Rob Penders (born 31 December 1975) is a Dutch

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

coach and a former player who mainly played for

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 ...

during his career. He is the manager of

FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie (second tier of Dutch football), and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one bei ...

. Penders was a defender who made his debut in professional football, being part of the RBC Roosendaal squad in the 1994–95 season. In the season 1999-2000 he joined

. He played there for 10 seasons.

Coaching career

After retiring, Penders worked for

as a youth coach. In October 2014, he was named as temporarily assistant manager for the first team. In the 2016-17 season, Penders was in charge of the club's reserve team in addition to assisting the first team. He left the club on 22 March 2019 where he was fired. On 5 June 2019, he was appointed as U19 manager of

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 ...

for the upcoming season.Rob Penders gaat jeugd ADO Den Haag trainen
bndestem.nl, 5 June 2019

References

1975 births Living people Footballers from Zaanstad Dutch footballers Association football defenders RBC Roosendaal players NAC Breda players Eredivisie players Dutch football managers FC Eindhoven managers Eerste Divisie managers {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub