Edward Jeroen Sturing (born 13 June 1963) is a Dutch professional

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manager and former player. Sturing played as a defender and earned three caps for the Netherlands national team.

Career

Sturing played for

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. ...

and Vitesse, with whom he won the

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

championship in 1989. He was also voted best player of the Eredivisie in the 1989–90 season. After his playing career, Sturing worked at Vitesse as assistant coach and manager. From June 2009 until February 2010, he also served as manager of

Volendam Volendam () is a fishing town in the municipality of Edam-Volendam, province of North Holland, Netherlands. As of 1 January 2021, it has a population of 22,715. It is twinned with Coventry, England. History Originally, Volendam was the location o ...

. He became assistant at Gençlerbirliği and

Kayseri Erciyesspor Kayseri Erciyesspor was a Turkish sports club based in Kayseri. History In 1965, Orhan Şefik Apak, then president of the Turkish Football Federation, asked cities in Turkey to combine their amateur football clubs into one singular club that wo ...

from 2012 to 2014, before returning to Vitesse, where he was once again an assistant manager. Besides that position, Sturing also participates in representative and ceremonial tasks for the club. The North Stand at Vitesse's

GelreDome The GelreDome () is a football stadium in the city of Arnhem, Netherlands. It is one of the largest and most modern stadiums in the country, built from 1996 to 1998 at a cost equivalent to €75 million, that opened on 25 March 1998. The stadium ...

was named in his honour in 2016.

Honours

Player

Vitesse *

: 1988–89 *

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...

runner-up: 1989–90

Manager

Vitesse * Eredivisie European competition play-offs: 2017–18 Individual * Golden Boot: 1989–90

External links

Edward Sturing
at Wereld van Oranje

at Beijen.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Sturing, Edward 1963 births Living people Dutch footballers Netherlands international footballers Dutch football managers De Graafschap players SBV Vitesse managers SBV Vitesse players FC Volendam managers Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players Eredivisie managers Eerste Divisie managers Sportspeople from Apeldoorn Association football defenders SBV Vitesse non-playing staff Footballers from Gelderland