Giovanni Franken

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Giovanni Franken
Personal information
Full name Giovanni Francesco Zacharias Franken
Date of birth (1977-11-14) 14 November 1977 (age 45)
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 ADO Den Haag (U21 coach)
Youth career
Feyenoord
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
DOTO
1998–1999 Dordrecht 5 (0)
1999 VVM
1999–2002 RKC Waalwijk 8 (0)
2002–2006 DOTO
2006–2007 BVV Barendrecht
2007–2011 RVVH
International career
2004–2008 Netherlands Antilles 8 (0)
Managerial career
2010–2011 RVVH (women's team)
2011–2013 RVVH (reserve team)
2013–2018 RVVH
2013–2015 Aruba
2018–2019 Achilles Veen
2019 FC IJsselmonde
2019–2020 ADO Den Haag (U15)
2020–2021 ADO Den Haag (U18)
2021–2022 ADO Den Haag (assistant)
2022 ADO Den Haag (caretaker)
2022– ADO Den Haag (U21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giovanni Francesco Zacharias Franken [1] (born 14 November 1977) is a retired footballer who played as a midfielder and head coach of the under-21 team of ADO Den Haag.

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Born in the Netherlands, Franken represented the Netherlands Antilles at international level. He was also head coach of the Aruba national football team between October 2013 and August 2015.

Career

Club career

Born in Rotterdam, Franken played club football for Feyenoord, DOTO, Dordrecht, VVM, RKC Waalwijk, BVV Barendrecht and RVVH. [2] [3] He moved from DOTO, where he was captain, to BVV Barendrecht in May 2006. [4] He signed for RVVH in February 2007. [5]

International career

He represented Netherlands Antilles at international level, earning 8 caps between 2004 and 2008, [3] [6] which included 7 games in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. [7]

Coaching career

In the 2010–11 season, Franken was in charge of RVVH's women's team, while still playing for the club's first team. [8] After one season, he gained promotion to the best women league in the Netherlands. [9] At the end of the 2010-11 season, he also retired as an active player. [10] Ahead of the 2011–12 season, he took charge of RVVH's reserve team [10]

From 2013 to 2018, Franken was in charge of RVVH's first team. In October 2013 he was also appointed manager of the Aruba national football team, [1] combining it with his coaching position at RVVH. [11] He left this position in August 2015. [12]

On 4 January 2018, it was announced that Franken would take charge of Achilles Veen from the 2018–19 season. [13] After seven months, Franken left the club by mutual agreement on 25 January 2019. [14] [15]

On 20 February, Franken was appointed interim manager of FC IJsselmonde for the rest of the season. [16] In June 2015, Franken joined ADO Den Haag as manager for the U15 squad. [17] In the 2020-21 season, he took charge of the U18 squad. [18] In June 2021 it was confirmed, that Franken had been promoted to the first team staff as assistant coach to ADO manager Ruud Brood. [19] In March 2022, he took over as caretaker manager after Brood had been dismissed, almost leading the club to promotion in the play-offs. [20] [21] From the 2022–23 season, Franken was put in charge of ADO's under-21 team. [22]

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References

  1. 1 2 Giovanni Franken at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Profile" (in Dutch). Ronald Zwiers. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Giovanni Franken". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Gemengde gevoelens bij DOTO-aanvoerder Giovanni Franken" (in Dutch). AD.nl. 14 May 2006. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Nadere kennismaking met Giovanni Franken" (in Dutch). RVVH. 28 February 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Profile". Caribbean Football Database. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  7. ↑ Giovanni Franken – FIFA competition record (archived)
  8. ↑ Giovanni Franken trainer ADO Den Haag O18, ridderkerksdagblad.nl, 25 May 2020
  9. ↑ Giovanni Franken toegelaten tot cursus coach betaald voetbal, rtvridderkerk.nl, 7 December 2021
  10. 1 2 Giovanni Franken krijgt passend afscheid, voetbalrotterdam.nl, 5 September 2011
  11. ↑ Richard Feenstra (6 March 2014). "Giovanni Franken wederom bondscoach Aruba" (in Dutch). Voetbal Rotterdam. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "AVBAruba.aw - the official site of Arubaanse Voetbal Bond". Archived from the original on 4 July 2015.
  13. ↑ GIOVANNI FRANKEN NIEUWE HOOFDTRAINER ACHILLES VEEN, achillesveen.nl, 4 January 2018
  14. ↑ ACHILLES VEEN EN GIOVANNI FRANKEN UIT ELKAAR, achillesveen.nl, 25 January 2019
  15. ↑ Profile at Footballdatabase, footballdatabase.eu
  16. ↑ Giovanni Franken maakt seizoen af bij FC IJsselmonde, voetbalrotterdam.nl, 20 February 2019
  17. ↑ DRIE NIEUWE JEUGDTRAINERS: PENDERS (O19), FRANKEN (O15) EN NINABER (O12), adodenhaag.nl, 5 June 2019
  18. ↑ Giovanni Franken trainer ADO Den Haag O18, haaglandenvoetbal.nl, 24 May 2020
  19. ↑ Giovanni Franken krijgt eindelijk een kans in profvoetbal: 'ADO is een wilde stier. Ik wist dat het hier kon donderen', ad.nl, 25 June 2021
  20. ↑ Abbenhuijs, Marijn (4 March 2022). "Giovanni Franken moet het seizoen afmaken als trainer van ADO, maar mag dat ook? 'Het is hier nooit rustig'". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  21. ↑ "De 'Nederlandse Simeone' van vechtploeg ADO: 'Gaan ons leven geven voor promotie'". NOS (in Dutch). 29 May 2022. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  22. ↑ Feenstra, Michel (2 June 2022). "Giovanni Franken trainer van ADO Den Haag Onder 21 |". VoetbalRotterdam (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
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