Marcel Keizer

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Marcel Keizer
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Keizer as manager of VVSB in 2011
Personal information
Full name Marcel Keizer
Date of birth (1969-01-15) 15 January 1969 (age 56)
Place of birth Badhoevedorp, Netherlands
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1989 Ajax 4 (0)
1989–1998 Cambuur 282 (34)
1998–2000 De Graafschap 9 (0)
2000–2002 Emmen 34 (1)
Managerial career
2007–2011 Argon
2011–2012 VVSB
2012–2014 Telstar
2015–2016 Emmen
2016 Cambuur
2016–2017 Jong Ajax
2017 Ajax
2018 Al Jazira
2018–2019 Sporting CP
2019–2023 Al Jazira
2023 Al Shabab
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcel Keizer (born 15 January 1969), a Dutch football coach and former player, was most recently the manager of Saudi Pro League side Al Shabab.

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His playing career as a midfielder began at Ajax and was mainly spent at Cambuur, and he had brief spells managing both clubs. He won a Taça da Liga and Taça de Portugal in 2019 at Sporting CP, and had two spells at Al Jazira, winning the UAE Pro League in 2021.

Coaching career

Keizer was technical coach of Eerste Divisie side Emmen. [1] He was also the coach of Telstar for two seasons and took the reins at Cambuur in February 2016. [2] In June 2016, he left Cambuur and became coach of Jong Ajax. [3]

On 17 June 2017, Keizer became the new coach of Ajax on a two-year contract, after managing the youth side in the previous season, thus replacing the Borussia Dortmund-bound Peter Bosz. [4] After 17 games, Ajax were second in the Eredivisie, ranking with five points behind the leaders PSV, and Keizer was fired on 21 December 2017, after losing a cup match on penalties against Twente. [5]

He received his first foreign job on 2 June 2018, replacing retired compatriot Henk ten Cate at Al Jazira Club of the UAE Pro-League. [6] On 8 November the same year, he was allowed to resign to take the job at Sporting CP, with his club unbeaten and in second place at the time. [7]

Keizer signed for the Lisbon-based club on a contract until 2021. [8] On his debut on 24 November, they won 4–1 against Lusitano in the fourth round of the Taça de Portugal, and in his first Primeira Liga match on 3 December, the club won 3–1 against Rio Ave. [9] [10] Sporting completed a cup double in Keizer's first season, seizing both the Taça da Liga and Taça de Portugal in penalty shootout wins against Porto. [11] [12] He was the first foreign manager to win the latter tournament since fellow Dutchman Co Adriaanse of Porto in 2006. [13] He left Sporting on 3 September 2019. [14]

On 13 October 2019, Keizer returned to Al Jazira on a two-year contract, after compatriot Jurgen Streppel left the Abu Dhabi-based club. [15] On 11 May 2021, he led the club to their third league title after beating Khor Fakkan 3–1; it was his first league title in his career. [16] Keizer would enter 2022 with a successful 5–3 victory on penalty shootout against Shabab Al Ahli and clinching Al Jazira their first super cup title. [17]

On 27 July 2023, Keizer was appointed as manager of Saudi Pro League side Al Shabab. [18] On 6 September 2023, it was announced that Keizer and Al-Shabab agreed to end his contract mutually. [19]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 22 May 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamNatFromToRecord
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Telstar Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1 July 20121 May 20147121153587130−43029.58
FC Emmen Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1 July 201514 February 201626124104441+3046.15
SC Cambuur Flag of the Netherlands.svg 15 February 20162 June 201611128924−15009.09
Jong Ajax Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2 June 201617 June 20173823789354+39060.53
Ajax Flag of the Netherlands.svg 17 June 201721 December 20172414556626+40058.33
Al Jazira Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 2 June 20189 November 2018137513120+11053.85
Sporting CP Flag of Portugal.svg 12 November 20183 September 20194225989347+46059.52
Al Jazira Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 13 October 201926 May 2023124682333231157+74054.84
Al Shabab Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 27 July 20236 September 20239234715−8022.22
Total35817373112662514+148048.32

Honours

Sporting CP

Al Jazira

References

  1. ↑ Netherlands - M. Keizer - Profile with news, career statistics and history Soccerway
  2. ↑ Cambuur strikt Keizer als hoofdtrainer - AD (in Dutch)
  3. ↑ Marcel Keizer Worldfootball.net
  4. ↑ "Officieel: Marcel Keizer nieuwe hoofdtrainer Ajax". NOS. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  5. ↑ Ajax stelt Marcel Keizer, Hennie Spijkerman en Dennis Bergkamp op non-actief
  6. ↑ "Al Jazira Appoints Marcel Keizer as New Coach". Al Jazira Club. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  7. ↑ "Keizer to step down as Coach, Damien Hertog to take lead". Al Jazira Club. 8 November 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "Oficial: Sporting confirma Marcel Keizer como treinador até 2021" [Official: Sporting confirm Marcel Keizer as manager until 2021]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 8 November 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  9. ↑ "Marcel Keizer: "Foi um bom dia para nós"" [Marcel Keizer: "It was a good day for us"]. Record (in Portuguese). 24 November 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  10. ↑ "COMENTÁRIO: Sporting bate Rio Ave na estreia de Marcel Keizer no campeonato" [COMMENTARY: Sporting beat Rio Ave on Marcel Keizer's championship debut]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 3 December 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  11. 1 2 "Penalties smile on Sporting again as Lions retain Taça da Liga crown". PortuGOAL. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  12. 1 2 "Sporting Lisbon take Portuguese Cup on penalties after epic final". Be Soccer. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  13. ↑ "Keizer looft 'indrukwekkende mentaliteit' na 'epische dag'" [Keizer praises 'impressive mentality' after 'epic day'] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  14. ↑ "Marcel Keizer já rescindiu com o Sporting" [Kaizer already rescinded with Sporting]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  15. ↑ "Marcel Keizer returns as Al Jazira head coach". Gulf News. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  16. 1 2 "Abu Dhabi's Al Jazira take the title". Gulf News. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  17. ↑ "الجزيرة بطل السوبر للمرة الأولى في تاريخه". Al Bayan. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  18. ↑ "رسمياً.. الشباب يتعاقد مع الهولندي مارسيل كايزر". 27 July 2023.
  19. ↑ "كايزر.. أول ضحايا "روشن"".
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