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Dennis van Wijk Personal information Full name Dennis Johannes van Wijk Date of birth 16 December 1962 Place of birth Oostzaan, Netherlands Playing position Defender Club information Current club R.A.E.C. Mons (Head coach) Youth career 1968-1981 De Volewijckers Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1981-1982 Ajax 1982-1986 Norwich City 1986-1989 Club Brugge 87 (5) 1989-1990 Ajax 1990-1991 PAS Giannina 1991-1992 Club Brugge 1993-1995 Knokke Teams managed 1994–1996 Knokke 1996–1998 K.V. Oostende 1998 Daring Blankenberge 1998-2002 Cercle Brugge 2003-2006 K.S.V. Roeselare 2006-2007 Willem II 2007 K.V. Oostende 2007-2008 K. Sint-Truidense V.V. 2008-2010 K.S.V. Roeselare 2011- R.A.E.C. Mons * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Dennis Johannes van Wijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɛ.nɪs ˈjoː.ɦɑ.ˌnəs vɐn ˈʋɛi̯k]) (born December 16, 1962 in Oostzaan, North Holland) is a Dutch football coach and former football player. He is the current coach of the R.A.E.C. Mons in the Belgian Pro League.
Van Wijk was a left-back who began his career in the youth system of Ajax Amsterdam. He was unable to break into the first team and joined Norwich City F.C. in 1982. He spent four years at Carrow Road and was a member of the Norwich teams that won the English League Cup in 1985 and the Second Division Championship in 1986. In that 1985 final, Van Wijk conceded a penalty kick when he handled in the area. To the relief of Van Wijk and Norwich, Clive Walker of Sunderland missed the penalty and Norwich won 1-0.
After leaving Norwich, Van Wijk played for a series of teams until 1995. While with Club Brugge he won the Belgian League championship and Belgian Supercup. After having managed several Belgium teams since 1995, he became manager of Willem II Tilburg in the Netherlands in 2006. On November 4, 2007, he left the club due to bad performances of the team. He is currently the coach of Belgian first division side R.A.E.C. Mons which he joined in January, 2011. Van Wijk led the team to winning the Tour Final in the Belgian 2nd division (Exqi League) and thus being promoted to the Belgian Pro League for the 2011-2012 season.
Van Wijk is the son of former professional footballer Hassie van Wijk.
Contents
Career
As a player
- 1968-1981 De Volewijckers (Netherlands)
- 1981-1982 Ajax (Netherlands)
- 1982-1986 Norwich City F.C. (England)
- 1986-1989 Club Brugge (Belgium)[1]
- 1989-1990 Ajax (Netherlands)
- 1990-1991 PAS Giannina (Greece)
- 1991-1992 Club Brugge (Belgium)
- 1993-1994 FC Knokke (Belgium)
As manager
- 1994-1995 FC Knokke (player-manager) (Belgium)
- 1995-1996 FC Knokke (manager) (Belgium)
- 1996-10/1998 KV Oostende (Belgium)
- 10-11/1998 Daring Blankenberge (Belgium)
- 11/1998-2002 Cercle Brugge (Belgium)
- 2003-2006 KSV Roeselare (Belgium)
- 2006-2007 Willem II Tilburg (Netherlands)
- 2007 KV Oostende (Belgium)
- 2007-2008 K. Sint-Truidense V.V. (Belgium)
- 2008-2010 KSV Roeselare (Belgium) [2]
- 2011- R.A.E.C. Mons (Belgium)
Honours
As a player
- English League Cup winner 1984-85
- Second Division Championship winner 1985-86
- Belgian League Championship winner 1987-88
- Belgian Supercup winner 1988
Source
- Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk
- Canary Citizens by Mark Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001), ISBN 0-7117-2020-7
External links
Cercle Brugge K.S.V. – managers Dewulf (1910–14) · Saeys (1914–28) · Vanhalme (1928) · Maxwell (1937–38) · Fenichel (1938–40) · Vanhalme (1940–41) · Saeys (1941–42) · Stejskal (1942–44) · Baes (1944–46) · Deschepper (1946–48) · Baes (1948–50) · Vanden Bempt (1950–51) · Kennedy (1951–52) · Versyp (1952–1953) · Ruysschaert (1953–54) · Thys (1954–56) · Versyp (1956–57) · Delfour (1958–62) · Bigot (1962–63) · Meuris (1963–66) · Vandooren (1966–67) · Braems (1967–72) · Grijzenhout (1972–77) · Petropoulos (1977–78) · Masyn (1977–78) · Grijzenhout (1978–79) · Canjels (1979–82) · Grijzenhout (1982–83) · Houwaart (1983–84) · van Kerkhof (1984) · Leekens (1984–87) · Taelman (1987–88) · Rotty (1988–89) · Grijzenhout (1988–91) · Lagrou (1990–91) · Houwaart (1991–94) · Leekens (1993–94) · Tipurić (1994–97) · Verkempinck (1997–98) · Desmedt (1998–99) · Van Wijk (1999–02) · Tipurić (2002–04) · van Veldhoven (2004–07) · De Boeck (2007–10) · Peeters (2010–)
Willem II – managers Fadrhonc (1949–56) · de Jonge (1978–80) · Jacobs (1980–82) · Knobel (1982) · Brouwer (1982–84) · Notermans (1984–85) · de Visser (1985–90) · Koster (1990–91) · de Visser (1991) · Reker (1991–95) · de Jong (1995–96) · Calderwood (1996–97) · Adriaanse (1997–2000) · Verèl (2000) · Westerhof (2000–02) · Wotte (2002–04) · Wetzel (2004) · Maaskant (2004–05) · Zwamborn (2005–06) · van Wijk (2006–07) · Jonker (2007–09) · Groenendijk (2009–10) · Pijpers (2010) · de Jong (2010) · Heerkes (2010–11) · Feskens (2011) · Streppel (2011–)
R.A.E.C. Mons – current squad 1 Berthelin · 3 Blondelle · 4 Franquart · 5 Diane · 6 Debisschop · 7 Matthys · 8 van Imschoot · 9 Mombongo-Dues · 10 Brahami · 12 Ibou · 14 M'Bow · 15 Dia · 17 Pottiez · 18 de Belder · 19 Perbet · 20 Nicaise · 23 Bourabia · 24 Saussez · 26 Werner · 29 Timmermans · 30 Sapina · 45 Monteyne · 78 Makiese · Manager: van Wijk
Mario Been · 
Marc Brys · Jan Ceulemans · 
Christoph Daum · Ariël Jacobs · Chris Janssens · 
Darije Kalezić · Peter Maes · Jacky Mathijssen · Bob Peeters · 
Trond Sollied · José Riga · Franky Van der Elst · Ronny Van Geneugden · Hein Vanhaezebrouck · Dennis van WijkCategories:- 1962 births
- Living people
- People from Oostzaan
- Dutch football managers
- Dutch footballers
- AFC Ajax players
- Norwich City F.C. players
- Club Brugge K.V. players
- Cercle Brugge K.S.V. managers
- Eredivisie managers
- Willem II Tilburg managers
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