Etiënne Reijnen (born 5 April 1987) is a retired

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. He played as a

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Career

Club

Born in

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, he played for amateur clubs Rohda Raalte, WVF and Vitesse as a youth. In 2005, he joined

PEC Zwolle Prins Hendrik Ende Desespereert Nimmer Combinatie Zwolle, commonly known as PEC Zwolle, is a Dutch professional football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football. They have played in the Ered ...

in the

Eerste divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

. In May 2010,

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club

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were linked with a move for him, but he joined AZ in the

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in 2011, for a fee of around €100,000.

Managerial

Ahead of the 2022–2023 season, Reijnen joined

as assistant coach. For the 2023–2024 season, he joined Cambuur as technical director. On 29 October 2023,

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announced that Reijnen had joined the club as assistant coach, where he would focus on analyzing and providing technical advise to head coach

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Player

AZ *

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(1):

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Assistant Manager

: 2023–24

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* 1987 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players PEC Zwolle players AZ Alkmaar players SC Cambuur players FC Groningen players Footballers from Zwolle Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Israel Men's association football defenders Rohda Raalte players Expatriate men's footballers in Israel {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub