 Verbeek in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gerrit Jan Alfons Verbeek | ||
| Date of birth | (1962-08-01)1 August 1962 (age 63) | ||
| 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 | |||
Gertjan Verbeek (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈɣɛrtɕɑɱvərˈbeːk]; born 1 August 1962) is a Dutch former professionalfootballer who last managedEerste Divisie sideAlmere City.
After retiring from his playing career in 1994, Verbeek stayed withSC Heerenveen as an assistant-coach. He left forHeracles Almelo in 2001, and after a successful stint there was hired as the successor toFoppe 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 toHeracles Almelo for the 2009–2010 season, and after guiding them to a 6th-place finish in theEredivisie,AZ hired him for the 2010–2011 season. Verbeek caused controversy in December 2011 in a2011–12 KNVB Cup match againstAjax by leading AZ off the pitch in protest at having their goalkeeperEsteban 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]
The German football club1. 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, theVfL Bochum announced signing Verbeek as head coach, starting 1 January 2015.[7] In his return toNuremberg on 23 March 2015, Bochum defeated1. FC Nürnberg 2–1.[8] He was sacked on 11 July 2017.[9]
On 29 October 2017 he returned to management in his native Holland, where he signed withFC Twente, which was going through a disastrous campaign of the2017-18 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]
On 23 May 2019, Verbeek was officially announced asMarco Kurz' replacement as manager forA-League clubAdelaide United.[13] Verbeek ledAdelaide United to their thirdFFA Cup victory by defeatingMelbourne City 4–0 atCoopers Stadium.[14] Due to theCOVID-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]
| 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 | ||||||
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | Ref. | |||
| Heracles Almelo | 1 July 2001[17] | 30 June 2004[17] | 117 | 60 | 22 | 35 | 051.28 | [18][19][20] [21][22][23] |
| Heerenveen | 1 July 2004[17] | 30 June 2008[17] | 176 | 83 | 34 | 59 | 047.16 | [24][25][26] [27][28][29] |
| Feyenoord | 1 July 2008[17] | 14 January 2009[17] | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 030.77 | [30] |
| Heracles Almelo | 1 July 2009[17] | 30 June 2010[17] | 39 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 048.72 | [31] |
| AZ | 1 July 2010[17] | 29 September 2013[17] | 157 | 76 | 33 | 48 | 048.41 | [32][33] [34][35] |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 22 October 2013[4] | 23 April 2014[6] | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 022.73 | [4] |
| VfL Bochum | 22 December 2014[7] | 11 July 2017 | 88 | 31 | 30 | 27 | 035.23 | [36] |
| FC Twente | 29 October 2017 | 26 March 2018 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 009.52 | |
| Adelaide United | 23 May 2019 | 29 April 2020 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 053.85 | |
| Total | 672 | 298 | 142 | 232 | 044.35 | — | ||
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