Robin Veldman

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Robin Veldman
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-12-24) 24 December 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Marknesse, Netherlands
Team information
Current team
 Heerenveen (manager)
Managerial career
YearsTeam
2022 Anderlecht (caretaker)
2022–2023 Anderlecht (assistant)
2023 Queen's Park
2024–2025 Club NXT
2025– Heerenveen

Robin Veldman (born 24 December 1985) is a Dutch football manager who is the manager of SC Heerenveen in the Eredivisie.

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Early life

Veldman was born and raised in the Flevopolder. [1] He played for SV Markesse. [1]

Career

Youth coach

Veldman started his career as a youth coach for SV Marknesse. [1] He spent 11 years at SC Heerenveen, where he worked with players including Hakim Ziyech. [2] He then became a trainer for AFC Ajax, where he worked with the youth team. [2]

In 2021, Veldman was hired to work with the Anderlecht U21 team. [2]

Managerial career

In 2022, Veldman was appointed interim head coach of Belgian side Anderlecht. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

In 2023, he was appointed manager of Scottish side Queen's Park. [6] [7] [8]

On 19 March 2024, Veldman was hired by Club Brugge to manage their reserve team Club NXT in Challenger Pro League. [9]

On 21 March 2025, Veldman returned to Heerenveen to become their new permanent manager after Feyenoord signed Robin van Persie to replace Brian Priske as their new manager. [10] [11]

Managerial record

As of match played 9 December 2023
TeamFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
Anderlecht (interim)24 October 20221 December 20226321050.00
Queen's Park 17 June 20239 December 2023215412023.81
Total278613029.63

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 de Vries, Vincent (5 January 2023). "De wonderlijke trainerscarrière van Robin Veldman: 'Papa, waarom wil iedereen met je op de foto?'". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). ad.nl (Archived). Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Calcoen, Pieter-Jan (3 May 2021). "Robin Veldman wordt nieuwe trainer van Anderlecht-beloften: "Wil maximum uit al dat talent halen"". HLN.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  3. ↑ "dit is Robin Veldman". nieuwsblad.be.
  4. ↑ "De veldheer in Veldman zagen we nog niet: ons rapport voor de nieuwe coach van Anderlecht". hbvl.be.
  5. ↑ "Geen Veldman-effect: Anderlecht geeft tot tweemaal toe voorsprong weg en komt niet verder dan gelijkspel in Conference League". niuewsblad.be.
  6. ↑ "Robin Veldman: From Ajax and Anderlecht to Queen's Park". heraldscotland.com.
  7. ↑ "Robin Veldman says Queen's Park can flourish by following Ajax and Anderlecht blueprint". dailyrecord.co.uk.
  8. ↑ "New Queen's Park boss aiming to emulate Brighton's style at Hampden". stv.tv.
  9. ↑ "Robin Veldman nieuwe hoofdcoach Club NXT tot einde seizoen" [Robin Veldman new head coach of Club NXT until the end of the season] (in Dutch). Club Brugge KV. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  10. ↑ tres.nl, TRES-. "Robin Veldman nieuwe hoofdtrainer sc Heerenveen". sc Heerenveen (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-03-24.
  11. ↑ "Van Persie head coach Feyenoord with immediate effect". www.feyenoord.com. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
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