Vital Borkelmans

Vital Borkelmans
	Borkelmans with Belgium in 2013.
Personal information
Full name	Vital Philomene Borkelmans
Date of birth	10 June 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Maaseik, Belgium
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1981–1986	Patro Eisden
1986–1989	Waregem
1989–2000	Club Brugge
2000–2002	AA Gent
2002–2004	Cercle Brugge
2004–2005	KFC Evergem-Center
Total
International career
1989–1998	Belgium
Managerial career
2010–2012	Dender EH
2012–2016	Belgium (assistant)
2018–2021	Jordan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vital Philomene Borkelmans (born 10 June 1963) is a Belgian football coach and a former left fullback who mainly played for Club Brugge (350 matches with that club), in the Belgian First Division.

Club career

He also played for Patro Eisden, SV Waregem, Gent and Cercle Brugge.^[1]

International career

Borkelmans made his debut for Belgium in an August 1989 friendly match against Denmark, coming on as an 80th-minute substitute for Danny Boffin, and earned a total of 22 caps, scoring no goals.^[2] He was in the team for the 1994 and 1998 World Cups. His final international was at the latter tournament, in June 1998 against South Korea.^[3]

Managerial career

In January 2010, he was appointed manager of Dender EH in the Belgian Second Division, but fired following the relegation to the Belgian Third Division following the 2011–12 season. In July 2012, Vital Borkelmans was revealed as assistant manager to Marc Wilmots for the Belgium national football team.^[4]

In 2018, he was appointed as the head coach of Jordan,^[5] until his resignation in June 2021.^[6]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 15 June 2021

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record					Ref.
Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %	Ref.
F.C.V. Dender E.H.	28 January 2010	30 June 2012	85	26	25	34	030.6
Jordan	8 May 2018	16 June 2021	39	14	12	13	035.9
Total			124	40	37	47	032.3	—

Player palmares

Club Brugge

Belgian First Division (4): 1989–90, 1991–92, 1995–96, 1997–98
Belgian Cup (3): 1990–91, 1994–95, 1995–96
Belgian Super Cup (6): 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998

References

^ "Vital Borkelmans leeft van dag tot dag". voetbalbelgie.be.
^ Appearances for Belgium National Team - RSSSF
^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ "Vital Borkelmans wordt assistent-bondscoach" (in Dutch). Sporza. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
^ "Borkelmans to steer Jordan". Asian Football Confederation. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
^ "Jordan National Team Appoints Adnan Hamad as Head Coach". albawaba.com. 17 June 2021.

External links

Vital Borkelmans at WorldFootball.net
Vital Borkelmans at National-Football-Teams.com
Vital Borkelmans at kicker (in German)
Vital Borkelmans at FBref.com
Vital Borkelmans at the Belgian Football Association
Cerclemuseum

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[1] "Vital Borkelmans leeft van dag tot dag". voetbalbelgie.be.

[2] Appearances for Belgium National Team - RSSSF

[3] "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[Sporza-4] "Vital Borkelmans wordt assistent-bondscoach" (in Dutch). Sporza. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.

[5] "Borkelmans to steer Jordan". Asian Football Confederation. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2019.

[6] "Jordan National Team Appoints Adnan Hamad as Head Coach". albawaba.com. 17 June 2021.

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