Vital Heynen
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Born | Maaseik, Belgium | 12 June 1969||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||
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Vital Heynen (born 12 June 1969) is a Belgian volleyball coach and former volleyball player, current head coach of the Poland men's national volleyball team.
Career as coach[]
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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[]
- CEV European Champions Cup
1996/1997 – with Noliko Maaseik
1998/1999 – with Noliko Maaseik
- National championships
- 1995/1996
Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
- 1996/1997
Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
- 1996/1997
Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
- 1996/1997
Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
- 1997/1998
Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
- 1997/1998
Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
- 1997/1998
Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
- 1998/1999
Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
- 1998/1999
Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
- 1998/1999
Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
- 1999/2000
Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2000/2001
Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2000/2001
Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2000/2001
Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2001/2002
Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2001/2002
Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2001/2002
Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2002/2003
Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2002/2003
Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2002/2003
Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2003/2004
Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2003/2004
Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
- 1995/1996
As a coach[]
- CEV Cup
2007/2008 – with Noliko Maaseik
- National championships
- 2006/2007
Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2007/2008
Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2007/2008
Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2007/2008
Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2008/2009
Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2008/2009
Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2008/2009
Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2009/2010
Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2009/2010
Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2010/2011
Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2011/2012
Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2011/2012
Belgian Cup, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2011/2012
Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2014/2015
French SuperCup, with Tours VB
- 2015/2016
German SuperCup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
- 2015/2016
German Cup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
- 2016/2017
German SuperCup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
- 2016/2017
German Cup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
- 2017/2018
German SuperCup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
- 2017/2018
German Cup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
- 2018/2019
German SuperCup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
- 2018/2019
German Cup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
- 2019/2020
Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2020/2021
Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2006/2007
References[]
- ^ Tomasz Rosiński (12 December 2013). "Vital Heynen nowym trenerem Transferu Bydgoszcz!". wp.pl. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "Germany take home the bronze medal". fivb.org. FIVB. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "Vital Heynen nowym selekcjonerem siatkarskiej reprezentacji Polski". onet.pl. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ EUROVOLLEY 2019 M: Slovenia record sensational win over world champions Poland and go to final! – worldofvolley.com – 26.09.2019
- ^ Parisian dream comes true: Serbia conquer EuroVolley for 3rd time! – worldofvolley – 29.09.2019
- ^ "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.
External links[]
- Coach profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Coach profile at LegaVolley.it
- Coach profile at WorldofVolley.com
- Coach profile at Volleybox.net
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- 1969 births
- Living people
- People from Maaseik
- Belgian men's volleyball players
- Belgian volleyball coaches
- Volleyball coaches of international teams
- Belgian expatriates in France
- Belgian expatriates in Germany
- Belgian expatriates in Turkey
- Belgian expatriates in Poland
- Belgian expatriates in Italy