Damiën Hertog (born 3 December 1974) is a Dutch
footballer
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who played for
Excelsior Rotterdam before retiring in 2008. His former clubs are
RBC Roosendaal and
De Graafschap
VBV De Graafschap () is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football.
It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the De Vijverberg stadium. ...
.
Coaching career
From 2008 to 2009, Hertog worked as a scout, analyst and coach for various clubs. He then became manager of
Excelsior Maassluis for the 2010/11 season. But in June 2010
Feyenoord announced, that Hertog from the next summer (2011), would be the manager of the club's U19 team. From the summer 2013, he became academy manager of Feyenoord which he was until June 2016, where he returned as U19 manager.
In June 2017 it was announced that Hertog would be appointed to be the assistant coach of
Mario Been
Marinus Antonius Been (born 11 December 1963) is a Dutch football manager and former professional player.
As a footballer, Been played for Feyenoord, Pisa, Roda JC, Heerenveen, FC Tirol Innsbruck and Excelsior. He played in an attacking midfiel ...
at
APOEL FC. Been and Hertog were dismissed by APOEL after only two months in charge.
In the summer 2018, Hertog joined
Al Jazira Club in Abu Dhabi as assistant manager of
Marcel Keizer
Marcel Keizer (born 15 January 1969) is a Dutch football coach and former player who is the manager of Emirati club Al Jazira.
His playing career as a midfielder began at Ajax and was mainly spent at Cambuur, and he had brief spells managing bo ...
. However, Keizer left the club in November 2018 to become manager of
Sporting CP, and Hertog took his place as manager of Jazira. He left the club at the end of the season.
On 28 August 2019, Hertog was appointed manager of the
Saudi Arabian U21 national team. The Saudi football association confirmed on 16 January 2022, that they had parted ways with Hertog.
has parted company with Head Coach...
twitter.com, 16 January 2022
References
Profile
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1974 births
Living people
Dutch men's footballers
Directors of football clubs in the Netherlands
Excelsior Rotterdam players
RBC Roosendaal players
De Graafschap players
Eredivisie players
Eerste Divisie players
Footballers from Rotterdam
Men's association football midfielders
Dutch expatriate football managers
UAE Pro League managers
VV Zwaluwen players