Mark Schenning (born 18 October 1970) is a Dutch professional

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manager and former player. He spent his entire career in the Netherlands, playing for clubs such as

Go Ahead Eagles Go Ahead Eagles () are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in the 2020-21 season. The club's h ...

, Willem II,

Den Bosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...

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 ...

. After retirement, Schenning enrolled into management. He first took change of the Willem II's women team for one season, before moving on to the primary outfit in a caretaker role. Some months later, Schenning descended into the lower divisions, first being appointed of

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B amateur club RKSV Schijndel for two years. Schenning is at present in charge of

club

OJC Rosmalen Ontspanning Door Inspanning Juliana Combinatie Rosmalen, known as OJC Rosmalen is a football club from Rosmalen, Netherlands. OJC Rosmalen is the biggest amateur football club in the Netherlands. OJC Rosmalen was founded in 1947 when two clubs m ...

, a position he has held since 2019.

Club career

Early career

Schenning started his career at Robur et Velocitas, before transferring to

, where he was promoted to the senior side in 1987. He played in nine seasons for the club, before leaving in 1996.

Willem II

In July 1996, Schenning joined Willem II for a fee of ƒ1 million, signing a three-year contract. He made his league debut on 21 August 1996 in a 0–0 away draw against

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. Schenning scored his first goal in the 1997–98 season on 26 April 1998 against

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merger ...

, a match Willem won 4–1. During the 1999–2000 season, he participated in their

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season, where he scored once against

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in the first group stage on 20 October 1999, which Willem lost 4–3.

Den Bosch

In February 2000, Schenning completed a move to

, joining

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. Schenning made his first appearance against

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, whi ...

on 6 February 2000 in a 6–2 home loss at

De Vliert De Vliert () is a multi-use stadium in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Den Bosch. The original stadium was built in 1951, included an athletics track and had at its ...

. During the club's 2000–01 season, which saw them compete in the

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

, following their relegation from the top flight, he netted his first league goal on 4 September 2000 in a 2–0 win played at

's-Hertogenbosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...

over

TOP Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbreviati ...

, in which he was also ejected after a foul. It proved to be his only goal, as Schenning was dismissed by the side along with ten other players due to their economic difficulties.

NAC Breda

On 31 October 2000, it was announced that Schenning had been purchased by

on a two-and a half-year deal.

Managerial career

Schenning managed the

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of Willem II from 2009 to 2010. The same year, he served as an assistant manager to

Edwin Hermans Edwin Hermans (born 23 May 1974) is a Dutch former footballer, who played as a left-back. After his playing career, he moved to coaching. Early life Hermans was born in Goirle. He started playing football with amateur club RKTVV from Tilburg. ...

for the Willem II reserves a short period of time. Schenning was unveiled as the interim manager of the main club on 19 February 2010, taking over after

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. A few months later, on 2 November 2010, Schenning was given the managerial post of RKSV Schijndel, staying there until 2012. He penned a contract in December 2012 with

VV UNA Voetbalvereniging UNA ("Uitspanning Na Arbeid") is a football club from Zeelst, Netherlands. Founded on 7 November 1929, the club currently competes in the Derde Divisie, the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, after being relegated fro ...

, making him the new head coach of the club. After four-and-a-half years in charge of UNA, Schenning was appointed manager of

VVSB VVSB (Voetbal Vereniging Sint Bavo) is an amateur association football club from Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands. It currently plays in the Derde Divisie. History The club was founded on October 26, 1931 and has played exclusively at the amateur lev ...

in the summer of 2017. In November of the same year, however, he was dismissed with the board citing disagreements between him and the team as well as disappointing results. In January 2019, Schenning became the new manager of

Personal life

Schenning resides in

Hilvarenbeek Hilvarenbeek () is a municipality and a town in the south of the Netherlands, along the border with Belgium. The biggest tourist attraction is called Beekse Bergen, consisting of a safari park, amusement park/playground, holiday bungalow park, an ...

. He has two children, Eline and Bas.

Career statistics

Managerial statistics

References

External links

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