Mike de Geer

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Mike de Geer
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-12-28) 28 December 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth The Hague, Netherlands
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
SVV Scheveningen (manager)
Youth career
ADO Den Haag
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2010 ADO Den Haag 4 (0)
2011–2019 HBS Craeyenhout 215 (44)
Total219(44)
Managerial career
2024 HVV Den Haag
2024– SVV Scheveningen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mike de Geer (born 28 December 1989) is a Dutch football coach and former player who is manager of SVV Scheveningen.

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Playing career

Born in The Hague, de Geer played for ADO Den Haag and HBS Craeyenhout. [1] [2] He was a youth player at ADO, making his senior debut in the 2008–09 season and signing a new contract with the club in March 2009, until 2012. [3] [4] [5] He left the club in January 2010, in order to undergo a trial with Australian club Brisbane Roar. [6]

In February 2018 he announced his intention to retire from playing with HBS, in order to focus on his coaching and his family. [7] He returned to the team in March 2019, [8] as the club was fighting relegation, after which he re-retired. [9]

Coaching career

De Geer was a coach for HBS, before becoming assistant coach to André Wetzel at HVV Den Haag in March 2023. [10] [11] In March 2024 he became manager of HVV. [12] In April 2024 he was managing SVV Scheveningen. [13] [14]

Personal life

His father was football player and coach Boudewijn de Geer, and his great-grandfather was wartime Prime Minister Dirk Jan de Geer. [15]

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  9. "Mike de Geer stopt nu definitief bij HBS: 'Over drie weken is het echt klaar'". www.omroepwest.nl. 11 May 2019.
  10. "Mike de Geer assistent trainer Andre Wetzel". 23 March 2023.
  11. "Audio|Sporttribune in gesprek met André Wetzel: "Misschien moet dat boek er toch maar komen" en "Nog een jaar HVV en dan neemt Mike (de Geer red) het over". 12 April 2023.
  12. Beije, Ton (5 March 2024). "HVV verlengt contract met hoofdtrainer Mike de Geer".
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  14. "Oefenvoetbal: Scheveningen met als coach Mike de geer langs HBS". www.oozo.nl.
  15. "Mike de Geer wil leren van 'oudere jongens':'Ik wil mijn eenjarig contract graag verlengen'" (in Dutch). Den Haag Fan Support. 12 August 2008. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2009.