Henk Wisman

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Henk Wisman
Personal information
Date of birth (1957-05-19) 19 May 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Ajax
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1975–1979 FC Amsterdam
1979–1980 SC Amersfoort
Managerial career
2000–2004 FC Volendam
2004–2005 Den Bosch
2005–2006 Armenia
2005–2006 FC Pyunik
2007–2008 Fortuna Sittard
2008 ASWH
2008–2011 Almere City
2013 Chiangrai United
2014–2019 [1] Ter Leede
2019– Rijnsburgse Boys
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henk Wisman (born 19 May 1957) is a Dutch football manager. He who was the coach of the Armenia national football team for about a year.

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Club career

Wisman was born in Amsterdam. He began his career at AFC Ajax, having played in their youth system. He gained international experience as a young player and as a member of the Dutch Under-16, Under-17, Under-18 and Under-21 teams. Wisman did secure a place in the first team of Ajax. After eight years at Ajax, Wisman left the club in 1975 and went on to play at FC Amsterdam and SC Amersfoort (until 1980). He continued as a player-coach at amateur level for a short while.

Coaching career

Wisman went on to spend 19 years working with amateur clubs in the Netherlands, before taking over as head coach of FC Volendam in 2000, and later to FC Den Bosch.

Wisman was appointed to the role in May 2005, replacing Bernard Casoni. In addition to his role as an international coach, Wisman also coaches Armenian club side FC Pyunik, leading them to their fifth successive league title at the end of the 2005 season.

On 7 April 2006, Wisman was fired from Armenia national team manager position. During the 2006–07 winter he also left his job as Pyunik manager and returned to the Netherlands, signing for Fortuna Sittard. There he was sacked on 15 December 2007 due to, according to the club, a poor relationship with the squad.

A few months later he was appointed manager of FC Omniworld.

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References

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