| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1964-08-27)27 August 1964 (age 60) | ||
| Place of birth | Drachten, Netherlands | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cambuur (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Drachtster Boys | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1985 | Heerenveen | 0 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1994–1997 | Drachtster Boys | ||
| 1997–1999 | Sneek | ||
| 1999–2000 | Heracles Almelo (assistant) | ||
| 2000–2002 | SC Heerenveen (assistant) | ||
| 2002–2005 | Sneek | ||
| 2005–2007 | Groningen (assistant) | ||
| 2007–2010 | Harkemase Boys | ||
| 2010–2013 | Cambuur (assistant) | ||
| 2013 | Cambuur (interim) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Cambuur (assistant) | ||
| 2014–2016 | Cambuur | ||
| 2017–2019 | De Graafschap | ||
| 2019–2022 | Cambuur | ||
| 2023– | Cambuur | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Henk de Jong (born 27 August 1964) is a Dutch professionalfootball manager who is the head coach ofEerste Divisie clubCambuur.
De Jong studied at the Central Institute for Sports Education (CIOS) inHeerenveen, where his instructors includedFoppe de Haan, and his peers includedWiljan Vloet,Gertjan Verbeek, andJan de Jonge.[1] He played forDrachtster Boys until age 19 before joiningSC Heerenveen's first team, but a knee injury ended his playing career prematurely.[2]
De Jong's coaching career began atDrachtster Boys, where he coached the youth teams for seven years before taking charge of the first team in theHoofdklasse for three years.[2][3] In 1997, he moved to Sunday Hoofdklasse clubSneek.[4] Two years later, in 1999, he joinedHeracles Almelo as an assistant coach underFritz Korbach.[5] After one season, De Jong left the club and spent two years as an assistant coach atHeerenveen, where he helped the youth teams win national titles.[6] He then moved toGroningen, where he served as coach of the reserves and as assistant to the first team underRon Jans before returning to the amateur level to coachHarkemase Boys.[7][8] His time at Harkemase Boys was marked by success, as he led the team to championships in theEerste Klasse and Hoofdklasse, and in his final season, he achieved promotion to theTopklasse as runners-up.[9] In May 2009, he won the namedRinus Michels Award for Manager of the Year in Amateur Football.[10]
In early 2011, De Jong joinedCambuur as an assistant coach. At the end of the2012–13 season, he became interim head coach and guided the club to theEerste Divisie title. Despite his success, De Jong narrowly missed passing a professional football coaching course by one point, preventing him from coaching in theEredivisie. Instead, he worked as the assistant toDwight Lodeweges. De Jong was then appointed manager of Cambuur in April 2014, succeeding Lodeweges who had left the club after it was announced he would become the manager of the biggest rival of Cambuur, Heerenveen.[11]
He returned to Cambuur in July 2019 after two years in charge ofDe Graafschap.[12] In October 2022, De Jong abruptly resigned as Cambuur's coach, citing health reasons.[13] A year prior, in December 2021, De Jong had a brief absence due to a diagnosedcyst in his head. In March 2022, Cambuur announced that health concerns prevented De Jong from completing the2021–22 season.[14][15] In March 2023, the club disclosed that De Jong had undergone a successful surgery to remove the cyst.[16] On 10 October 2023, De Jong resumed his role as Cambuur's coach, taking over after the dismissal ofSjors Ultee.[17]
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