Marinus Dijkhuizen

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Marinus Dijkhuizen
Personal information
Full name Marinus Dijkhuizen
Date of birth (1972-01-04) 4 January 1972 (age 53)
Place of birth 's-Gravenzande, Netherlands
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 De Graafschap (head coach)
Youth career
1977–1993 's-Gravenzandse SV
1993–1994 Excelsior Maassluis
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–1996 Excelsior 66 (28)
1996–1999 Cambuur 90 (26)
1999–2002 Utrecht 28 (4)
2000–2001 → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 9 (1)
2001–2002 → Emmen (loan) 3 (1)
2002–2005 TOP Oss 83 (30)
2005–2006 Excelsior 44 (8)
2007–2008 Cambuur 42 (7)
Total365(105)
Managerial career
2009–2012 VV Montfoort
2012–2014 VV De Meern
2014–2015 Excelsior
2015 Brentford
2015–2016 NAC
2017 Cambuur
2020–2024 Excelsior
2025– De Graafschap
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marinus Dijkhuizen (born 4 January 1972) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who is head coach of Eerste Divisie club De Graafschap.

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As a player, Dijkhuizen had notable spells as a forward in his native Netherlands with Excelsior, Cambuur and TOP Oss. He retired as a player in 2009 and entered management with Dutch lower league clubs VV Montfoort and then VV De Meern. Since 2014, Dijkhuizen has managed Excelsior (twice), Brentford, NAC Breda, Cambuur and De Graafschap.

Playing career

Dijkhuizen was born in 's-Gravenzande. [1] A forward, he spent the majority of his 14-year professional career in the top two divisions of Dutch football, most notably with two spells at both Excelsior and Cambuur. [2] He was a part of the SC Cambuur team which secured promotion to the Eredivisie in the 1997–98 season and later played top-flight football with Utrecht. [3] He had a loan spell with Scottish Premier League club Dunfermline Athletic during the 2000–01 season. [4] He retired at the end of the 2008–09 season after a player-coach spell at hometown club 's-Gravenzande SC. [5]

Coaching career

's-Gravenzandse SV

In 2008, Dijkhuizen took up a coaching role at Eerste Klasse club 's-Gravenzandse SV, the club where he began his career. [6] [7] He left the club in 2009. [8]

Utrecht

During the 2012–13 Eredivisie season, Dijkhuizen worked as a forward coach at former club Utrecht. [9] In January 2018, he returned to the club as assistant to manager Jean-Paul de Jong and remained in the role until January 2020. [10] [11]

Managerial career

VV Montfoort

Dijkhuizen began his managerial career with Eerste Klasse Saturday club VV Montfoort in 2009. [12] He led the club to two successive promotions in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, taking the club to the Topklasse. [12] He departed at the end of the 2011–12 season. [13]

VV De Meern

Dijkhuizen signed a two-year contract with Derde Klasse Sunday club VV De Meern in January 2012. [13] After officially starting work on 1 July 2012, [14] he managed the club until December 2013.

Excelsior

On 1 January 2014, Dijkhuizen was announced as manager of Eerste Divisie club Excelsior on a contract running until the end of the 2013–14 season. [15] He took over from Jon Dahl Tomasson, who had departed for Eredivisie club Roda JC. [16] Starting out in seventh position in the table, Dijkhuizen encouraged the club to be more attacking and pushed striker Lars Veldwijk further forward. [17] Veldwijk's 17 goals since the Dijkhuizen's arrival helped fire the Kralingers to third-place in the table and promotion to the Eredivisie, [18] after a 4–2 aggregate victory over RKC Waalwijk in the playoffs. [19] The club endured a difficult 2014–15 season in the top-flight, finishing one place above the relegation zone, though a new defensive style contributed to 14 draws, [17] the most in the division. [20] Dijkhuizen departed the club in May 2015, [21] despite having signed a new two-year contract in December 2014. [22]

Brentford

On 1 June 2015, Dijkhuizen was announced as head coach of English Championship club Brentford, replacing Mark Warburton. [21] He installed former SC Cambuur teammate Roy Hendriksen as his assistant. [21] Dijkhuizen had a difficult first week of the 2015–16 season and began the campaign with a crippling lack of players through injury and outgoing transfers, [23] [24] [25] [26] which caused disharmony amongst the club's supporters. [23] [27] Problems with a poor pitch at Griffin Park compounded the injury problems. [23] [28] [29] After two wins, two draws and five defeats from the first nine matches of the season, Dijkhuizen and Hendriksen parted company with Brentford on 28 September 2015. [30] Brentford co-director of football Rasmus Ankersen later revealed that the club "made a mistake" in hiring Dijkhuizen and that the decision to part company "was based on three months of training and there were some fundamental processes, in terms of getting a full football operation to work to its maximum, that weren't at the level we wanted them to be". [31]

NAC Breda

On 26 October 2015, Dijkhuizen was announced as head coach of Eerste Divisie club NAC Breda. [32] He guided the club to the third round of the promotion/relegation playoffs, but lost over two legs to the promoted club Willem II. [33] With the club struggling to compete after 18 matches of the 2016–17 season, Dijkhuizen was sacked on 23 December 2016. [33]

Cambuur

On 9 May 2017, Dijkhuizen returned to Eerste Divisie club Cambuur and took up the position of head coach on a one-year contract. [34] He was sacked on 28 November 2017, after taking just 14 points from the opening 15 matches of the 2017–18 season. [35]

Return to Excelsior

On 29 January 2020, Dijkhuizen returned to Eerste Divisie club Excelsior on a 2+1⁄2-year contract. [11] Following the COVID-19-affected 2019–20 season and a finish outside the playoffs in 2020–21, [36] [37] [38] Dijkhuizen secured promotion to the Eredivise with victory over ADO Den Haag in the 2021–22 Eredivisie promotion/relegation playoff Final. [39] He signed a new one-year contract in April 2022 and a further 18-month extension in December 2022. [40] [41] A narrow finish above the relegation places in the 2022–23 season was followed by a relegation playoff final defeat in 2023–24. [42] [43] Dijkhuizen departed the club by mutual consent in June 2024. [44]

De Graafschap

On 6 January 2025, Dijkhuizen signed a 2+1⁄2-year contract with Eerste Divisie club De Graafschap. [45]

Other work

From 2008 to 2012, Dijkhuizen worked as an analyst for Excelsior, researching and providing data on the club's upcoming opponents. [46]

Personal life

Dijkhuizen's brother Marc is also involved in football and the pair worked together on the coaching staff at 's-Gravenzandse SV during the 2008–09 season. [6]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cambuur 1998–99 [1] Eredivisie 307443411
Utrecht 1999–00 [1] Eredivisie27452326
2000–01 [1] Eredivisie100010
Total28452336
Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 2000–01 [4] Scottish Premier League 9141132
Emmen (loan) 2001–02 [1] Eerste Divisie 31—31
TOP Oss 2002–03 [1] Eerste Divisie3210003210
2003–04 [1] Eerste Divisie1711001711
2004–05 [1] Eerste Divisie34900349
Total8330008330
Excelsior 2005–06 [1] Eerste Divisie33700337
2006–07 [1] Eredivisie11100111
Total44800448
Cambuur 2006–07 [1] Eerste Divisie132—132
2007–08 [1] Eerste Divisie29510305
Total7214507714
Career total2395814725365

Honours

As a player

Cambuur

Excelsior

As a manager

VV Montfoort

Excelsior

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