Lars Lambooij

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Lars Lambooij
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-04-16) 16 April 1988 (age 37)
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2013 Veendam 103 (10)
2013–2017 Go Ahead Eagles 68 (0)
Total172(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.

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Playing career

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]

Scouting and executive career

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]

References

  1. "Lambooij". Voetbal International (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 17 August 2015.
  2. "Bellen met Faro (afl. 5): Lars Lambooij" [Calling Faro (ep. 5): Lars Lambooij]. Go Ahead Eagles (in Dutch). 9 January 2015. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  3. "HFC Haarlem – BV Veendam -:- (Eerste Divisie 2009/2010, 1. Round)". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Archived from the original on 18 September 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  4. "Stage van Apau en Lambooij verlengd" [Apau and Lambooij have trial period extended]. FC Groningen (in Dutch). 26 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  5. "Go Ahead haalt spelers uit Groningen en Limburg" [Go Ahead bring in players from Groningen and Limburg]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 3 June 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  6. Arentsen, Dennis (20 October 2017). "GA Eagles zwaait oud-speler Lambooij uit" [Go Ahead Eagles say goodbye to ex-player Lambooij]. De Stentor (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  7. "Lars Lambooij ruilt GA Eagles in voor scouting van RKC" [Lars Lambooij leaves GA Eagles for scouting at RKC]. De Stentor (in Dutch). 9 June 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  8. "Definitief: Lars Lambooij nieuwe technisch manager SC Cambuur" [Official: Lars Lambooij new technical manager of SC Cambuur]. SC Cambuur (in Dutch). 16 April 2024. Archived from the original on 6 August 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  9. "Cambuur strikt na lang onderhandelen toch technisch manager Lars Lambooij" [Cambuur land technical manager Lars Lambooij after lengthy negotiations]. Omrop Fryslân (in Dutch). 16 April 2024. Archived from the original on 18 September 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.