Edwin van Ankeren (born 13 August 1968) is a Dutch former professional

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who played as a

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Playing career

Club

A journeyman striker, Van Ankeren has played professionally in his native Holland as well as in Italy, France and Norway. He was, however, most successful during his spells with different clubs in Belgium. He only had one season with Dutch club PSV, whom he left for

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in 1994. He left Italian side Viterbese in March 2001 after only seven weeks, claiming the club did not pay his wages. After spells in Norway, van Ankeren returned to Holland in 2005 to join newly formed professional club

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Managerial career

During his spell at Norwegian lower league side

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, Van Ankeren already acted as player/assistant coach. In summer 2007, Van Ankeren started his career as full-time coach with Lelystad amateur side Unicum and shared his duties with

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. Van Ankeren was named caretaker manager of Almere City after the club disposed of Dick de Boer in September 2012.

Honours

Germinal Ekeren * Belgian Cup: 1996–97

References

External links

Voetbal international

Profile at Dutch players abroad

French league stats
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Biography
1968 births Living people Footballers from Amsterdam Association football forwards Dutch footballers PEC Zwolle players K.S.K. Beveren players R.W.D. Molenbeek players PSV Eindhoven players S.C. Eendracht Aalst players Beerschot A.C. players En Avant Guingamp players U.S. Viterbese 1908 players Odds BK players Tollnes BK players Almere City FC players Eerste Divisie players Belgian First Division A players Belgian First Division B players Eredivisie players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Eliteserien players Dutch expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Norway Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Dutch expatriate sportspeople in France Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Italy Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Norway Dutch football managers Almere City FC managers {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub