Hein Vanhaezebrouck
Personal information
Full name Hein Vanhaezebrouck
Date of birth (1964-02-16) 16 February 1964
Place of birth Kortrijk, Belgium
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Gent (manager)
Teams managed
Years Team
2000–2002 Lokeren (assistant)
2003 SWI Harelbeke
2003–2006 White Star Lauwe
2006–2009 Kortrijk
2009 Genk
2010–2014 Kortrijk
2014–2017 Gent
2017–2018 Anderlecht
2020– Gent

Early life

Vanhaezebrouck was born in Kortrijk and raised in Lauwe.

Career

Hein Vanhaezebrouck is a former player for KV Kortrijk, KRC Harelbeke and Sporting Lokeren, among other clubs.

Vanhaezebrouck left White Star Lauwe to become the coach of KV Kortrijk on 1 July 2006, replacing Manu Ferrera. In 2007–08 Vanhaezebrouck led Kortrijk to promotion to the first division football by winning the second division title. In the Belgian Cup, Kortrijk finished in the quarter finals against KAA Gent, despite a 5–1 victory in the home game. This confrontation and the offensive play of Kortrijk aroused the interest of KAA Gent to succeed Trond Sollied as head coach. However, at the end of April 2008, Vanhaezebrouck signed a contract renewal of two years (until 2010) at Kortrijk. Right there, he became well known for the acquisition of Google-striker Istvan Bakx. Vanhaezebrouck discovered Bakx by Internet browser Google.

At the start of the 2009–10 season, Vanhaezebrouck went to KRC Genk. He was fired as coach of KRC Genk on 29 November 2009. At that time, Genk was 12th in the ranking after 16 games. His successor was Franky Vercauteren.

In June 2010, Vanhaezebrouck decided to return to KV Kortrijk for the 2010–11 season. The team finished tenth in the rankings. The following year, the team reached the cup final, losing 1–0 against Sporting Lokeren. On 10 May 2013, it was announced that he had re-signed with KV Kortrijk.

In May 2014, he decided to leave KV Kortrijk for KAA Gent. There, he reached his biggest success, as he won, after his championships with Kortrijk in Third and Second Division, also the championship with Gent in First Division in 2015, after a 2-0 victory against Standard Liège, and met European success with KAA Gent, in both the UEFA Champions League, reaching the 2nd round (season 2015-2016), and in the UEFA Europa League, reaching the 3rd round (season 2016-2017).

In October 2017 Vanhaezebrouck signed for RSC Anderlecht. The first season was extremely disappointing [1] and on 17 December 2018 Vanhaezebrouck was sacked. [2]

During the 2006 World Cup, he was an analyst and commentator on VT4, and has since 2016 served as analyst on Sporting Telenet.

Managerial statistics
As of match played 3 February 2021[3]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Kortrijk 1 July 2006 29 May 2009 122 57 31 34 203 158 +45 046.72
Genk 29 May 2009 29 November 2009 18 5 5 8 22 25 −3 027.78
Kortrijk 6 June 2010 1 July 2014 169 63 41 65 212 208 +4 037.28
Gent 1 July 2014 27 September 2017 168 82 45 41 266 184 +82 048.81
Anderlecht 3 October 2017 17 December 2018 62 26 11 25 87 93 −6 041.94
Gent 4 December 2020 Present 13 5 4 4 19 12 +7 038.46
Career totals 552 238 137 177 809 680 +129 043.12

Honours

Manager

AA Gent[4]

Individual

References
  1. What can new coach Vanhaezebrouck do for Anderlecht?, UEFA.com by Berend Scholten, 3 oktober 2017
  2. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-belgium-anderlecht/anderlecht-fire-coach-vanhaezebrouck-after-poor-run-of-results-idUKKBN1OG0V2
  3. "Hein Vanhaezebrouck career sheet". footballdatabase. footballdatabase. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  4. "KV Mechelen | Geschiedenis". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  5. "Michel Preud'homme". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  6. "Kortrijk-coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck is Trainer van het Jaar" [Kortrijk-coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck is Trainer of the Year]. nieuwsblad.be.
  7. "Hein Vanhaezebrouck verkozen tot Coach van het Jaar" (in Dutch).
  8. "De Gouden Schoen 2015: alle winnaars op een rijtje".
  9. "Preud'homme wint Guy Thys Award" [Preud'homme wins Guy Thys Award]. Voetbalprimeur. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  10. "Trofee Raymond Goethals".
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