Dennis van der Ree (born 19 April 1979) is a Dutch

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coach and former player.

Playing career

A right back, his first professional club was

FC Utrecht Football Club Utrecht () is a Dutch professional football club based in Utrecht. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, and plays its home matches at the Stadion Galgenwaard. The club was formed in 1970 as a merge ...

, where he played from 1997 until 2002, one exception was the 1999–2000 season where he played with

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. He left for the amateurs and played with

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, returning to professional football the following season. He played for four years, from 2003 until 2007, for AGOVV Apeldoorn. He then played for

SC Cambuur SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, after winning the 2020–21 Ee ...

from 2007 to 2012, retiring after a short stint at AGOVV Apeldoorn.

Coaching career

In June 2022, he was unveiled as a new assistant coach at

FC Groningen Football Club Groningen () is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, province of Groningen. Founded on 16 June 1971 as the successor of GVAV, the team compete in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football. G ...

. On 2 December 2022, following the dismissal of

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as head coach, FC Groningen announced to have appointed van der Ree as a head coach on an interim basis. He was confirmed as permanent head coach until the end of the 2022–23 season on 2 January 2023. On 20 March, it was confirmed that he would leave the club at the end of the season, which eventually ended in relegation.

References

1979 births Living people Dutch men's footballers FC Utrecht players SC Cambuur players AGOVV players NAC Breda players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Footballers from Rotterdam BVV Barendrecht players Men's association football defenders Zwart-Wit '28 players FC Twente non-playing staff Dutch football managers FC Groningen managers Eredivisie managers {{Netherlands-footy-bio-stub