Rotterdam
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) is a retired
Dutch
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* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
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* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
football
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er who played as a defender. Currently, he works as a coach at the
Guangzhou Evergrande
Guangzhou Football Club, formerly known as Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club, is a professional Chinese football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under the license of the Chinese Football Association. The team is based ...
youth academy.
Playing career
Club
Duut started his
football
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career at amateur side Transvalia ZW in his hometown
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...
before being scouted by
Feyenoord
Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its ...
. He made his professional debut on 13 March 1982 when Feyenoord won 1–2 in
Eindhoven
Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,PSV. For six seasons Duut was part of the Feyenoord squad and during the 1983–84 season he and his team mates won the double (
Eredivisie
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and
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 ...
). In December 1986, Feyenoord sent Duut on loan to
Fortuna Sittard
Fortuna Sittard (; li, Fortuna Zitterd ) is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Eredivisie. The club was established through a merger ...
where he finished the season, after which Fortuna Sittard decided to sign Duut and he played another five years for the club based in
Limburg
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.
International
Duut was a member of the Dutch team at the
1983 FIFA World Youth Championship
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.
Managerial career
On 29 April 1992, Duut was said to retire from professional football due to a
cerebral hemorrhage
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. Earlier that year, on 7 February, he played his last match with Fortuna Sittard against
MVV
Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently compete in the Eers ...
. Duut stayed at Fortuna Sittard and from the start of the following season (1992–93) he became a youth coach at the club, with which he stayed until 1996 to become
Bert van Marwijk
Lambertus van Marwijk (; born 19 May 1952) is a Dutch football manager who was recently the head coach of the United Arab Emirates national team. As a player, he played for the Go Ahead Eagles, AZ, MVV and Fortuna Sittard amongst other club ...
's assistant. Van Marwijk left Fortuna Sittard in 2000 to become the manager at Feyenoord and Duut took over as a manager. However, after 13 matches without a win he was taken out of his position. Again he became a youth coach at the club, until February 2002 when he joined the
Japan
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-based
Omiya Ardija
is a professional association football club based in Ōmiya in Saitama, Japan. Its "hometown" as designated by the league is the whole of Saitama city, which is shared with neighbours Urawa Red Diamonds. Omiya competed in the J1 League follow ...
as their manager for a season. He then became
Pim Verbeek
Peter Tim Dirk "Pim" Verbeek (12 March 1956 – 28 November 2019) was a Dutch football manager who last coached the Oman national football team.
Playing career
As a player, Verbeek was a defender or a midfielder and spent his entire career at S ...
's assistant manager at the
Netherlands Antilles national football team
The Netherlands Antilles national football team ( Dutch, "Nederlands-Antilliaans voetbalelftal"; Papiamentu, "Selekshon Antiano di futbòl") was the national team of the former Netherlands Antilles from 1958 to 2010. It was controlled by the Ne ...
. In June 2004, he re-joined Feyenoord Rotterdam when the newly appointed manager,
Ruud Gullit
Ruud Gullit (; born Rudi Dil; 1 September 1962) is a Dutch footballer and subsequent manager who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s as a defender, midfielder or forward. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all t ...
, asked him to become his assistant. After Gullit left, Duut remained in his position when his replacement
Erwin Koeman
Erwin Koeman (born 20 September 1961) is a Dutch retired professional football player and retired football manager.
Personal life
He is the son of Dutch international footballer Martin Koeman, and, alongside his younger brother Ronald, has also ...
arrived. On 11 December 2007, Duut was named as an assistant coach for the
Australia
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n national team, the
Socceroos
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. He again worked under the newly appointed head coach, Verbeek.
On 8 April 2010, Duut followed Verbeek to Morocco to become coach of their Olympic squad. The team qualified for the Olympic Games in London 2012. He was dismissed in 2013 and left for China in 2016 to become coach of the U-19's at
Guangzhou Evergrande
Guangzhou Football Club, formerly known as Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club, is a professional Chinese football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under the license of the Chinese Football Association. The team is based ...