Orlando Trustfull (born 4 August 1970) is a Dutch football manager and a former professional player. He was the assistant manager at

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and was brought in by

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. As of the start of the 2017–18 season he joined de Boer as a member of the coaching staff at

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. He once again joined Frank de Boer on 14 January 2019 when Trustfull was announced as assistant manager of defending champions

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in Major League Soccer.

Club career

Trustfull was born in

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and played as a youth player for De Rivalen, Ajax Amsterdam and Blauw-Wit before signing his first professional contract at HFC Haarlem that played in the

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. The midfielder played 14 matches in his first season and was transferred to fellow Eerste Divisie team

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that merged with Dordrecht '90 a year later. Trustfull was a regular first team player and managed to score his first professional goal in the 1991–92 season. He spent some time at

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where he scored another goal before he was signed by

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where he had a hard time gaining his first team position but succeeded in this later. Trustfull felt he was ready to move on to a foreign country and switched to

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in the

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, where he played 19 matches and scored three goals in his first season. He struggled with settling in England and decided to return to his native country to play for Vitesse Arnhem, where he played a decent first season, but suffered several injuries in the years after. He ended his career after the 2000–01 season having played 223 professional matches and having scored 24 goals.

International career

Eventually 1994–95 season he succeeded and was even selected for the Netherlands national team twice. He participated in two

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qualification matches versus

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and

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, which were won 1–0 and 4–0 respectively.

Personal life

Trustfull is married to Dutch television presenter Quinty Trustfull. Their son Malik Trustfull is a football player as well, currently playing in the ranks of the

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References

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