Hein Vanhaezebrouck

Belgian football manager and former player

Hein Vanhaezebrouck
Personal information
Vanhaezebrouck in 2016
Full name	Hein Vanhaezebrouck
Date of birth	(1964-02-16) 16 February 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth	Kortrijk, Belgium
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Gent (manager)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2000–2002	Lokeren (assistant)
2003	SWI Harelbeke
2003–2006	White Star Lauwe
2006–2009	Kortrijk
2009	Racing Genk
2010–2014	Kortrijk
2014–2017	Gent
2017–2018	Anderlecht
2020–	Gent

Hein Vanhaezebrouck (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɛin vɑnˈɦaːzəbruk]; born 16 February 1964) is a Belgian football manager who is currently manager of Belgian Pro League club K.A.A. Gent. He has a reputation of favouring an offensive style of play.

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.^{[citation needed]}

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 commentor on VT4, and has since 2016 served as analyst on Sporting Telenet.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 23 April 2024^[3]

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	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	200	102	44	54	364	204	+160	051.00
Career totals				739	335	177	227	1,154	872	+282	045.33

Honours

Manager

AA Gent^[4]

Individual

Belgian Professional Manager of the Year: 2011-12^[6]
Belgian Sports Coach of the Year: 2015,^[7]
Best Football Coach of the Year: 2015^[8]
Guy Thys Award: 2015^[9]
Raymond Goethals Award: 2015, 2023^[10]

References

^ What can new coach Vanhaezebrouck do for Anderlecht?, UEFA.com by Berend Scholten, 3 oktober 2017
^ "Anderlecht fire coach Vanhaezebrouck after poor run of results". Reuters. 17 December 2018.
^ "Hein Vanhaezebrouck career sheet". footballdatabase. footballdatabase. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
^ "KV Mechelen | Geschiedenis". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ "Michel Preud'homme". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ "Kortrijk-coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck is Trainer van het Jaar" [Kortrijk-coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck is Trainer of the Year]. nieuwsblad.be.
^ "Hein Vanhaezebrouck verkozen tot Coach van het Jaar" (in Dutch).
^ "De Gouden Schoen 2015: alle winnaars op een rijtje".
^ "Preud'homme wint Guy Thys Award" [Preud'homme wins Guy Thys Award]. Voetbalprimeur. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ "Vanhaezebrouck krijgt Trofee Raymond Goethals tweede keer, Vermeeren beste debutant U20". sporza.be (in Dutch). 18 December 2023.

Belgian Professional Manager of the Year

v t e Belgian Sportsman of the Year
Men	1967 Ferdinand Bracke 1968 Serge Reding 1969–1974 Eddy Merckx 1975 Bruno Brokken 1976 Ivo Van Damme 1977 Michel Pollentier 1978 Raymond Ceulemans 1979–1980 Robert Van de Walle 1981 Freddy Maertens 1982 Jacky Ickx 1983 Eddy Annys 1984 Claude Criquielion 1985 Gaston Rahier & Vincent Rousseau 1986 William Van Dijck 1987 Georges Jobé 1988 Eric Geboers 1989 Thierry Boutsen 1990 Rudy Dhaenens 1991 Jean-Michel Saive 1992 Georges Jobé 1993 Vincent Rousseau 1994 Jean-Michel Saive 1995–1996 Fred Deburghgraeve 1997 Luc Van Lierde 1998 Fred Deburghgraeve 1999 Luc Van Lierde 2000 Joël Smets 2001–2004 Stefan Everts 2005 Tom Boonen 2006 Stefan Everts 2007 Tom Boonen 2008 Sven Nys 2009–2011 Philippe Gilbert 2012 Tom Boonen 2013 Frederik Van Lierde 2014 Thibaut Courtois 2015 Kevin De Bruyne 2016 Greg Van Avermaet 2017 David Goffin 2018 Eden Hazard 2019 Remco Evenepoel 2020-2021 Wout van Aert 2022-2023 Remco Evenepoel
Women	1975 Carine Verbauwen 1976–1977 Anne-Marie Pira 1978–1979 Carine Verbauwen 1980 Ingrid Berghmans 1981 Annie Lambrechts 1982–1986 Ingrid Berghmans 1987 Ingrid Lempereur 1988–1989 Ingrid Berghmans 1990–1991 Sabine Appelmans 1992 Annelies Bredael 1993 Gella Vandecaveye 1994–1995 Brigitte Becue 1996 Ulla Werbrouck 1997 Gella Vandecaveye 1998 Dominique Monami 1999–2002 Kim Clijsters 2003–2004 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2005 Kim Clijsters 2006–2007 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2008 Tia Hellebaut 2009–2011 Kim Clijsters 2012 Evi Van Acker 2013 Kirsten Flipkens 2014 Nafissatou Thiam 2015 Delfine Persoon 2016–2017 Nafissatou Thiam 2018–2019 Nina Derwael 2020 Emma Meesseman 2021 Nina Derwael 2022 Nafissatou Thiam 2023 Lotte Kopecky
Team	1997 Noliko Maaseik 1998 Motocross team 1999 Davis Cup team 2000 Anderlecht 2001 Fed Cup team 2002 La Villette 2003 Motocross team 2004 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2005 Men's under-21 football team 2006 Fed Cup team 2007–2008 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2009–2011 Belgian men's 4 × 400 metres relay team 2012 Men's field hockey team 2013–2014 Men's football team 2015 Davis Cup team 2016 Men's field hockey team 2017 Davis Cup team 2018–2019 Men's field hockey team 2020 Women's basketball team 2021 Men's field hockey team 2022 Belgian men's 4 × 400 metres relay team 2023 Women's basketball team
Talent	1998 Kim Clijsters 1999 Bart Wellens 2000 Bart Aernouts 2001 Jurgen Van den Broeck 2002 Thomas Buffel 2003 Kirsten Flipkens 2004 Aagje Vanwalleghem 2005 Niels Albert 2006 Yoris Grandjean 2007 Dominique Cornu 2008 Elise Matthysen 2009 Romelu Lukaku 2010 Luca Brecel 2011 Thomas Van der Plaetsen 2012 Kimmer Coppejans 2013 Nafissatou Thiam 2014 Divock Origi 2015 Tiesj Benoot 2016 Louise Carton 2017 Lotte Kopecky 2018 Remco Evenepoel 2019 Yari Verschaeren 2020 Charles De Ketelaere 2021 Thibau Nys 2022 Cian Uijtdebroeks 2023 Alec Segaert
Paralympic	2010 Sven Decaesstecker 2011 Wim Decleir 2012 Marieke Vervoort 2013 Joachim Gérard 2014 Michèle George 2015 Marieke Vervoort 2016 Laurens Devos 2017–2018 Peter Genyn 2019–2021 Joachim Gérard 2022 Michèle George 2023 Maxime Carabin
Coach	2011–2012 Jacques Borlée 2013–2014 Marc Wilmots 2015 Hein Vanhaezebrouck 2016–2017 Roger Lespagnard 2018 Roberto Martínez 2019 Shane Mcleod 2020 Philip Mestdagh 2021 Shane Mcleod 2022 Roger Lespagnard 2023 Rachid Meziane

v t e K.A.A. Gent – current squad
1 Nardi 2 Mitrović 3 Brown 4 Watanabe 5 Kandouss 6 Gandelman 7 Hong 8 Gerkens 9 Sonko 10 Tissoudali 12 Gambor 13 De Sart 14 Yokota 16 Schmidt 17 Hjulsager 18 Samoise 21 Agbor 22 Fadiga 23 Torunarigha 24 Kums 25 Fortuna 26 Fortin 28 Fernandez-Pardo 29 Depoitre 30 De Schrevel 33 Roef 34 Mokio Surdez Manager: Vanhaezebrouck

Hein Vanhaezebrouck managerial positions

K.V. Kortrijk – managers

Van Maldeghem & Maddens (1971–73)
Van Maldeghem & Maes (1973–75)
Heylens (1975–77)
Brnčić (1977–78)
Mertens (1978–79)
Houwaart (1979–83)
Reijers (1983–84)
Van Maldeghem (1984–85)
Davidovic (1985–86)
Koudijzer (1986–87)
Grijzenhout (1987)
Kinsabil (1987–88)
Leekens (1988–89)
Houwaart (1989–90)
Desaeyere (1990–91)
Braem (1991–92)
Boskamp (1992–93)
Janssens (1993)
Storme (1993–94)
Van Geem (1994–95)
Van Acker (1995–98)
De Wolf (1998–99)
Vanderschommen (1999)
Kinsabil (1999–2000)
Laverge (2000–01)
Braem (2001–02)
Dekenne (2002)
Braem (2002–03)
Nijskens (2003)
Ferrera (2003–04)
Verkempinck (2004)
Ferrera (2004–06)
Vanhaezebrouck (2006–09)
Leekens (2009–10)
Vanhaezebrouck (2010–14)
Vanderhaeghe (2014–15)
Walem (2015–16)
Belhocine (2016)
De Wilde (2016)
Belhocine (2016)
Van Lancker (2016–17)
Belhocine (2017)
Anastasiou (2017)
De Boeck (2017–18)
Vanderhaeghe (2018–21)
Elsner (2021)
Belhocine (2021–22)
Čustović (2022)
Storck (2022–23)
Still (2023)
Akpala (a.i.) (2023)
De Boeck (2023)
Akpala (a.i.) (2023)
Alexandersson (2024–)

v t e K.R.C. Genk – managers
Waterschei Thor Genk	Bollen () Meuris () Vliers (1978–79) Brom (1979–81) Pauwels (1981) Künnecke (1981) Pauwels (1981–82) Künnecke (1982–83) Grijzenhout (1983–84) Geys (1984) De Raeve ()
Winterslag	Waseige (1971–76) Van den Bergh (1976–77) Künnecke (1977–78) Briganti (1978–79) Waseige (1979–81) Bollen (1981) Briganti (1981–82) Kowalik (1982–84) Bulatović (1984–86) Beers (1986–87) Briganti (1987–88)
Genk	Künnecke (1988) Vliers (1988–89) Desaeyere (1989) Alisic (1989) Peeters (1989–90) Theunis (1990–91) Janssen (1991–93) Peruzović (1993–94) Denier & Beuls (1994) Alisic (1994–96) Denier (1996) Anthuenis (1996–99) Heyligen (1999–00) Boskamp (2000) Denier (2000–01) Vergoossen (2001–04) Denier & Van Geneugden (2004) Vandereycken (2004–05) Broos (2005–08) Van Geneugden (2008–09) Denier & Visser (2009) Vanhaezebrouck (2009) Vercauteren (2009–11) Denier & Visser (2011) Been (2011–14) Ferrera (2014) McLeish (2014–15) Maes (2015–16) Stuivenberg (2017) Clement (2017–19) Mazzù (2019) Wolf (2019–20) Olivieri (a.i.) (2020) Thorup (2020) Olivieri (a.i.) (2020) Van den Brom (2020–21) Storck (2021–22) Vrancken (2022–)

K.A.A. Gent – managers

Priem (1901–09)
Van Steenkiste (1909–10)
Horta (1910–12)
Bunyan (1912–22)
De Rijke (1922–31)
Pelsmaecker (1931–41)
Fenichel (1941–42)
Stejskal (1942–43)
Ferchyer (1943–45)
Delfour (1945–51)
Mütsch (1951–52)
Vandooren (1952–56)
Delfour (1956–59)
Favre (1959–60)
Verstraeten (1960–64)
Schirschin (1964–65)
Labot (1965–66)
Bigot (1966–67)
Vandooren (1967–71)
Sztani (1971–73)
Van Boxelaer (1973–74)
Orlans (1974–76)
Qvick (1976)
Storme (1976–77)
Höfling (1977–78)
Nollet (1978–80)
Grijzenhout (1980–81)
Goethals (1981–83)
Vandendaele (1983–84)
Grijzenhout (1984–87)
Bergholtz (1987–88)
Fafié (1988)
Vandendaele (1988–89)
Vandereycken (1989–93)
Dorjee (a.i.) (1993)
Meeuws (1993–94)
Clijsters (1994–97)
Boskamp (1997–99)
Sollied (1999–00)
Houwaart (2000)
Remy (2000–01)
Vermeulen (2001–02)
Olde Riekerink (2002–03)
Vermeulen (2003–04)
Leekens (2004–07)
Sollied (2007–08)
Preud'homme (2008–10)
Dury (2010–11)
Sollied (2011–12)
Peeters (2012–13)
Fernández (2013)
Rednic (2013–14)
Balette (a.i.) (2014)
Vanhaezebrouck (2014–17)
Balette (a.i.) (2017)
Vanderhaeghe (2017–18)
Thorup (2018–20)
Bölöni (2020)
De Decker (2020)
Vanhaezebrouck (2020–)

R.S.C. Anderlecht – managers

Brébart (1920–22)
Ch. Bunyan (1922)
Cy. Bunyan (1922–25)
Howard (1928–36)
Defour (1936–38)
Defevere (1938–41)
Rage (1941–45)
Defevere (1945–46)
Perino (1946–47)
Smit (1947–50)
Gormlie (1950–60)
Sinibaldi (1960–66)
Béres (1966–67)
Deraeymaeker (1967–68)
Höfling (1968–70)
Deraeymaeker (1970)
Sinibaldi (1970–71)
Keßler (1971–72)
Van den Bosch (1972–73)
Braems (1973–75)
Croon (1975–76)
Goethals (1976–79)
Braems (1979–80)
Ivić (1980–83)
Van Himst (1983–86)
Haan (1986–87)
Leekens (1987–88)
Goethals (1988–89)
De Mos (1989–92)
Peruzović (1992–93)
Boskamp (1993–95)
Neumann (1995–96)
Boskamp (1996–97)
Vandereycken (1997)
Haan (1997–98)
Dockx (1998–99)
Anthuenis (1999–2002)
Broos (2002–05)
Vercauteren (2005–07)
Jacobs (2007–12)
Van den Brom (2012–14)
Hasi (2014–16)
Weiler (2016–17)
Frutos (a.i.) (2017)
Vanhaezebrouck (2017–18)
Belhocine (a.i.) (2018)
Rutten (2019)
Belhocine (a.i.) (2019)
Davies & Kompany (2019)
De Roeck (a.i.) (2019)
Vercauteren (2019–20)
Kompany (2020–22)
Mazzù (2022)
Veldman (a.i.) (2022)
Riemer (2022–)

v t e Current Belgian Pro League managers
Riemer (Anderlecht) Van Bommel (Antwerp) Muslic (Cercle Brugge) De Mil (Charleroi) Hayen (Club Brugge) Andersen & Fèvre (Eupen) Vrancken (Genk) Vanhaezebrouck (Gent) Alexandersson (Kortrijk) Hasi (Mechelen) García (OH Leuven) Ferrera (RWDM) Fink (Sint-Truiden) Leko (Standard Liège) Blessin (Union SG) Goor (Westerlo)