Ivan Minnaert
Ivan Jacky Minnaert is a Belgian football coach who is currently assigned to Al-Ittihad Tripoly of the Libyan Premier League as of 2018/2019.Ivan holds the UEFA Pro Licence, the highest football coaching qualification. He received the UEFA Pro Licence in 2012 from the Football Association of Spain. Ivan Minnaert is a proponent of Gegenpressing, whereby the team, after losing possession, immediately attempts to win back possession, rather than falling back to regroup. His sides have been described playing attacking football in reference to their pressing and high attacking output. Career. Mali. Presented the head coach of Djoliba  AC in autumn 2014, Minnaert set his sights on staying at the club for ten years and earning at least one trophy for them but stepped down from his position in 2015 when Djoliba games were invalidated, causing relegation to the second division before visiting Mali again in 2017. Kenya. Negotiating a contract with AFC Leopards of the Kenyan Premier League in early 2016, the Belgian inked a two-year deal with "Ingwe" in late February, ending the unbeaten run of 35 games in the KPL of Gor Mahia, voted KPL coach of the month March but was fired by  August for poor results, including a six-game winless run, despite being second early on, with some urging him to step down beforehand. In the end, he decided to sue AFC Leopards for salaries owed, which amounted to 24000 US dollars. Guinea. Replacing Adda Benamar at AS Kaloum Star in mid 2017, Minnaert made the quarterfinals of the Guinée Coupe Nationale, his task was to escape relegation what he did. South Africa. Assisting fellow Belgian Jean-François Losciuto at Black Leopards of the South African National First Division in late autumn 2017, the former director became caretaker of the team  a few days later, making it the objective to achieve promotion and applied an offensive system in the team. However, when directing them to 10th place in 15 matches, he was slated to be fired. Rwanda. Accepting a six-month contract with Mukura Victory at the start of 2017, the former Rayon Sport coach pledged to improve results and turn around the season, beating Pepiniere 1-0 in his debut at the end of his contract arranging a deal with AS Kaloum Star of Guinea that summer. Head coach of Rayon Sports of the Rwanda National Football League from November  2015 to February 2016, he was awarded another contract with "Gikundiro" in spring 2018, taking them to the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup, historic qualification of a Rwandian team, where they were pooled with USM Alger, Young Africans, and Gor Mahia in Group D and stated that reaching the quarterfinals would be an onerous task. Libya. Appointed as technical director of the academy and head coach of the U20, the 3 teams under his supervision win all the games of the league (U15 : 9 wins ; U17 : 9 wins ; U20 : 9 wins) In a friendly game against the first team, the team  he coached (the U20) impress everybody. A few weeks later he take over the first team and started with a 2-0 win against AlIttihad Misrata, after a 3-0 win against Rafeeq the league stopped in April due to the circumstances in the country. After a break of 4 months he started a short preparation of 2 weeks to classify Al Ittihad for the 1/16 finals of the CAF Confederation cup against USGN of Niger (1-1 away game and 2-0 win home game) Stats : First division Libyan league : 2 Games 2 Wins (goals 5-0) Caf Confederation  Cup : 2 Games 1 draw 1 win (goals 3-1) CAF Competitions. CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : WINS 3 DRAW 1 LOST 1 CAF CONFEDERATION CUP : WINS 4 DRAW 2 LOST 2 CAF GROUP STAGE : WINS 2 DRAW 3 LOST 1