Vital Heynen

Vital Heynen (born 12 June 1969) is a Belgian volleyball coach and former volleyball player, head coach of the Poland men's national volleyball team and Italian club Sir Safety Perugia.

Vital Heynen
Personal information
Nationality Belgian
Born (1969-06-12) 12 June 1969
Maaseik, Belgium
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Coaching information
Current team Poland
Sir Safety Perugia
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
2006–2012
2012–2016
2012–2013
2013–2015
2015–2016
2016–2019
2017–2018
2018–
2019–		Noliko Maaseik
Germany
Ziraat Bankası Ankara
Transfer Bydgoszcz
Tours VB
VfB Friedrichshafen
Belgium
Poland
Sir Safety Perugia
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Career
YearsTeams
1995–2005 Noliko Maaseik
Honours
Men’s volleyball
Head Coach  Germany
FIVB World Championship
2014 Poland
European Games
2015 Azerbaijan
Head Coach  Poland
FIVB World Championship
2018 Bulgaria/Italy
FIVB World Cup
2019 Chicago
CEV European Championship
2019 Belgium/France/Netherlands/Slovenia

Career as coach
Heynen as a coach of Germany at 2014 World League

Heynen started out his career as a volleyball coach in his hometown club Noliko Maaseik. In 2005 he became assistant coach and a year later - a head coach. During his six-year work at the club, his team won four Belgian Championships, five Belgian Cups and four Supercups. Additionally Heynen was twice named Belgian Coach of the Year in 2009 and 2011. In 2012 he left his hometown club and joined Turkish club Ziraat Bankası Ankara, which he coached in the season 2012/2013. In December 2013 he was named a new coach of Transfer Bydgoszcz, PlusLiga.[1]

In February 2012 he became a head coach of Germany national team. At the World Championship 2014 his team beat France in 3rd place match and won bronze medal.[2] In 2017 he took over Belgian national team. On 7 February 2018 Heynen was chosen as the new head coach of Poland men's national volleyball team.[3] At the World Championship 2018 in Italy, Poland led by Heynen beat Brazil in the final, defended the World Championship 2014 title, and achieved 3rd World Champion title in total. In 2019 Heynen coached Poland to the European Championship 2019 bronze medal by beating France in 3rd place match and losing only to Slovenia in the semifinal.[4][5] At the FIVB World Cup 2019 his team lost only against USA and Brazil and eventually was placed 2nd in the competition, winning the silver medal. In November, 2019 he became a head coach of Sir Safety Conad Perugia.[6] In the 2019/2020 season Sir Safety Perugia coached by Heynen achieved the Italian SuperCup after defeating Modena Volley in the final.

Sporting achievements

As a player

National championships

As a coach

National championships
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Ferdinando De Giorgi		 Head coach of Poland
2018–		 Succeeded by
–

References
  1. Tomasz Rosiński (12 December 2013). "Vital Heynen nowym trenerem Transferu Bydgoszcz!". wp.pl. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. "Germany take home the bronze medal". fivb.org. FIVB. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  3. "Vital Heynen nowym selekcjonerem siatkarskiej reprezentacji Polski". onet.pl. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  4. EUROVOLLEY 2019 M: Slovenia record sensational win over world champions Poland and go to final! – worldofvolley.com – 26.09.2019
  5. Parisian dream comes true: Serbia conquer EuroVolley for 3rd time! – worldofvolley – 29.09.2019
  6. "ITA M: Bernardi's 3-year work with Perugia over, Heynen at helm of SuperLega runners-up". worldofvolley.com. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
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