Jan Van Winckel

Technical Director UAE FA

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

About

Experience

  • Member of AFC Expert Panel - Elite Youth Development at Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
    Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

  • UAE FA (7 yrs 1 mo)
    • Technical Director
      Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

    • Senior Technical Consultant
      Jun 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 1 mo

  • Technical Expert at FIFA
    Jan 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 6 mos

  • Public Speaker at International conferences
    1990 - Present · 36 yrs 6 mos

    2003, Salzburg, Austria Speaker International Congress ECCS 2009, Brugge, Belgium Speaker International Congress BrucoSport 2010, Amsterdam, Holland Speaker International sports scientific Congress 2010, Leuven, Belgium Speaker International Orthopedic Congress 2011 , Brussels, Belgium Speaker International Sports Congress 2011 , Malta, Malta UEFA instructor Sports Science 2012, Alkmaar, Holland Speaker International Sports Congress 2012, Seattle, USA Speaker international sports congress 2012, Brussels , Belgium Instructor Belgian FA (Uefa Pro-License) 2014, Portland, USA Speaker international sports congress 2014, Doha, Qatar Speaker International football congress 2015, Jeddah, KSA Speaker Sports congress 2016, Riyadh, KSA Speaker 1st Saudi Coaches Forum 2016, Jeddah, KSA Speaker, 1st Saudi National Coaches Day

  • KU Leuven (30 yrs 1 mo)
    • Researcher
      Jan 2001 - Present · 25 yrs 6 mos

    • Head-Coach University Team football
      Jun 1996 - Jun 2002 · 6 yrs 1 mo