Harry van den Ham

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Harry van den Ham
Personal information
Date of birth (1954-08-16) 16 August 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth Utrecht, Netherlands
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
UVV Utrecht
1965–1970 Elinkwijk
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1970–1975 Elinkwijk
1975–1979 Utrecht 25 (3)
1977–1978 → Cambuur (loan) 29 (10)
1978–1979 → Den Bosch (loan) 9 (2)
1979–1982 DS '79 74 (27)
1980 → Tulsa Roughnecks (loan) 4 (0)
1982–1983 Berchem Sport
1983–1985 Utrecht 15 (5)
1984–1985 → PEC Zwolle (loan) 15 (1)
1985–1988 USV Holland
1988–1989 VVV-Venlo 10 (1)
1989–1991 Vlissingen 25 (2)
1991–1992 Hilversum
Total206(51)
Managerial career
1992–1994 RKC Waalwijk (assistant)
1994–1995 Utrecht (assistant)
1995–1997 VV SHO
1997–1998 Telstar
1998–2000 USV Holland
2000–2002 Dordrecht
2002–2005 TOP Oss
2005–2007 Utrecht (assistant)
2007 IJsselmeervogels
2010–2011 Elinkwijk
2012 Dordrecht
2013–2014 Dordrecht
2014–2015 Utrecht (assistant)
2015–2016 Dordrecht
2020 Dordrecht
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harry Van Den Ham (born 16 August 1954) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. [1] [2] [3]

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Playing career

Van den Ham played for UVV Utrecht in his youth and from the age of 11 began playing for USV Elinkwijk. With Elinkwijk, he became Dutch champions with the Sunday amateurs in 1974. In 1975, he switched from the amateurs to professional football. Van den Ham subsequently played in the Netherlands for FC Utrecht, SC Cambuur, FC Den Bosch, DS '79 and PEC Zwolle. In 1980, he was briefly playing for the Tulsa Roughnecks in the United States. In Belgium he also played for Berchem Sport. [4]

In 1985, Van den Ham began playing with the Utrecht-based amateur association USV Holland. At the age of 34, Van den Ham made his comeback in the Eredivisie for VVV in 1988. From 1990, he played for another year for VC Vlissingen, after which he retired from his active professional career. [5]

Managerial career

Van den Ham started his coaching career in 1992 as an assistant at RKC. In 1994, he became an assistant coach of FC Utrecht and subsequently he was head coach at SHO, Telstar and USV Holland, respectively. From 2000, he was the head coach of FC Dordrecht for two years and then for three years of TOP Oss.

In 2005, Van den Ham again became an assistant coach at FC Utrecht. In 2007, he was appointed by IJsselmeervogels as successor to the departing Cees Lok, but after six months the contract was dissolved due to a difference of opinion. [6] In the 2011–12 season, he temporarily took over the tasks of the ill Theo Bos at FC Dordrecht. [7] In the 2013–14 season he became the head coach of FC Dordrecht. He was succeeded by Ernie Brandts. [8]

On 23 May 2014, Van den Ham was added to FC Utrecht's technical staff. He succeeded Jan Everse in August 2015 as head coach of FC Dordrecht. [9]

In February 2020, van den Ham again took over as caretaker manager of FC Dordrecht after Claudio Braga was dismissed from the position after 14 months in charge. [10] He was fired on 10 November 2020, after a 5–1 loss to FC Eindhoven, as Dordrecht were placed last in the league. [11]

Career statistics

Club

ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Utrecht 1975–76 Eredivisie 1010000101
1976–77 70000070
1977–78 00000000
1978–79 821 [a] 00092
Total2531000263
Cambuur (loan) 1977–78 Eerste Divisie 29102 [a] 1003111
Den Bosch (loan) 1978–79 92000092
DS '79 1979–80 34173 [a] 2003719
1980–81 2130000213
1981–82 1970000197
Total742732007729
Tulsa Roughnecks (loan) 1980 NASL 40000040
Utrecht 1983–84 Eredivisie 1550000155
1984–85 00000000
Total1550000155
PEC Zwolle (loan) 1984–85 Eredivisie 1510000151
VVV-Venlo 1988–89 Eerste Divisie 1010000101
Vlissingen 1990–91 2520000252
Career total20651630021254
Notes
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in the KNVB Cup

Managerial

As of match played 21 October 2020
Managerial record by club and tenure
TeamFromToRecord
MWDLWin %
Dordrecht 26 July 201222 December 201219955047.37
Dordrecht 1 July 201330 June 20144324118055.81
Dordrecht 20 August 201530 June 20163611718030.56
Dordrecht 8 February 202010 November 2020162311012.50
Total114462642040.35

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References

  1. ↑ "Abbadia El Mustapha". Soccer Stats. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Harry van den Ham". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Harry van den Ham". Stats Crew. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "De Comeback Kids van FC Utrecht". fcutrecht.nl (in Dutch). FC Utrecht. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2020. Harry van den Ham doorzwom de nodige voetbalwatertjes, meermaals ook de FC Utrecht-plas. Hij speelde van 1975 tot 1979 in de Domstad en keerde na avonturen bij Tulsa Roughnecks in de VS en Berchem Sport in België in 1983 terug bij de FC uit zijn geboortestad. Als assistent-trainer werkte hij voor FC Utrecht in 1994/1995, van 2005 tot 2007 en in seizoen 2014/2015.
  5. ↑ "Voor Ron van Dam was het profavontuur met Vlissingen het toetje op zijn carrière". Omroep Zeeland (in Dutch). 13 August 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020. Ik had een aardige traptechniek, maar met Van den Ham nam ik dan nog wel wat dingetjes door.
  6. ↑ de Krijger, Jacobien (24 December 2007). "Harry van den Ham weg bij IJsselmeervogels". de Stentor (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Van den Ham vervangt zieke Bos bij Dordrecht". Volkskrant (in Dutch). 26 July 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "FC Dordrecht met coach Ernie Brandts Eredivisie in". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 13 June 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  9. ↑ "Harry van den Ham nieuwe trainer bij FC Dordrecht". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 18 August 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
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