Marco Roelofsen

Last updated

Marco Roelofsen
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-10-03) 3 October 1968 (age 54)
Place of birth Harderwijk, Netherlands
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Go-Ahead Kampen (manager)
Youth career
VVOG
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1990 Twente 63 (7)
1990 → NEC (loan) 21 (2)
1991 PEC Zwolle 15 (9)
1991–1996 Heerenveen 179 (29)
1997–2004 PEC Zwolle 230 (24)
Total508(71)
Managerial career
2009 PEC Zwolle (caretaker)
2010–2013 Jong PSV
2014 VVOG
2015–2017 Sparta Nijkerk
2018– Go-Ahead Kampen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marco Roelofsen (born 3 October 1968) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player, who is the current head coach of sixth-tier Eerste Klasse club Go-Ahead Kampen.

Contents

Playing career

A former midfielder, Roelofsen started his professional career in the 1987–88 season as part of the FC Twente team. He later also played for NEC, PEC Zwolle and Heerenveen. He retired in 2004.

Managerial career

In the summer of 2004, Roelofsen was included in the technical staff of PEC Zwolle, where he became head coach of the under-19 team. [2] At the end of the 2008–09 season, he became the first team's caretaker coach, replacing Jan Everse, who had been temporarily suspended. [3] In the summer of 2010, he moved to PSV, where he became the head coach of the second team, Jong PSV. [4] On 3 July 2013, it was announced that Roelofsen would become the new coach of the Heerenveen under-21 team after having signed a one-year contract. Roelofsen, who played for Heerenveen from 1991 to 1996, succeeded Jan de Jonge who left for Heracles Almelo. [5] In the 2014–15 season, Roelofsen was coach of Vitesse under-19 team until February 2015. [6] [7] Roelofsen then became head coach of Sparta Nijkerk from November 2015 to October 2017. [8] [9] Roelofsen became head coach of Go-Ahead Kampen in the sixth-tier Eerste Klasse from the 2018–19 season. [10]

Personal life

His nephew, Richard Roelofsen, also played football on the highest level in the Netherlands.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">PEC Zwolle</span> Dutch professional football club

PEC Zwolle is a Dutch professional football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, but will play in the Eredivisie from the 2023–24 season following promotion. They have played in the Eredivisie for a total of 22 seasons, reaching sixth place in 2015. They won the KNVB Cup in 2014 and also reached the final in 1928, 1977 and 2015.

Richard Roelofsen is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Art Langeler</span> Dutch football manager (born 1970)

Art Langeler is a Dutch professional football manager and former player.

The 2015–16 Eredivisie season was the 60th season of the Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. Defending champions PSV retained their title.

The 2016–17 Eredivisie season was the 61st season of the top-tier Dutch League Eredivisie since its establishment in 1956. The fixtures for this season were announced on 14 June 2016.

The 2016–17 season was PEC Zwolle's 106th season of play, it marked its 15th season in the Eredivisie and its fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football.

The 2017–18 Eredivisie was the 62nd season of the Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. The season began on 11 August 2017 and concluded on 6 May 2018; the Europa League and relegation play-offs took place later that month. Feyenoord were the defending champions from the previous season. On 15 April 2018, PSV became champions for the 24th time after defeating their closest rival Ajax 3–0 at the Philips Stadion.

The 2019–20 Eredivisie was the 64th season of the Dutch football league Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. The season began on 2 August 2019 and was suspended on 12 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands. The season was abandoned on 24 April.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2021–22 Eredivisie</span> 66th season of the Eredivisie

The 2021–22 Eredivisie was the 66th season of Eredivisie, the premier football competition in the Netherlands. It began on 14 August 2021 and concluded on 15 May 2022.

References

  1. ↑ Marco Roelofsen at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ Eijsden, Hans van (24 June 2010). "Marco Roelofsen vertrekt naar PSV". weblogzwolle.nl (in Dutch).
  3. ↑ "Roelofsen volgt Everse op". Rijnmond (in Dutch). 10 March 2009.
  4. ↑ Elfrink, Rik (25 March 2013). "Roelofsen vertrekt bij Jong PSV". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch).
  5. ↑ "Roelofsen als trainer terug bij Heerenveen". BN De Stem (in Dutch). 3 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Ook Roelofsen en Oosting jeugdcoach bij Vitesse". FCUpdate.nl (in Dutch). 4 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Oosting en Hofs naar Vitesse O19". Vitesse.nl (in Dutch). SBV Vitesse. 4 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "Marco Roelofsen nieuwe trainer Sparta Nijkerk". v.v. Sparta Nijkerk (in Dutch). 6 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "Sparta Nijkerk stuurt Roelofsen weg". De Stentor (in Dutch). 31 October 2017.
  10. ↑ Lukje, Bert-Jan (9 January 2021). "Roelofsen bezig aan laatste seizoen bij Go Ahead Kampen". De Stentor (in Dutch).
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.