Stephan Van Der Heyden

Stephan Van Der Heyden (born 3 July 1969) is a Belgian professional football coach and former player, who is the current assistant manager of Rangers.

Playing career
A midfielder during his playing career, Van Der Heyden has played for various clubs including Beveren, Club Brugge, Germinal Beerschot and Royal Cappellen in Belgium, Roda JC in the Netherlands, South Melbourne in Australia and Lille in France. He has also made a handful of appearances for the Belgian national teams in the junior and senior levels. He was in the Belgium squad for the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Coaching career
After retiring from professional football in 2003, he returned to the game as a coach in 2010. He started his coaching career at Sporting Lokeren before returning to former club Club Brugge. At Brugge, He began as part of their scouting team. In June 2013, he was appointed as the club’s assistant coach and continued with them for the next four years. In 2017, he signed with Macedonian club Vardar Skopje to take on the role of assistant coach once again. The following year, he started working with Jordan national team head coach Vital Borkelmans as his assistant.

On 14 October 2021, it was announced that Van Der Heyden has been appointed as the assistant coach of the Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters ahead of the 2021–22 season. Kerala Blasters reached the Play-Offs ànd the ISL Final. They only lost after extra time and penalties to Hyderabad fc. On 20 October 2023, Van Der Heyden joined Scottish Premiership side Rangers as assistant manager to Philippe Clement.

Honours as a player
National Military Team Belgian National Team KSK Beveren Club Brugge Roda JC
 * Bronze medal with Belgium on WC in Naples Italy : 1987
 * WC in USA 1994
 * Belgian Champion 2nd Division : 1990-1991
 * Belgian Champion : 1991-1992 & 1995-1996
 * Belgian Cup : 1994-1995 & 1995-1996
 * Belgian Supercup : 1991, 1992 & 1996
 * KNVB Cup: 1996–97

Honours as Assistant Coach
Club Brugge Rangers Fc
 * Belgian Cup : 2015
 * Champion : 2016
 * Supercup : 2016
 * League Cup : 2023