Vital Philomene Borkelmans (born 10 June 1963) is a Belgian football coach and a former left fullback who mainly played for Club Brugge (350 matches with that club), in the Belgian First Division.
He also played for Patro Eisden, SV Waregem, Gent and Cercle Brugge.
Borkelmans made his debut for Belgium in an August 1989 friendly match against Denmark, coming on as an 80th-minute substitute for Danny Boffin, and earned a total of 22 caps, scoring no goals. He was in the team for the 1994 and 1998 World Cups. His final international was at the latter tournament, in June 1998 against South Korea.
In January 2010, he was appointed manager of Dender EH in the Belgian Second Division, but fired following the relegation to the Belgian Third Division following the 2011–12 season. In July 2012, Vital Borkelmans was revealed as assistant manager to Marc Wilmots for the Belgium national football team.
In 2018, he was appointed as the head coach of Jordan, until his resignation in June 2021.
As of match played 15 June 2021
Belgian First Division (4): 1989–90, 1991–92, 1995–96, 1997–98
Belgian Cup (3): 1990–91, 1994–95, 1995–96
Belgian Super Cup (6): 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998
Vital Borkelmans at WorldFootball.net
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Vital Borkelmans at Kicker (in German)
Vital Borkelmans at the Belgian Football Association
Vital Borkelmans at EU-Football.info