Nicky Hayen

Nicky Hayen
Personal information
Full name	Nicky Hayen
Date of birth	16 August 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth	Sint-Truiden, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Club NXT (manager); Club Brugge (caretaker)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2008	Sint-Truiden
2008–2010	RBC Roosendaal
2010–2013	Oud-Heverlee Leuven
2012–2013	→ Antwerp (loan)
2013–2014	Dender
Managerial career
2013–2014	Dender (player-coach)
2014	Zwarte Leeuw
2014	Najran (assistant)
2015–2016	KVK Tienen
2016–2017	ASV Geel
2017–2018	Berchem Sport
2018–2019	Sint-Truiden (U18)
2019	Sint-Truiden (caretaker)
2020	Sint-Truiden (assistant)
2020–2021	Waasland-Beveren
2021–2022	Haverfordwest County
2022–2023	Club NXT
2023	Club Brugge (assistant)
2023–	Club NXT
2024–	Club Brugge (caretaker)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicky Hayen (born 16 August 1980) is a Belgian football manager and former professional footballer who is currently head coach at Challenger Pro League club Club NXT and caretaker of Club Brugge.

Career[edit]

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.

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] On 18 March 2024, he was appointed as caretaker manager of Club Brugge, following the dismissal of Ronny Deila.^[5]

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 2022-05-08.
^ 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.

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[1] Jones, Harrison (31 January 2021). "Haverfordwest make surprise appointment as Nicky Hayen named manager". T Clwb Pel Droed. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

[2] Jamshidian, Harry. "Nicky Hayen takes charge at Haverfordwest County AFC". Western Telegraph. Retrieved 2022-05-08.

[3] 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.

[4] "NICKY HAYEN IS THE NEW HEAD COACH OF CLUB NXT". clubbrugge.be. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

[5] "Club Brugge fires coach Ronny Deila ahead of playoffs in Belgium". AP News. 18 March 2024.

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