Vital Heynen
Heynen in 2022
Personal information
NationalityBelgian
Born (1969-06-12) 12 June 1969 (age 54)
Maaseik, Belgium
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Coaching information
Current teamGermany (W)
Nilüfer Belediyespor
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
2006–2012
2012–2016
2012–2013
2013–2015
2015–2016
2016–2019
2017–2018
2018–2021
2019–2021
2022–
2022–		Noliko Maaseik
Germany (M)
Ziraat Bankası Ankara
Transfer Bydgoszcz
Tours VB
VfB Friedrichshafen
Belgium (M)
Poland (M)
Sir Safety Perugia
Germany (W)
Nilüfer Belediyespor
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Career
YearsTeams
1995–2005Noliko Maaseik
Honours
Men’s volleyball
Head coach  Germany
FIVB World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Poland
Head coach  Poland
FIVB World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bulgaria/Italy
FIVB World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 Japan
FIVB Nations League
Silver medal – second place 2021 Rimini
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Chicago
CEV European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Belgium/France/Netherlands/Slovenia
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Poland/Czechia/Estonia/Finland

Vital Heynen (born 12 June 1969) is a Belgian professional volleyball coach and former player. Heynen currently serves as head coach for the Germany women's national team and Nilüfer Belediyespor.

Heynen coaching Germany during the 2014 World League.

Career as coach

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.

Honours

As a player

As a coach

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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