Robin Veldman
Dutch football manager
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Robin Veldman (born 24 December 1985) is a Dutch football manager who is the manager of SC Heerenveen in the Eredivisie.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 December 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Marknesse, Netherlands | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Heerenveen (manager) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2022 | Anderlecht (caretaker) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Anderlecht (assistant) | ||
| 2023 | Queen's Park | ||
| 2024–2025 | Club NXT | ||
| 2025– | Heerenveen | ||
Early life
Veldman was born and raised in the Flevopolder.[1] He played for SV Markesse.[1]
Career
Youth coach
Veldman started his career as a youth coach for SV Marknesse.[1] He spent 11 years at SC Heerenveen, where he worked with players including Hakim Ziyech.[2] He then became a trainer for AFC Ajax, where he worked with the youth team.[2]
In 2021, Veldman was hired to work with the Anderlecht U21 team.[2]
Managerial career
In 2022, Veldman was appointed interim head coach of Belgian side Anderlecht.[1][2][3][4][5]
In 2023, he was appointed manager of Scottish side Queen's Park.[6][7][8]
On 19 March 2024, Veldman was hired by Club Brugge to manage their reserve team Club NXT in Challenger Pro League.[9]
On 21 March 2025, Veldman returned to Heerenveen to become their new permanent manager after Feyenoord signed Robin van Persie to replace Brian Priske as their new manager.[10][11]
Managerial record
- As of match played 9 December 2023
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Anderlecht (interim) | 24 October 2022 | 1 December 2022 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50.00 |
| Queen's Park | 17 June 2023 | 9 December 2023 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 23.81 |
| Total | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 29.63 | ||