Denny Landzaat

Denny Landzaat

Landzaat in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Denny Domingues Landzaat [1]
Date of birth	(1976-05-06) 6 May 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Indonesia (assistant)
Youth career
	Buitenveldert
	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1996	Ajax	1	(0)
1996–1999	MVV	102	(10)
1999–2003	Willem II	139	(38)
2003–2006	AZ	79	(22)
2006–2008	Wigan Athletic	52	(5)
2008–2010	Feyenoord	38	(5)
2010–2013	Twente	50	(2)
2014	Willem II	9	(0)
Total		461	(82)
International career
2001–2008	Netherlands	38	(1)
Managerial career
2015–2016	Jong AZ (assistant)
2016	AZ (U15)
2016–2017	AZ (U17)
2017–2018	Jong AZ (assistant)
2018–2019	Feyenoord (assistant)
2019–2020	Al-Ittihad (assistant)
2021–2022	Willem II (assistant)
2022	Al-Taawoun (assistant)
2022–2023	Lech Poznań (assistant)
2024	Ferencváros (assistant)
2025–	Indonesia (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Denny Domingues Landzaat (born 6 May 1976) is a Dutch former professional footballer who is currently the assistant coach of Indonesia national team. ^[2] He mostly played as a midfielder.

Club career

Early career

Landzaat was educated in Ajax's youth academy, but only played one league match for the club before moving on to have lengthy spells with MVV, Willem II and AZ. He was AZ's captain in the 2005–06 season, as they finished second in the Eredivisie. ^[3]

Wigan Athletic

Landzaat joined Premier League club Wigan Athletic on 18 July 2006 for an undisclosed fee, thought to be £2.5 million. He signed a three-year contract with the club. ^[3] He scored his first goal for Wigan against Reading in a 2–3 loss on 30 January 2007. ^[4] He followed this with a 30-yard strike at the Emirates Stadium in a 1–2 defeat to Arsenal on 11 February. ^[5] On 18 August 2007, Landzaat converted a penalty against Sunderland to score his first home goal for Wigan at the JJB Stadium. ^[6] He also scored the first goal in Wigan's 5–3 win over local rivals Blackburn Rovers. ^[7]

Feyenoord

On 25 January 2008, Landzaat returned to the Netherlands to join Feyenoord for a £1 million transfer fee. ^[8] He signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with the club. He scored his first goal for Feyenoord on his debut, in the 3–3 draw against Heracles on 24 February 2008.

Twente

After his contract with Feyenoord expired, Landzaat signed a one-year deal with Twente in August 2010, which was extended during the season and again in the following season. He won the KNVB Cup in 2010–11.

Willem II

After his contract with Twente expired in the summer of 2013, Landzaat was unable to find a new team for the start of the 2013–14 season. However, on 16 January 2014, he signed a contract with Willem II until the end of the season. He retired from professional football at the end of the season, having been a part of the team that helped Willem II back to the Eredivisie.

International career

Landzaat was a member of the Dutch squad at the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship. Landzaat also competed in the 2006 World Cup. On 21 May 2008, Landzaat was released from Marco van Basten's UEFA Euro 2008 provisional squad. ^[9]

Coaching career

Landzaat ended his career in the summer 2014 and then signed a contract with AZ Alkmaar until 2017 as an individual coach for the first team and for Jong AZ. ^[10] One year later, he was also appointed assistant manager to Martin Haar for Jong AZ. ^[11]

From January 2016, he became manager of AZ's U15 team but still retained his coaching role for the Jong and first team's and also as assistant manager for Jong AZ. ^[12] In the summer 2016, he then took charge of the club's U17 squad and beside that, he also functioned as assistant manager under Danny Blind for the Netherlands national football team in an advisor role. ^[13] In the summer 2017, he signed a new one-year contract and was appointed assistant manager for Jong AZ, once again under Martin Haar. ^[14]

In the 2018–19 season, Landzaat was appointed assistant to Giovanni van Bronckhorst. ^[15] Jaap Stam was appointed manager for Feyenoord in the summer 2019. When Stam stepped down on 28 October 2019, Landzaat also did. ^[16] One week later, he was appointed assistant manager of Henk ten Cate at Saudi Professional League club Al-Ittihad. ^[17]

On 19 June 2022, he was announced as the assistant manager under John van den Brom at Polish Ekstraklasa defending champions Lech Poznań. ^{[18] [19]} On 18 December 2023, one day after van den Brom's dismissal, Landzaat left the club by mutual consent. ^[20]

On 8 January 2025, Landzaat was appointed as an assistant coach for the Indonesia national team under Patrick Kluivert. ^[21]

Personal life

Landzaat was born and raised in Amsterdam. He is of Indonesian descent through his Moluccan mother. ^[22]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup [a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ajax	1995–96	Eredivisie	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
MVV	1996–97	Eerste Divisie	34	2	0	0	–		–		34	2
	1997–98	Eredivisie	34	4	1	0	–		–		35	4
	1998–99		34	4	2	1	–		–		36	5
	Total		102	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	105	11
Willem II	1999–2000	Eredivisie	25	3	1	1	3	0	–		29	4
	2000–01		33	12	3	0	–		–		36	12
	2001–02		34	16	3	2	–		–		37	18
	2002–03		34	5	2	0	6	1	–		42	6
	2003–04		13	2	3	2	2	1	–		18	5
	Total		139	38	12	5	11	2	0	0	162	45
AZ Alkmaar	2003–04	Eredivisie	17	3	0	0	–		–		17	3
	2004–05		33	10	1	1	13	4	–		47	15
	2005–06		29	9	3	2	8	1	2	0	42	12
	Total		79	22	4	3	21	5	2	0	106	30
Wigan Athletic	2006–07	Premier League	33	2	1	0	–		–		34	2
	2007–08		19	3	0	0	–		–		19	3
	Total		52	5	1	0	–		–		53	5
Feyenoord	2007–08	Eredivisie	11	2	3	2	–		–		14	4
	2008–09		7	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	10	1
	2009–10		20	2	7	0	–		–		27	2
	Total		38	5	10	2	0	0	3	0	51	7
Twente	2010–11	Eredivisie	27	2	5	0	12	2	–		44	4
	2011–12		16	0	2	0	9	1	2	0	29	1
	2012–13		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	Total		50	2	7	0	21	3	2	0	80	5
Willem II	2013–14	Eerste Divisie	9	0	0	0	–		–		9	0
Career total			470	82	37	11	54	10	7	0	568	103

1. Includes KNVB Cup, FA Cup.

International

Score and result list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after Landzaat goal.

International goal scored by Denny Landzaat

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	3 September 2004	Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands	Liechtenstein	3–0	3–0	Friendly

Honours

Ajax

• Eredivisie: 1995–96

MVV

• Eerste Divisie: 1996–97

Feyenoord

• KNVB Cup: 2007–08

Twente

• KNVB Cup: 2010–11
• Johan Cruyff Shield: 2010

Willem II

• Eerste Divisie: 2013–14

References

1. "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
2. "Patrick Kluivert Resmi Menjadi Pelatih Timnas Indonesia". PSSI - Football Association of Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 8 January 2025.
3. "Holland star Landzaat joins Wigan". BBC Sport. 18 July 2006.
4. "Reading 3–2 Wigan". BBC. 30 January 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
5. "Arsenal 2–1 Wigan". BBC. 11 February 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
6. "Wigan 3–0 Sunderland". BBC. 18 August 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
7. "Wigan 5–3 Blackburn". BBC. 15 December 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
8. "Wigan sell Landzaat to Feyenoord". BBC Sport. 25 January 2008.
9. uefa.com – Van Basten releases provisional pair
10. Denny Landzaat trainer bij AZ, azfanpage.nl, 29 May 2014
11. Haar de nieuwe trainer van Jong AZ; Landzaat zijn assistent, goal.com, 8 July 2015
12. AZ stelt twee prominente oud-spelers aan als jeugdtrainers, soccernews.nl, 31 December 2015
13. 'Blind heeft nieuwe assistent bij Oranje in 'Advocaat-rol' in vizier', voetbalprimeur.nl, 12 September 2016
14. Landzaat verlengt als assistent-trainer van Jong AZ, fcupdate.nl, 14 July 2017
15. Landzaat opvolger van Wouters in technische staf Feyenoord, ad.nl, 25 May 2018
16. Dick Advocaat appointed head coach, feyenoord.com, 30 October 2019
17. Ten Cate moet nu Al-Ittihad aan het voetballen krijgen, vi.nl, 4 November 2019
18. "John van den Brom trenerem Lecha" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 19 June 2022.
19. "Sztab szkoleniowy trenera" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 19 June 2022.
20. "Denny Landzaat żegna się z Lechem" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
21. "Kluivert is nieuwe bondscoach Indonesië, moet land naar WK 2026 leiden". nos.nl (in Dutch). 8 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
22. "Profile of Denny Landzaat" . Retrieved 10 January 2025.

External links

• Denny Landzaat at Voetbal International (in Dutch) – Archived 29 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
• Denny Landzaat – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Denny Landzaat at Soccerbase
• Denny Landzaat at Wereld van Oranje (archived) (in Dutch)