Harm "Harry" Sinkgraven (born 21 January 1966) is a Dutch

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

coach and former professional player. He managed Canadian soccer team

FC Edmonton FC Edmonton was a Canadian professional soccer club based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club was founded in 2010 and competed in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 2011 to 2017. The club went on hiatus when NASL ceased competitive operat ...

from December 2010 until he was released by the club in September 2012.

Career

Playing career

Born in

Assen Assen () is a municipality and a city in the northeastern Netherlands, and is the capital (politics), capital of the province of Drenthe. It received City rights in the Netherlands, city rights in 1809. Assen is known for TT Circuit Assen, the ...

, Sinkgraven played for

FC Groningen Football Club Groningen () is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, province of Groningen. Founded on 16 June 1971 as the successor of GVAV, the team compete in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football. G ...

SC Cambuur SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, after winning the 2020–21 Ee ...

and

FC Zwolle PEC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2021–22 season. They have played in the Eredivisie for a total ...

, making over 300 league career appearances.

Coaching career

Sinkgraven spent a number of years as Assistant Manager at

, before taking charge of the Indonesian Olympic team in 2006. Sinkgraven left a year later, returning to the Netherlands to coach at the women's football club of

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 ...

, before managing

FC Emmen FC Emmen is a Dutch football club based in Emmen, Drenthe. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, after winning the 2021–22 Eerste Divisie title. Founded in 1925, the club entered the professional Eerste Divisie in 1985. I ...

for a year. Sinkgraven took charge of Canadian soccer team

in December 2010 until he was released by the club in September 2012.

Personal life

His son Daley is also a professional footballer.

References

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* 1966 births Living people Association football midfielders Dutch footballers Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players FC Groningen players SC Cambuur players PEC Zwolle players People from Assen Dutch football managers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate soccer managers in Canada North American Soccer League coaches FC Edmonton coaches PEC Zwolle non-playing staff Expatriate football managers in Indonesia Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Dutch expatriate football managers SC Heerenveen (women) managers Women's association football managers Footballers from Drenthe {{Netherlands-footy-bio-stub