Raymond Libregts (born 25 December 1964 in

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) is a Dutch

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coach. Libregts is the son of former Dutch national team coach

Thijs Libregts Thijs Libregts (, born 4 January 1941) is a Dutch football coach and former player, who played professionally as a defender in the 1950s. His daughter Patricia was one of the Netherlands' leading water polo players in the 1980s and 1990s. Clu ...

Coaching career

RBC Roosendaal

Libregts began his coaching career in 2001 as the assistant coach at Dutch club

RBC Roosendaal RBC, commonly known under its previous official name RBC Roosendaal, is a football club based in Roosendaal, Netherlands. RBC currently plays in the seventh-tier Tweede Klasse after a bankruptcy in 2011, restarting the club in tenth tier Vijfde Kl ...

. He left during the 2002–03 season.

Go Ahead Eagles

Libregts signed with

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on 15 January 2003 as head coach of the first team who were 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 ...

, the second division of Dutch football. His first full season in charge saw Eagles finish in 9th place in the Eerste. His next and final full season Eagles would end in 17th place in the second division. Libregts then left the club on 30 June 2005.

PSV Eindhoven

After leaving Eagles, Libregts joined

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as assistant coach to

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. After spending four years at Groningen, Libregts along with Jans moved to

SC Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherlands. History Sportclub Heerenveen was founded on 20 July ...

where Raymond stayed for one season before moving to

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 ...

as the under-19 head coach. Libregts has an astounding record with PSV under-19. In his one-year spell with the Dutch club, he hasn’t lost a single match. He has won 75 per cent of the matches while drawing 25 per cent.

India

Libregts came to India after handing over the reins of the PSV Youth team to

Phillip Cocu Phillip John-William Cocu (born 29 October 1970) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player, he is the manager of Vitesse. Cocu was born in Eindhoven but raised in Zevenaar, playing youth football for local clubs DCS and De Graa ...

. On 15 May 2012 it was announced that Libregts had arrived in India to take charge of the India U23 team and

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, the AIFF's development team. This is pending on a look at the facilities in India by Libregts before making his decision.

1. FC Nürnberg

On 22 October 2013 he started as an assistant coach to

Gertjan Verbeek Gertjan Verbeek (; born 1 August 1962) is a Dutch former professional footballer who last managed Eerste Divisie side Almere City. Coaching career Netherlands After retiring from his playing career in 1994, Verbeek stayed with SC Heerenveen as ...

at the German Bundesliga club 1. FC Nürnberg.

VfL Bochum

In January 2015 he took over a new job as an assistant coach. He again works together with

who is coach of

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. On 25 April 2016 it was announced, that Libregts wouldn't work at the club any more.

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