Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 16 April 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Tilburg, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Cambuur (technical director) | ||
Youth career | |||
–1997 | GSBW | ||
1997–2009 | Willem II | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2013 | Veendam | 103 | (10) |
2013–2017 | Go Ahead Eagles | 68 | (0) |
Total | 172 | (10) | |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Lars Lambooij (born 16 April 1988) is a Dutch football executive and former player who is the technical director of Eerste Divisie club Cambuur.
Lambooij began his career in the youth system of Goirlese Sportvereniging Blauw-Wit (GSBW) before joining Willem II, where he featured only at reserve level for the Eredivisie club. [2] In 2009, he moved to Veendam together with teammate Michael de Leeuw, making his professional debut on 7 August that year in an away fixture against Haarlem. [3] Veendam were declared bankrupt in March 2013, and Lambooij subsequently trained with Groningen. [4] In January 2014, he signed for Go Ahead Eagles, where he remained until 2017, when he retired from professional football because of persistent injuries. [5] [6]
Following his retirement in 2017, Lambooij joined Go Ahead Eagles as a scout. In June 2020, he moved to RKC Waalwijk, where his scouting work was supported by the club's video and data analysts. [7] On 16 April 2024, he was appointed technical director of Cambuur on a four-year contract, following protracted negotiations with RKC. An arbitration case at the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) had set his release fee at €100,000, after which the clubs reached a private settlement. He succeeded Etiënne Reijnen, who had left five months earlier to become an assistant coach at Feyenoord. [8] [9]