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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 August 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Sint-Truiden, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Burnley (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1999 | Sint-Truiden | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2008 | Sint-Truiden | 243 | (4) |
| 2008–2010 | RBC Roosendaal | 62 | (5) |
| 2010–2013 | Oud-Heverlee Leuven | 40 | (3) |
| 2012–2013 | → Antwerp (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Dender | 0 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013–2014 | Dender | ||
| 2014 | Zwarte Leeuw | ||
| 2015–2016 | KVK Tienen | ||
| 2016–2017 | ASV Geel | ||
| 2017–2018 | Berchem Sport | ||
| 2019–2020 | Sint-Truiden (caretaker) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Waasland-Beveren | ||
| 2021–2022 | Haverfordwest County | ||
| 2022–2024 | Club NXT | ||
| 2024–2025 | Club Brugge | ||
| 2025–2026 | Genk | ||
| 2026– | Burnley | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nicky Hayen (born 16 August 1980) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player, who is the head coach of EFL Championship club Burnley.
Career
[edit]Playing Career and Player coaching
From 1999 on, Hayen played nine seasons at the highest level of Belgian professional football with Sint-Truiden, before moving to RBC Roosendaal in the second division in the Netherlands for two seasons. He returned to Belgium in 2010 by joining Oud-Heverlee Leuven and was part of the team achieving promotion to the Belgian Pro League. In the summer of 2012, he was loaned out for one season to Antwerp, but when the season ended he was released and became player-coach at Dender EH in the Belgian Third Division In February 2014, he was relieved of his coaching duties at Dender EH due to bad result, but stayed with the team as player.
Haverfordwest County
On 31 December 2021, Hayen was announced as manager of Cymru Premier club Haverfordwest County on an initial 18-month contract.[1] This was duly extended for a further 12 months upon confirmation of safety towards the end of the 2021–22 season, after an excellent run of form. Hayen was the first Belgian manager to work in the Cymru Premier.[2] He left the club in June 2022 to return to Belgium to take up a position as manager of Club Brugge's under-23 team, Club NXT.[3][4]
Club Brugge
On 18 March 2024, he was appointed as caretaker manager of Club Brugge, following the dismissal of Ronny Deila.[5] Hayen turned Brugge's fortunes around, and won the Belgian championship after a 0–0 draw against Cercle Brugge.[6] He signed a permanent deal as coach of Club Brugge on 3 June 2024.[7] Hayen was sacked on 8 December 2025.[8]
Burnley
On 10 July 2026, Hayen signed with EFL Championship club Burnley on a 3-year deal.[9]
Managerial statistics
[edit]- As of match played 31 May 2026[10]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| ASV Geel |  |
1 July 2016 | 16 October 2017 | 42 | 20 | 5 | 17 | 74 | 58 | +16 | 47.62 |
| Berchem Sport | |
15 November 2017 | 24 January 2018 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 0.00 |
| Sint-Truiden | |
25 November 2019 | 2 January 2020 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 16.67 |
| Waasland-Beveren | |
1 July 2020 | 30 June 2021 | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 52 | 79 | −27 | 23.68 |
| Haverfordwest County |  |
31 December 2021 | 1 May 2022 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 40.00 |
| Club Brugge | |
18 March 2024 | 8 December 2025 | 102 | 61 | 20 | 21 | 199 | 114 | +85 | 59.80 |
| Genk | |
22 December 2025 | 10 July 2026 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 46.43 |
| Burnley |  |
10 July 2026 | present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
| Career total | 238 | 110 | 48 | 80 | 412 | 334 | +78 | 46.22 | |||
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]Oud-Heverlee Leuven
Manager
[edit]Club Brugge
Individual
[edit]- Raymond Goethals Trophy: 2024[11]
- Belgian Golden Shoe Coach of the Year: 2024[12]
References
[edit]- ↑ Jones, Harrison (31 January 2021). "Haverfordwest make surprise appointment as Nicky Hayen named manager". T Clwb Pel Droed. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ↑ Jamshidian, Harry. "Nicky Hayen takes charge at Haverfordwest County AFC". Western Telegraph. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ↑ Jones, Jordan (15 June 2022). "Haverfordwest County dealt blow as manager Nicky Hayen departs for Club Brugge". Y Clwb Pel-Droed. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ↑ "NICKY HAYEN IS THE NEW HEAD COACH OF CLUB NXT". clubbrugge.be. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ↑ "Club Brugge fires coach Ronny Deila ahead of playoffs in Belgium". AP News. 18 March 2024.
- ↑ "CLUB SPEELT GELIJK TEGEN CERCLE EN IS KAMPIOEN!". clubbrugge.be (in Dutch). 26 May 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ↑ "NICKY HAYEN TO REMAIN HEAD COACH AT CLUB BRUGGE". clubbrugge.be. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ↑ "Ivan Leko replaces Nicky Hayen as Club Brugge head coach". 8 December 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- ↑ "Nicky Hayen Confirmed as New Burnley Boss". Burnley F.C. 10 July 2026. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 Nicky Hayen coach profile at Soccerway (archived)
- ↑ "Club Brugge boven: Nicky Hayen beste Belgische trainer, Joaquin Seys sterkste debutant". Sporza (in Dutch). 16 December 2024.
- ↑ "Bekijk hier de uitslagen van het 71e Gala van de Gouden Schoen". Sporza (in Dutch). 4 February 2025.
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