Robert Patrick Maaskant (; born 10 January 1969) is a Dutch former professional
footballer
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and current manager, who played as a
midfielder
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.
Club career
Maaskant played for
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 ...
,
Emmen,
Motherwell
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,
Zwolle
Zwolle () is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and the province's second-largest municipality after Enschede with a population of 130,592 as of 1 December 2021. Zwolle is o ...
and
Excelsior
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.
Managerial career
A former assistant at Go Ahead Eagles and Zwolle, Maaskant was named head coach of
RBC Roosendaal
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for the 1999–2000 season. He worked there for three years, before joining Go Ahead Eagles. Maaskant worked in
Deventer
Deventer (; Sallands: ) is a city and municipality in the Salland historical region of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands. In 2020, Deventer had a population of 100,913. The city is largely situated on the east bank of the river IJssel, bu ...
for seven months, came back to Roosendaal, and then moved on to
Willem II in the summer of 2004. He was sacked on 21 November 2005 and replaced by
Kees Zwamborn
Kees Zwamborn (born 28 March 1952) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Zwamborn was born in Alblasserdam, South Holland. From 1978 to 1985, he played both in the Eredivisie and Eerste divisie as well as in the B ...
. On 4 January 2006, Maaskant was re-instated as the manager of RBC Roosendaal, as the successor of
Dolf Roks
Dolf Roks (born 21 November 1962 in Zierikzee) is a former amateur football player from the Netherlands. As a football coach he had a long time spell with Sparta Rotterdam, before being fired on 22 January 2003.
See also
*2002–03 Sparta Rot ...
. Maaskant was sacked in 2007 and signed a one-year contract with
MVV Maastricht
Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently compete in the Eerst ...
for the 2007–08 season with an option to extend it for two more years. In February 2008, he left MVV and signed 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 ...
to be the auxiliary coach of
Ernie Brandts
Ernstus "Ernie" Wilhelmus Johannes Brandts (born 3 February 1956) is a Dutch football manager and former player.
Playing career Club
Born in Didam, he played for local club De Sprinkhanen before joining De Graafschap at 17. After three seasons h ...
. In the summer of the same year, as soon as Brandts left the Bredase club, Maaskant took the spot.
Maaskant had two rather successful seasons at NAC Breda. In the first season, NAC qualified for the
UEFA Cup
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. In Maaskant's second season at NAC, the club nearly missed play-offs for the UEFA Cup. From May 2010 onwards, it appeared that NAC had financial problems. Directly afterwards, he raised his concerns via the press and Maaskant wasn't able to afford new players.
On 21 August 2010, NAC and Maaskant made public that he would leave NAC Breda for Polish football club
Wisła Kraków
Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. It currently competes in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system. It ...
, signing a two-year deal. Maaskant won the
Polish championship in his first season at Wisła Kraków. However, he missed the qualification to the
2011–12 UEFA Champions League
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group stage
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. On 7 November 2011, a day after Wisła's first away loss against city rival
Cracovia
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since 28 years, Wisła Kraków announced that they had parted ways with Maaskant.
On 1 May 2012, Maaskant joined
Texas Dutch Lions as an advisor and head coach.
On 23 May 2012, Maaskant signed as head coach for
Groningen
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. This was possible because of a clause in his Dutch Lions contract, that allowed him to leave early.
Groningen announced on 11 March 2013 that it would not be renewing its one-year contract with Maaskant.
In June 2013, Maaskant signed a one and a half-year contract with Belarusian side
Dinamo Minsk.
In January 2014, Maaskant signed a one-year contract with the
Columbus Crew
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in the
Major League Soccer
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to be their assistant coach.
On 2 January 2015, it was announced that Maaskant had returned as head coach of
Eredivisie
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side NAC Breda.
On 25 March 2017, Maaskant was appointed manager of Go Ahead Eagles for the remainder of the 2016–17 season.
Maaskant was appointed director of football at
Almere City
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on 24 March 2018. He left the position at the end of the 2018–19 season to become manager of
VVV-Venlo
VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following ...
.
Robert Maaskant nieuwe trainer VVV
omroepflevoland.nl, 17 June 2019
Honours
Wisła Kraków
*Ekstraklasa
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Contested by 18 cl ...
: 2010–11
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References
External links
Robert Maaskant
at Wanadoo.nl
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maaskant, Robert
1969 births
Living people
Footballers from Schiedam
Dutch footballers
Association football midfielders
Dutch expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Scotland
Eerste Divisie players
Scottish Football League players
Go Ahead Eagles players
FC Emmen players
Motherwell F.C. players
PEC Zwolle players
Excelsior Rotterdam players
Dutch football managers
Columbus Crew non-playing staff
Eredivisie managers
Eerste Divisie managers
RBC Roosendaal managers
Go Ahead Eagles managers
Willem II (football club) managers
MVV Maastricht managers
NAC Breda managers
Wisła Kraków managers
FC Groningen managers
FC Dinamo Minsk managers
VVV-Venlo managers
PEC Zwolle non-playing staff
Dutch expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Poland
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Expatriate football managers in Belarus
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belarus
Expatriate soccer managers in the United States
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in the United States