Stijn Vreven

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Stijn Vreven
Vitesse
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-07-18) 18 July 1973 (age 50)
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)
2008Tongeren (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

  1. ^ A-kern KESK Leopoldsburg Archived 11 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Stijn Vreven, Speler bij K ESK Leopoldsburg: Zamante
  3. ^ Stijn Vreven – KFC Esperanza Neerpelt Archived 20 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "WELKOM STIJN VREVEN!" [WELCOME STIJN VREVEN!] (in Dutch). Oostende. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "2003: FC UTRECHT NEEMT REVANCHE". totoknvbbekker.nl. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2020.

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