 Gesthuizen as head coach ofAchilles '29 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Franciscus Johannes Antonius Gesthuizen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1972-09-18)18 September 1972 (age 53) | ||
| Place of birth | Millingen aan de Rijn, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | NEC (U18 coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| MVV '18 | |||
| SV Hatert | |||
| NEC | |||
| –1991 | PSV Eindhoven | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1994 | PSV | 0 | (0) |
| 1992–1994 | →NAC (loan) | 62 | (4) |
| 1994–1997 | NAC | 20 | (0) |
| 1997–2000 | Fortuna Sittard | 51 | (1) |
| 2000–2002 | Cambuur | 28 | (2) |
| 2002–2005 | TOP Oss | 55 | (5) |
| 2005–2008 | JVC Cuijk | ||
| International career | |||
| 1988–1989 | Netherlands U17 | 7 | (2) |
| 1989 | Netherlands U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Netherlands U21 | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010–2011 | RKVV Rood Wit | ||
| 2011–2013 | Blauw Geel '38 | ||
| 2013–2015 | Achilles '29 | ||
| 2015–2016 | DFS | ||
| 2016–2017 | FC Oss | ||
| 2017–2019 | NEC (U17) | ||
| 2019 | NEC (U19) | ||
| 2019–2020 | NEC | ||
| 2020– | NEC (U18) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Franciscus Johannes Antonius Gesthuizen "François" Gesthuizen (born 18 September 1972) is a Dutch professionalfootball manager and formerplayer, who is currently coaching theNEC U18-team.
Born inMillingen aan de Rijn,Gelderland, Gesthuizen started playing football at MVV '18 in his hometown as amidfielder. Afterwards he played youth football at SV Hatert,NEC andPSV. He made his debut in the 1992–93 season on loan atNAC, for whom he made 82 total appearances during his time there. With the club he managed to achieve promotion to theEredivisie in his first season. In 1994, NAC signed him on a permanent deal from PSV.
In 1997, Gesthuizen moved toFortuna Sittard. He made more than 50 appearances for theLimburg team in three seasons. In 2000, Gesthuizen moved toSC Cambuur, where he would stay for two seasons. In 2002, he left forTOP Oss, where he retired from professional football three years later, in 2005.
Gesthuizen made a total of 216 appearances in professional football, scoring 12 goals. As amateur level, he continued withJVC Cuijk in theHoofdklasse until 2008.[2]
Gesthuizen was a Dutch youth international. He was part of theNetherlands national under-16 team at the1989 UEFA European Under-16 Championship in Denmark.[3]
Gesthuizen started his coaching career at his last professional club;TOP Oss. For this club, he worked for several years as a youth coach at the regional football academyNEC/FC Oss, for the U17 team, among others.
In 2010, Gesthuizen was appointed head coach of eight tierDerde Klasse club VV Rood Wit fromBreedeweg, where he won the championship in his first season. He then moved to fifth-tierHoofdklasse clubBlauw Geel '38 fromVeghel. In his first season, he finished in second place behindVV Gemert and in fifth place in his second season.
Gesthuizen signed a two-year contract as head coach ofAchilles '29 in June 2013.[4]Arno Arts had long been considered a favorite to succeedJan van Deinsen in the position, but according to chairman Harrie Derks, both men matched the profile of the new head coach; a young coach with professional footballing experience from the region. TheGroesbeek-based team made their first ever appearance in the second-tierEerste Divisie that season.[5] In Gesthuizen's debut in the Eerste Divisie, Achilles drew 2–2 atFC Emmen. In their debut season, Achilles '29 finished in last place and suffered relegation to theDerde Divisie.
In October 2014, it was announced that Gesthuizen's contract with Achilles would not be extended and that he was replaced byEric Meijers. In May 2015, Gesthuizen passed for the coaching diploma.[6] In June 2015, Gesthuizen was appointed as the new head coach ofDFS.[7] In the summer of 2016, he moved toTOP Oss. He was dismissed half a season later, in February 2017, after a 2–7 home loss toSC Cambuur. At that time, TOP Oss was in 17th position in the Eerste Divisie.[8]
From the 2017–18 season, Gesthuizen coached the U17 side of the NEC/TOP Oss academy and worked as an analyst for the first team ofNEC.[9][10] In the 2019–20 season, he became joint head coach of NEC together withAdrie Bogers andRogier Meijer, where he was mostly the face of the trio towards the media. In mid-2020, he became the coach of the NEC U18 team, after losing out toMark Otten for the position of U21 coach.[11]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| Achilles '29 | 1 July 2013 | 30 June 2015 | 79 | 15 | 16 | 48 | 90 | 171 | −81 | 018.99 |
| FC Oss | 1 July 2016 | 15 March 2018 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 56 | 86 | −30 | 029.03 |
| NEC | 1 July 2019 | 30 June 2020 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 040.00 |
NEC heeft de trainersstaf voor de drie oudste leeftijdsgroepen in de voetbalacademie rond. Verrassend is de aanstelling van François Gesthuizen bij NEC onder 18.