Hendrik Jan "Erik" Regtop (born 16 February 1968) is a Dutch retired professional

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who played as a

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. During his playing career, Regtop played professionally in the Netherlands, England, Switzerland, France and Austria, making nearly 400 league appearances in his career. Regtop is active as a football manager, and manages Austrian side Rot-Weiß Rankweil.

Playing career

Regtop was born in Schoonebeek,

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. He played in the Netherlands for Ajax,

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and

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, in England for

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, in Switzerland for

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, FC Altstätten and FC Montlingen, in France for

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, and in Austria for

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, SC Bregenz and

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Coaching career

Regtop was appointed player-manager of Swiss club FC Altstätten in 2005. He then moved to current club FC Montlingen, also as a player-manager, in 2007.

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* * 1968 births Living people Dutch footballers Association football forwards Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players English Football League players Ligue 2 players Swiss Super League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players AFC Ajax players FC Groningen players SC Heerenveen players Bradford City A.F.C. players FC St. Gallen players OGC Nice players SW Bregenz players SC Rheindorf Altach players SC Telstar players Dutch expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Austria Dutch expatriate football managers Dutch football managers Footballers from Emmen, Netherlands {{netherlands-footy-forward-stub