Denny Domingues Landzaat (born 6 May 1976) is a Dutch former

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who mostly played as a

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and current assistant manager of

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side Lech Poznań.

Early life

Landzaat was born and raised in

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. He is of Moluccan descent.

Club career

Early career

Landzaat was educated in

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's youth academy, but only played one league match for the club before moving on to have lengthy spells with

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, Willem II and AZ. He was AZ's captain in the 2005–06 season, as they finished second in the

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Wigan Athletic

Landzaat joined

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club

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on 18 July 2006 for an undisclosed fee, thought to be £2.5 million. He signed a three-year contract with the club. He scored his first goal for Wigan against

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in a 2–3 loss on 30 January 2007. He followed this with a 30-yard strike at the Emirates Stadium in a 1–2 defeat to Arsenal on 11 February. On 18 August 2007, Landzaat converted a penalty against Sunderland to score his first home goal for Wigan at the

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. He also scored the first goal in Wigan's 5–3 win over local rivals

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Feyenoord

On 25 January 2008, Landzaat returned to the Netherlands to join

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for a £1 million transfer fee. He signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with the club. He scored his first goal for Feyenoord on his debut, in the 3–3 draw against

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on 24 February 2008.

Twente

After his contract with Feyenoord expired, Landzaat signed a one-year deal with

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in August 2010, which was extended during the season and again in the following season. He won the KNVB Cup in

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Willem II

After his contract with Twente expired in the summer of 2013, Landzaat was unable to find a new team for the start of the 2013–14 season. However, on 16 January 2014, he signed a contract with Willem II until the end of the season. He retired from professional football at the end of the season, having been a part of the team that helped Willem II back to the Eredivisie.

International career

Landzaat was a member of the Dutch squad at the

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. Landzaat also competed in the

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. On 21 May 2008, Landzaat was released from Marco van Basten's

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provisional squad.

Coaching career

Landzaat ended his career in the summer 2014 and then signed a contract with

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until 2017 as an individual coach for the first team and for Jong AZ. One year later, he was also appointed assistant manager to

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for Jong AZ. From January 2016, he became manager of AZ's U15 team but still retained his coaching role for the Jong and first team's and also as assistant manager for Jong AZ. In the summer 2016, he then took charge of the club's U17 squad and beside that, he also functioned as assistant manager under

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for the

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in an advisor role. In the summer 2017, he signed a new one-year contract and was appointed assistant manager for Jong AZ, once again under

. In the 2018–19 season, Landzaat was appointed assistant to

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. Jaap Stam was appointed manager for Feyenoord in the summer 2019. When Stam stepped down on 28 October 2019, Landzaat also did. One week later, he was appointed assistant manager of

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club

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. On 19 June 2022, he was announced as the assistant manager under

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at Polish

defending champions Lech Poznań.

Career statistics

Honours

Ajax *

: 1995–96 MVV *

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: 1996–97 Feyenoord * KNVB Cup: 2007–08 Twente *KNVB Cup:

* Johan Cruyff Shield: 2010 Willem II *Eerste Divisie: 2013–14

References

External links

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