Gertjan Verbeek
Dutch footballer and manager
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Gertjan Verbeek (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣɛrtɕɑɱ vərˈbeːk]; born 1 August 1962) is a Dutch former professional footballer who last managed Eerste Divisie side Almere City.
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Verbeek in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gerrit Jan Alfons Verbeek | ||
| Date of birth | 1 August 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Deventer, Netherlands | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| VV Zuid Eschmarke | |||
| –1982 | ATC '65 | ||
| 1982–1984 | Achilles '12 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1994 | Heerenveen | 254 | (38) |
| 1986–1987 | → SC Heracles (loan) | 31 | (9) |
| Total | 285 | (47) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2001–2004 | Heracles Almelo | ||
| 2004–2008 | Heerenveen | ||
| 2008–2009 | Feyenoord | ||
| 2009–2010 | Heracles Almelo | ||
| 2010–2013 | AZ Alkmaar | ||
| 2013–2014 | 1. FC Nürnberg | ||
| 2014–2017 | VfL Bochum | ||
| 2017–2018 | FC Twente | ||
| 2019–2020 | Adelaide United | ||
| 2021 | Almere City | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Coaching career
Netherlands
After retiring from his playing career in 1994, Verbeek stayed with SC Heerenveen as an assistant-coach. He left for Heracles Almelo in 2001, and after a successful stint there was hired as the successor to Foppe de Haan with SC Heerenveen. In 2008, he was hired by Feyenoord, but was fired after clashing with players a few months into his tenure.[1] He moved to Heracles Almelo for the 2009–2010 season, and after guiding them to a 6th-place finish in the Eredivisie, AZ hired him for the 2010–2011 season. Verbeek caused controversy in December 2011 in a 2011–12 KNVB Cup match against Ajax by leading AZ off the pitch in protest at having their goalkeeper Esteban Alvarado sent off for retaliating against a pitch invader.[2] The game was consequently abandoned. On 29 September 2013, AZ fired him due to lack of chemistry with the players.[3]
Germany
The German football club 1. FC Nürnberg hired him on 22 October 2013,[4] giving him the first coaching opportunity outside of Netherlands, with a contract until 30 June 2015.[5] However, he was sacked on 23 April 2014.[6] On 22 December 2014, the VfL Bochum announced signing Verbeek as head coach, starting 1 January 2015.[7] In his return to Nuremberg on 23 March 2015, Bochum defeated 1. FC Nürnberg 2–1.[8] He was sacked on 11 July 2017.[9]
FC Twente
On 29 October 2017 he returned to management in his native Holland, where he signed with FC Twente, which was going through a disastrous campaign of the 2017-18 Eredivisie.[10] On 26 March, after 149 days, Verbeek was fired as FC Twente's manager, with the team at the bottom of the table with six games remaining of the season.[11][12]
Adelaide United
On 23 May 2019, Verbeek was officially announced as Marco Kurz' replacement as manager for A-League club Adelaide United.[13] Verbeek led Adelaide United to their third FFA Cup victory by defeating Melbourne City 4–0 at Coopers Stadium.[14] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Verbeek took a leave of absence to return home to the Netherlands indefinitely while still being under contract with the club.[15] Verbeek and Adelaide United decided to mutually part ways on 29 April 2020.[16]
Career statistics
Playing career
| Club performance | League | Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Netherlands | League | KNVB Cup | Total | |||||
| 1984–85 | Heerenveen | Eerste Divisie | 21 | 6 | ||||
| 1985–86 | 22 | 1 | ||||||
| 1986–87 | SC Heracles | 31 | 9 | |||||
| 1987–88 | Heerenveen | 31 | 3 | |||||
| 1988–89 | 30 | 4 | ||||||
| 1989–90 | 34 | 10 | ||||||
| 1990–91 | Eredivisie | 30 | 2 | |||||
| 1991–92 | Eerste Divisie | 32 | 6 | |||||
| 1992–93 | 29 | 5 | ||||||
| 1993–94 | Eredivisie | 25 | 1 | |||||
| Total | Netherlands | 285 | 47 | |||||
| Career total | 285 | 47 | ||||||
Coaching record
- As of match played 27 March 2020
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | Ref. | |||
| Heracles Almelo | 1 July 2001[17] | 30 June 2004[17] | 117 | 60 | 22 | 35 | 51.28 | [18][19][20] [21][22][23] |
| Heerenveen | 1 July 2004[17] | 30 June 2008[17] | 176 | 83 | 34 | 59 | 47.16 | [24][25][26] [27][28][29] |
| Feyenoord | 1 July 2008[17] | 14 January 2009[17] | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 30.77 | [30] |
| Heracles Almelo | 1 July 2009[17] | 30 June 2010[17] | 39 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 48.72 | [31] |
| AZ | 1 July 2010[17] | 29 September 2013[17] | 157 | 76 | 33 | 48 | 48.41 | [32][33] [34][35] |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 22 October 2013[4] | 23 April 2014[6] | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22.73 | [4] |
| VfL Bochum | 22 December 2014[7] | 11 July 2017 | 88 | 31 | 30 | 27 | 35.23 | [36] |
| FC Twente | 29 October 2017 | 26 March 2018 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 9.52 | |
| Adelaide United | 23 May 2019 | 29 April 2020 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 53.85 | |
| Total | 672 | 298 | 142 | 232 | 44.35 | — | ||