Jan Van Winckel (born March 26, 1974) is a Belgian football coach, UEFA and AFC Pro License Instructor and a FIFA Technical Expert.
He remains faculty of the Movement Control & Neuroplasticity Research Group[1] and is the author of various book and academic articles[2] Van Winckel was Assistant Coach at Al-Hilal Saudi in 2004.
In 2002, he was at the heart of Belgium's footballing renaissance with Michel Sablon, Marc Van Geersom, Werner Helsen, and Bob Browaeys.
[4] After resigning at Olympique de Marseille, Van Winckel became the technical director of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation in 2015.
As technical director, Van Winckel led the Saudi Arabian football team to the World Cup in Russia in 2018.