Stijn Vreven
Vitesse | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 18 July 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Hasselt, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Right-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Diepenbeek | |||
Sint-Truiden | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1997 |
Mechelen | 84 | (3) |
1997–1999 | Gent | 57 | (0) |
1999–2003 | Utrecht | 113 | (3) |
2003–2004 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 8 | (0) |
2004–2005 |
Vitesse Arnhem | 46 | (0) |
2006 | Omonia | 6 | (0) |
2006–2007 | ADO Den Haag | 20 | (0) |
2007–2008 |
Sint-Truiden | 11 | (0) |
2008 | → Tongeren (loan) | ||
2008–2010 | Leopoldsburg | ||
2010–2012 | Esperanza Neerpelt | ||
International career | |||
Belgium U18 | 3 | (0) | |
1994–1995 | Belgium U21 | 13 | (1) |
2002 | Belgium | 2 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2010–2012 | KFC Esperanza Neerpelt | ||
2012–2013 | Dessel Sport | ||
2013–2015 |
Lommel United | ||
2015–2016 |
Waasland-Beveren | ||
2017–2018 | NAC Breda | ||
2018–2019 | Beerschot Wilrijk | ||
2019–2020 | Lokeren | ||
2020–2021 | AS Trenčín | ||
2022–2023 | Dessel Sport | ||
2023 | Oostende | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Stijn Vreven (born 18 July 1973) is a Belgian professional football manager and a former player.
Playing career
Vreven's career began when he signed a professional contract with
Vitesse Arnhem. At Vitesse he showed that he still had the same determination and became a regular from the start. When criticising his own team mates in December 2005 manager Edward Sturing placed Vreven in Vitesse's second team. A few weeks later he left the team to sign a new contract at AC Omonia in Cyprus. After playing just six matches he returned to The Netherlands once again, where he joined ADO Den Haag
.
In March 2007, Vreven was diagnosed with
K. Sint-Truidense V.V. and moved to K.E.S.K. Leopoldsburg.[2] In November 2010 he left K.E.S.K. Leopoldsburg and signed a contract as player-coach by KFC Esperanza Neerpelt.[3]
Coaching career
From 2012 till June 2015 he was the coach of
Waasland-Beveren
from July 2015 to October 2016.
On 20 June 2023, Vreven was hired as manager of Oostende, recently relegated from the Belgian Pro League.[4] Following a rough start to the season compounded by point deductions owing to missed repayment deadlines, Vreven was dismissed on 11 December 2023, with the club bottom of the Challenger Pro League.[5]
Honours
Utrecht
References
- ^ A-kern KESK Leopoldsburg Archived 11 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Stijn Vreven, Speler bij K ESK Leopoldsburg: Zamante
- ^ Stijn Vreven – KFC Esperanza Neerpelt Archived 20 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "WELKOM STIJN VREVEN!" [WELCOME STIJN VREVEN!] (in Dutch). Oostende. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ "Stijn Vreven moet het (zinkende?) schip verlaten bij KV Oostende". sporza (in Dutch). 11 December 2023. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "2003: FC UTRECHT NEEMT REVANCHE". totoknvbbekker.nl. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2020.