Robert Patrick Maaskant (; born 10 January 1969) is a Dutch professional

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and former

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who is the head coach of club

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Club career

Maaskant played for

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, Emmen,

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and

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Managerial career

A former assistant coach at Go Ahead Eagles and Zwolle, Maaskant was appointed head coach of

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for the 1999–2000 season. He remained in charge for three years before joining Go Ahead Eagles. After a seven-month stint in

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, he returned to RBC Roosendaal before moving to Willem II in the summer of 2004. He was dismissed on 21 November 2005 and replaced by

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. On 4 January 2006, Maaskant returned to RBC Roosendaal as head coach, succeeding

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. He was dismissed in 2007 and subsequently signed a one-year contract with

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for the 2007–08 season, with an option to extend for two additional years. In February 2008, he left MVV to join

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 Eredivisi ...

as an assistant to

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. Following Brandts' departure later that year, Maaskant was appointed head coach. Maaskant had two relatively successful seasons at NAC Breda. In his first season, the club qualified for the

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. In his second season, NAC narrowly missed out on the play-offs for a UEFA Cup spot. From May 2010 onward, financial difficulties at the club became apparent. Shortly after, Maaskant voiced his concerns publicly, but budget constraints prevented him from signing new players. On 21 August 2010, NAC and Maaskant made public that he would leave NAC Breda for Polish football club

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, signing a two-year deal. Maaskant won the Polish championship in his first season at Wisła Kraków. However, he missed the qualification to the

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. On 7 November 2011, a day after Wisła's first away loss against city rival Cracovia 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

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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

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in the

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to be their assistant coach. On 2 January 2015, it was announced that Maaskant had returned as head coach of

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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 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 association football, football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutc ...

, but got laid of due to bad results on 11 November 2019. On 11 February 2025, Maaskant was appointed head coach of

, marking his return to management after a hiatus of more than five years.

Honours

Manager

Wisła Kraków *

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Electoral history

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Robert Maaskant
at Wanadoo.nl {{DEFAULTSORT:Maaskant, Robert 1969 births Living people Footballers from Schiedam Dutch men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's 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 PEC Zwolle non-playing staff RBC Roosendaal managers Go Ahead Eagles managers Willem II Tilburg managers MVV Maastricht managers NAC Breda managers Wisła Kraków managers FC Groningen managers FC Dinamo Minsk managers VVV-Venlo managers Helmond Sport managers Eredivisie managers Eerste Divisie managers Ekstraklasa managers Dutch expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Poland Expatriate soccer coaches in the United States Expatriate football managers in Belarus Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Poland Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Dutch expatriate sportspeople in the United States 20th-century Dutch sportsmen