Vital Borkelmans

Belgian football coach and former player

Vital Borkelmans

Borkelmans with Belgium in 2013.

Personal information
Full name|  Vital Philomene Borkelmans
Date of birth|  (1963-06-10) 10 June 1963 (age 62)
Place of birth|  Maaseik, Belgium
Height|  1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)|  Defender
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1981–1986|  Patro Eisden|  101|  (10)
1986–1989|  Waregem|  99|  (8)
1989–2000|  Club Brugge|  348|  (23)
2000–2002|  AA Gent|  56|  (2)
2002–2004|  Cercle Brugge|  61|  (5)
2004–2005|  KFC Evergem-Center|  6|  (0)
Total|  |  671|  (48)
International career
1989–1998|  Belgium|  22|  (0)
Managerial career
2010–2012|  Dender EH
2012–2016|  Belgium (assistant)
2018–2021|  Jordan
2025–|  Al-Zawraa (technical director)
* 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

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

## International career

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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

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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

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As of match played 15 June 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure  Team  | From  | To  | Record  | Ref.

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P | W | D | L | Win %
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

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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

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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.
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.

## External links

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

Belgium squads

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Belgium squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Preud'homme
* 2 Medved
* 3 Borkelmans
* 4 Albert
* 5 Smidts
* 6 Staelens
* 7 Van der Elst
* 8 Nilis
* 9 Degryse
* 10 Scifo
* 11 Czerniatynski
* 12 De Wilde
* 13 Grün (c)
* 14 De Wolf
* 15 Emmers
* 16 Boffin
* 17 Weber
* 18 Wilmots
* 19 Van Meir
* 20 Verlinden
* 21 Van der Heyden
* 22 Renier
* Coach: Van Himst

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Belgium squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup

* 1 De Wilde
* 2 Crasson
* 3 Staelens
* 4 Vidović
* 5 Borkelmans
* 6 Van der Elst
* 7 Wilmots
* 8 Oliveira
* 9 M. Mpenza
* 10 Nilis
* 11 Van Kerckhoven
* 12 Vande Walle
* 13 Verlinden
* 14 Scifo (c)
* 15 Clement
* 16 De Boeck
* 17 Verstraeten
* 18 Verheyen
* 19 Van Meir
* 20 E. Mpenza
* 21 Boffin
* 22 Deflandre
* Coach: Leekens

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Jordan squad – 2019 AFC Asian Cup

* 1 Shafi (c)
* 2 Shelbaieh
* 3 Khattab
* 4 Abdel-Rahman
* 5 Al-Arab
* 6 Murjan
* 7 Al-Rawashdeh
* 8 Al-Samarneh
* 9 Faisal
* 10 Samir
* 11 Al-Bakhit
* 12 Abdel-Sattar
* 13 Bani Attiah
* 14 Hamdouni
* 15 Marei
* 16 Rateb
* 17 Al-Basha
* 18 Al-Taamari
* 19 Bani Yaseen
* 20 Khadr
* 21 Al-Ajalin
* 22 Yaseen
* 23 Haddad
* Coach: Borkelmans

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Jordan national football team – managers

* McLennan (1980)
* Awad (1985)
* Ognjanović (1988–89)
* Awad (1992)
* Maksimenkov (1993)
* Awad (1993)
* Hamza (1996)
* Awad (1997)
* Višnjevac (1998)
* Awad (1999–2000)
* Carugati (2000–01)
* Smiljanić (2001–02)
* El-Gohary (2002–07)
* Vingada (2007–09)
* Hamad (2009–13)
* Hassan (2013–14)
* Abdel-Qader (2014)
* Wilkins (2014–15)
* Abdel-Qader (2015)
* Put (2015–16)
* Abu Zemac (2016)
* Redknapp (2016)
* Abu Zema (2016)
* Mesfer (2016–17)
* Abu-Abed (2017–18)
* Borkelmans (2018–21)
* Hamad (2021–23)
* Ammouta (2023–24)
* Sellami (2024–)

(c) = caretaker manager

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