Robbie Servais

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Robbie Servais
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-03-08) 8 March 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Maastricht, Netherlands
Position(s) Midfielder [1]
Team information
Current team
MVV Maastricht (assistant)
MVV Maastricht (U-21 manager)
Youth career
1990–1997 MVV Maastricht
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–2003 SV Meerssen
2003–2005 Schijndel SBA/Euro  [ nl ]
2005–2006 VV Baronie
2006–2007 Song Lam Nghe An
Managerial career
2009–2010 Vissel Kobe (assistant)
2012–2014 Omiya Ardija (youth)
2015–2016 Singapore Sports School
2017 Singapore U-23 (assistant)
2018 Singapore U-19
2018 Australia (assistant)
2019 Brunei
2019– MVV Maastricht (assistant)
2020– MVV Maastricht (U-21 manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robbie Servais (born 8 March 1976) is a former Dutch footballer and current assistant manager of MVV Maastricht.

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Club career

Born in Maastricht, Servais was involved in the youth set-up at hometown club MVV Maastricht. Whilst studying at Maastricht University, Servais joined SV Meerssen, playing under Bert van Marwijk. [2] Following a six-year spell at Meerssen, Servais played for Hoofdklasse clubs Schijndel SBA/Euro  [ nl ] and VV Baronie. At the end of his career, Servais moved to Vietnam to play for Song Lam Nghe An. [3]

Managerial career

In 2018, Servais managed Singapore U19. During the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Servais was a part of former manager Bert van Marwijk's backroom staff for Australia. In May 2019, Servais was appointed manager of Brunei. [4]

In the summer 2019, Servais was appointed assistant manager of Fuat Usta at MVV Maastricht. [5] He also took charge of MVV's U-19 squad from the summer 2020. [6] On 30 March 2021, Servais signed a new two-year deal with MVV, continuing as a part-time first team assistant coach and full-time U-21 manager. [7]

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References

  1. Robbie Servais at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Robbie Servais begint aan zijn eerste WK" (in Dutch). De Limburger. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  3. "Inspelen op het juiste been". De JeugdVoetbalTrainer (in Dutch). August 2016. pp. 40–41.
  4. "Brunei football team gets new national coach". Borneo Bulletin. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  5. Oud MVV-speler én trainer Roger Reijners toegevoegd aan trainersstaf MVV Maastricht, mvv.nl, 20 June 2019
  6. MVV start in O21-competitie en blijft schuldenvrij volgend seizoen, fcupdate.nl, 28 April 2020
  7. MVV verlengt contract Robbie Servais met twee jaar, mvv.nl, 30 March 2021