Harry Van Den Ham (born 16 August 1954) is a Dutch professional

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and former

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Playing career

Van den Ham played for

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in his youth and from the age of 11 began playing for

USV Elinkwijk Utrechtse Sportvereniging Elinkwijk, known as USV Elinkwijk is a Dutch football club, based in Utrecht. It played professional football during the years 1955–1970. Marco van Basten was a player of the club during his youth years. History The ...

. With Elinkwijk, he became Dutch champions with the Sunday amateurs in 1974. In 1975, he switched from the amateurs to professional football. Van den Ham subsequently played in the Netherlands for

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 ...

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 ...

FC Den Bosch FC Den Bosch () is a football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadium is called 'De Vliert', an 8,500 all-seater. R ...

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and

PEC Zwolle PEC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2021–22 season. They have played in the Eredivisie for a total ...

. In 1980, he was briefly playing for the

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in the United States. In Belgium he also played for

Berchem Sport K. Berchem Sport is a Belgian association football club based in the district of Berchem in the municipality of Antwerp and currently playing in the Belgian Second Amateur Division. It has formerly played in the first division. The club was f ...

. In 1985, Van den Ham began playing with the

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-based amateur association USV Holland. At the age of 34, Van den Ham made his comeback in the

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for VVV in 1988. From 1990, he played for another year for

VC Vlissingen VC Vlissingen is a Dutch football team based in Vlissingen, playing in the Hoofdklasse. During the two seasons it spent as a professional team in the Eerste Divisie, the team was known as VCV Zeeland. Players during the professional years include ...

, after which he retired from his active professional career.

Managerial career

Van den Ham started his coaching career in 1992 as an assistant at RKC. In 1994, he became an assistant coach of FC Utrecht and subsequently he was head coach at

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and USV Holland, respectively. From 2000, he was the head coach of

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for two years and then for three years of

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. In 2005, Van den Ham again became an assistant coach at FC Utrecht. In 2007, he was appointed by

IJsselmeervogels IJsselmeervogels () is a Dutch amateur football club. With seven national amateur titles IJsselmeervogels is the most successful amateur club in the Netherlands. The Reds come from Bunschoten Bunschoten () is a municipality and a town in th ...

as successor to the departing

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, but after six months the contract was dissolved due to a difference of opinion. In the 2011–12 season, he temporarily took over the tasks of the ill

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at FC Dordrecht. In the 2013–14 season he became the head coach of FC Dordrecht. He was succeeded by

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. On 23 May 2014, Van den Ham was added to FC Utrecht's technical staff. He succeeded

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in August 2015 as head coach of FC Dordrecht. In February 2020, van den Ham again took over as caretaker manager of FC Dordrecht after Claudio Braga was dismissed from the position after 14 months in charge. He was fired on 10 November 2020, after a 5–1 loss to

FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie (second tier of Dutch football), and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one bei ...

, as Dordrecht were placed last in the league.

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ham, Harry van den 1954 births Living people Footballers from Bandung Dutch men's footballers Men's association football forwards USV Elinkwijk players FC Utrecht players SC Cambuur players FC Den Bosch players FC Dordrecht players Tulsa Roughnecks (1978–1984) players K. Berchem Sport players PEC Zwolle players VVV-Venlo players VC Vlissingen players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Dutch expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium FC Hilversum players SC Telstar managers TOP Oss managers IJsselmeervogels managers USV Elinkwijk managers FC Dordrecht managers Eerste Divisie managers