Gertjan Verbeek (; born 1 August 1962) is a Dutch former professional

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er who last managed

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side Almere City.

Coaching career

Netherlands

After retiring from his playing career in 1994, Verbeek stayed with

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as an assistant-coach. He left for

Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to th ...

in 2001, and after a successful stint there was hired as the successor to

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with SC Heerenveen. In 2008, he was hired by Feyenoord, but was fired after clashing with players a few months into his tenure. He moved to

for the 2009–2010 season, and after guiding them to a 6th-place finish in the

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, AZ hired him for the 2010–2011 season. Verbeek caused controversy in December 2011 in a 2011–12 KNVB Cup match against

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by leading AZ off the pitch in protest at having their goalkeeper

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sent off for retaliating against a pitch invader. The game was consequently abandoned. On 29 September 2013, AZ fired him due to lack of chemistry with the players.

Germany

The German football club 1. FC Nürnberg hired him on 22 October 2013, giving him the first coaching opportunity outside of Netherlands, with a contract until 30 June 2015. However, he was sacked on 23 April 2014. On 22 December 2014, the

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announced signing Verbeek as head coach, starting 1 January 2015. In his return to

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on 23 March 2015, Bochum defeated 1. FC Nürnberg 2–1. He was sacked on 11 July 2017.

FC Twente

On 29 October 2017 he returned to management in his native Holland, where he signed with

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, which was going through a disastrous campaign of the 2017-18 Eredivisie. On 26 March, after 149 days, Verbeek was fired as FC Twente's manager, with the team at the bottom of the table with six games remaining of the season.

Adelaide United

On 23 May 2019, Verbeek was officially announced as

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' replacement as manager for

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club

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. Verbeek led

to their third

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victory by defeating Melbourne City 4–0 at

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. Due to the

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, Verbeek took a leave of absence to return home to the Netherlands indefinitely while still being under contract with the club. Verbeek and Adelaide United decided to mutually part ways on 29 April 2020.

Career statistics

Playing career

Coaching record

Honours

AZ *

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...

: 2012–13 Adelaide *

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References

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