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 Eredivisie, after winning play-offs for promotion in 2024. In their history, NAC won one national title in 1921 and won one Cup in 1973.
Earnest Lee Stewart Jr. is a former soccer player who played as a forward or midfielder. His career spanned 17 years from 1988 until his retirement in 2005, with the majority of the years spent in the Netherlands, the country of his birth. Stewart also represented the United States in international soccer.
Luís Boa Morte Pereira is a Portuguese football coach and a former professional football player who played as an attacking winger, forward and centre midfielder. He is currently first-team coach of Guinea-Bissau.
Benedict Saul McCarthy is a South African football coach and former player who was most recently a first-team coach at Manchester United. He previously worked as head coach of South African Premier Division team AmaZulu.
Mathew Amoah is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker. From 2002 to 2011 he played for the Ghana national team at international level, scoring 12 goals in 45 matches.
Ernstus Wilhelmus Johannes Brandts is a Dutch football manager and former player.
Robert Molenaar is a Dutch professional football coach and former player who most recently coached NAC Breda. He played as a centre-back for FC Volendam, Leeds United, Bradford City and RBC Roosendaal.
Milutin Sredojević, is a Serbian football manager.
Patrick Jan Mtiliga is a Danish retired professional footballer and currently the Assistant Academy Director of FC Nordsjælland. He played as a defender, most frequently used as a left-back. He played six games for the Denmark national team.
Thomas Enevoldsen is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He made eleven appearances for the Denmark national team scoring one goal.
Cornelis Wilhelmus "Cor" Kools was a Dutch football player and manager who played his entire career for NAC Breda. Kools played 16 international matches for the Netherlands, scoring three times, and participated in the 1928 Summer Olympics. Kools is also a member of honour of NAC Breda. He died in Breda.
Peter Hyballa is a German professional football manager who most recently was the manager of South African Premiership club Sekhukhune United. He also served as manager at clubs in Germany, Namibia, Austria, the Netherlands, Poland, Denmark and Slovakia.
Stipe Perica is a Croatian footballer who plays as a striker for Rijeka.
Thom Jan Marinus Haye is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Almere City. Born in the Netherlands, he represents the Indonesia national team.
Thomas Agyepong is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Estonian club Paide Linnameeskond. He has previously played on loan for Dutch clubs Twente and NAC Breda, Scottish club Hibernian and Belgian clubs Waasland-Beveren and Lommel. He has also made six full international appearances for Ghana national team.
Lyle Brent Foster is a South African professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Burnley and the South Africa national team.
Sydney van Hooijdonk is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Serie B club Cesena.
Matthew Jimmy David Garbett is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie side NAC Breda. Born in England, he plays for the New Zealand national team.
Evidence Makgopa is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a forward for South African Premier Division side Orlando Pirates and the South Africa national team. He represented the South Africa under-23 team at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Zakhele Lerato Lepasa is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a centre forward for South African Premier Division side Orlando Pirates and the South Africa national football team.
