Cesco Agterberg (born 25 January 1975) is a Dutch

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and the

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of Hoofdklasse club

SDC Putten Sterk Door Combinatie Putten (SDC Putten) is an association football club from Putten, Netherlands. It was founded in 1952. History In 1966 SDC Putten promoted from the Tweede Klasse to the Hoofdklasse. Since, it plays predominantly in the Hoof ...

Trainer career

1997–2007: Utrecht teams, AZ youth and Al-Hazem

Agterberg started his training career in the youth department of

USV Elinkwijk Utrechtse Sportvereniging Elinkwijk, known as USV Elinkwijk is a Dutch football club, based in Utrecht. It played professional football during the years 1955–1970. Marco van Basten was a player of the club during his youth years. History The ...

in 1997. In the 2002−2003 season he coached SV Argon's U19 team and a youth team of

AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known as AZ Alkmaar or simply AZ (), is a Dutch professional football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan district. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest professional football league in the Netherlands, and host ...

. From 2004 Agterberg managed the first squad of then Derde Klasse-side SC Woerden, winning a championship in 2006. After reaching 4th place with Woerden in 2007 he became assistant coach at Al-Hazem F.C. in July 2007. The Saudi stint lasted until October 2007.

2008–2019: Three promotions in South Holland

From 2008 through 2010 Agterberg managed Alphense Boys. During his first year at Alphen, it won a section championship in the

Tweede Klasse The Tweede Klasse ( en, Second Class) is the seventh tier of football in the Netherlands and the fifth tier of Dutch amateur football. The league is divided into 22 divisions, 10 played on Saturday and 12 on Sunday. Each division consists of 14 t ...

, promoting to the

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. In 2010 Alphen promoted again, this time from the second position in its league. In April 2011 Agterberg became the trainer of

Sportlust '46 Zaterdag Sportvereniging Sportlust '46, more commonly known as ZSV Sportlust '46 or simply Sportlust '46 (), is a Dutch football club based in Woerden, Utrecht. It currently plays in the Derde Divisie, the fourth tier of Dutch football. Formed on ...

, continuing until summer 2012. Next, he managed

Excelsior Maassluis Excelsior Maassluis is a football club from Maassluis, Netherlands, founded in 1918. The club's home ground is the 5,000 capacity arena known as Sportpark Dijkpolder. Excelsior won the Hoofdklasse of 2013 and became champions of the Topklasse jus ...

until March 2015. That summer he picked up training at

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, where he continued for 2 years. In 2017 Agterberg became coach of DHSC Utrecht, who let him go in February 2018. That same month he was hired by Derde Divisie club

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who signed him until summer 2019, after losing its previous coach,

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, to

VV Katwijk Voetbal Vereniging Katwijk is a Dutch football team founded in 1939, based in Katwijk, currently competing in the Dutch Tweede Divisie. History Katwijk have become Dutch amateur champions, by winning the overall Topklasse title in 2012–13. A ...

in the

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie ( en, Second Division) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and b ...

. In December 2018 Agterberg notified ASWH he had to leave the club after the season, as his family had moved to a new location. Subsequently, Agterberg brought ASWH against all odds to the

, from a 7th position in the Derde Divisie.

Since 2019: SDC Putten, SVL and Westlandia

Agterberg started coaching

in the summer of 2019. While the season at Putten started well, it continued with a long series of losses. Agterberg left SDC Putten in the summer of 2021 to become chief coach of Sport Vereniging Langbroek, where he had signed for two years. Two weeks into the first season, he left SVL for RKVV Westlandia that played two tiers higher. On 22 November 2022, it was announced that Agterberg would leave Westlandia at the end of the 2022–23 season. According to the club's website, it has been stated that he is no longer able to balance his intensive role as a head coach with his new employment.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Agterberg, Cesco 1975 births Living people USV Elinkwijk managers SV Argon managers AZ Alkmaar managers Excelsior Maassluis managers ASWH managers Dutch football managers Sportspeople from Utrecht (city) Al-Hazm FC managers Dutch expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Alphense Boys managers SC Feyenoord managers