Marcel Koning (born 14 January 1975) is a Dutch former

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, who played as a

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, and current

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of RKVV Westlandia.

Playing career

Koning played for the Dutch professional football clubs

ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation f ...

NEC is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. The company was known as the Nippon Electric Company, Limited, before rebranding in 1983 as NEC. It prov ...

and

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...

between 1992 and 2005.

Managerial career

In 2005, he joined HBS where he also managed the U19 and U19 teams of the club.Koning, Marcel - De Haagse Voetbalhistorie
dehaagsevoetbalhistorie.nl In 2009, he joined

as a youth coach. He was the manager of the U19 team in the 2011/12 season while he took charge of the U16's in the following season. In 2013, he became manager of

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 ...

's U16 team which he was for two season, alongside a position as assistant manager for the senior reserve team in the 2014/15 season. In the 2015/16 season, he managed the club's U19 team. In June 2016, he became manager of his former

Derde Divisie The Derde Divisie (; en, Third Division), formerly known as Topklasse (; en, Top Class), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league ...

club, HBS. In January 2019 it was confirmed, that Koning would take charge of RKVV Westlandia from the upcoming 2019/20 season.Marcel Koning nieuwe trainer Westlandia Zondag
rkvv-westlandia.nl, 23 January 2019

References

1975 births Living people Footballers from The Hague Dutch footballers Association football midfielders ADO Den Haag players NEC Nijmegen players NAC Breda players Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players Dutch football managers HBS Craeyenhout football managers {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub