Marco Roelofsen (born 3 October 1968) is a Dutch professional

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and former

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, who is the current head coach of sixth-tier

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club Go-Ahead Kampen.

Playing career

A former

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, Roelofsen started his professional career in the 1987–88 season as part of the

FC Twente Football Club Twente () is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, sometimes known internationally as Twente Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub Enschede with Enschedese Bo ...

team. He later also played for

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PEC 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 ...

and

Heerenveen Heerenveen (, fry, It Hearrenfean ) is a town and municipality in the province of Friesland (Fryslân), in the Northern Netherlands. In 2021, the town had a population of 29,790 (1 January) while the municipality had a population 50,859 (1 July). ...

. He retired in 2004.

Managerial career

In the summer of 2004, Roelofsen was included in the technical staff of

, where he became head coach of the under-19 team. At the end of the 2008–09 season, he became the first team's caretaker coach, replacing

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, who had been temporarily suspended. In the summer of 2010, he moved to PSV, where he became the head coach of the second team,

Jong PSV Jong PSV is a Dutch football team based in Eindhoven. It is the reserve team of PSV Eindhoven and plays in the Eerste Divisie since the 2013–14 season. History Until 2013, Jong PSV played in the Beloften Eredivisie, a league exclusively for ...

. On 3 July 2013, it was announced that Roelofsen would become the new coach of the

under-21 team after having signed a one-year contract. Roelofsen, who played for Heerenveen from 1991 to 1996, succeeded

Jan de Jonge Jan de Jonge (born 8 May 1963 in Emmen, Drenthe) is a retired football striker and is currently working as the manager of De Treffers. As a player, he served three clubs in the Netherlands: FC Groningen, SC Heerenveen and FC Emmen. Manage ...

who left for

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. In the 2014–15 season, Roelofsen was coach of Vitesse under-19 team until February 2015. Roelofsen then became head coach of

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from November 2015 to October 2017. Roelofsen became head coach of Go-Ahead Kampen in the sixth-tier

from the 2018–19 season.

Personal life

His nephew,

Richard Roelofsen Richard Roelofsen (born 13 July 1969) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Roelofsen started his professional career in the 1988–89 season as part of PEC Zwolle. He since also appeared for Vitesse, MVV, ...

, also played football on the highest level in the Netherlands.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roelofsen, Marco 1968 births Living people People from Harderwijk Dutch footballers Dutch football managers Association football midfielders FC Twente players NEC Nijmegen players PEC Zwolle players SC Heerenveen players PEC Zwolle managers Sparta Nijkerk managers PEC Zwolle non-playing staff PSV Eindhoven non-playing staff SC Heerenveen non-playing staff SBV Vitesse non-playing staff VVOG players Footballers from Gelderland