René Hubertus Johannes Trost (born 31 January 1965 in

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) is a former

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football defender and football manager.

Career

As a player, he played fifteen seasons at

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; in between he spent half a season on loan at

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. He played 323 professional matches and scored 23 goals in them. As a manager, he was assistant at Roda JC from 1998 to 2005. He then managed Patro Maasmechelen in

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, before replacing Paul Put at Lierse SK after Put was named in a bribery case. In 2006–07 he resigned after he won two points out of twelve matches at the start of the season. At the end of December he started at Belgian second division club United Overpelt-Lommel, only to resign two months later on 25 February after a series of bad results. In July 2007, Trost returned to Roda, this time in a different role, as the head of the youth department. In February 2009, he was promoted to the first team squad as an assistant coach to manager

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. On 20 July 2010 he signed a one-year contract with MVV, playing in the Dutch

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. He stayed three seasons with the team from Maastricht, but accepted the offer of

in summer 2013. However, he was fired at the end of the season. On 1 June 2014, he signed with

Roda JC Kerkrade Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ), also known as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisie. ...

to help the team return to the

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after its relegation. However, after a series of disappointing games, Trost and Roda JC decided to part ways on 7 April 2015. In July 2016, Trost returned to Roda once again, this time as manager of their U19 squad. On 27 February 2017, he was added to the first team staff under

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. On 23 May 2017, Trost was appointed as interim manager of Roda JC together with Rick Plum, after the sacking of

, with his task being to keep the club in the Eredivisie during the promotion/relegation play-offs. The duo managed to save Roda from relegation, but Trost left the club at the end of the season. At the end of June 2018, Trost was once again appointed manager of Lierse. However, after only 14 games in 10 games, he left the position by mutual consent on 30 October 2018. On 6 March 2020, Trost was once again back at Roda, as he was appointed interim manager for the rest of the season. But due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the Netherlands, he was only on the bench for one game, which he lost, and he then left at the end of the season. In August 2020, Trost was became a member of Roda's Supervisory Board. He left the board in June 2021, as he was appointed manager of Roda's U-18 squad.RENÉ TROST IN NIEUWE ROL VERDER BIJ RODA JC
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References

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