Dirk Heesen
Dirk Heesen (born 15 September 1969) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player who is currently assistant manager of Eredivisie side ADO Den Haag.
.jpg.webp) Heesen with ADO Den Haag in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dirk Heesen | ||
| Date of birth | 15 September 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Utrecht, Netherlands | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1990 | Utrecht | 5 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | → Wageningen (loan) | 25 | (0) |
| 1990–1992 | Wageningen | 70 | (5) |
| 1992–1998 | FC Den Haag | 249 | (32) |
| 1998–2002 | FC Oss | 119 | (9) |
| Total | 468 | (46) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2010–2012 | FC Oss | ||
| 2012 | Team VVCS | ||
| 2019 | ADO Den Haag (caretaker) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Playing career
Heesen played for Utrecht, Wageningen, ADO Den Haag and FC Oss in a career, which spanned from 1988 to 2002.
Coaching career
After retiring in 2002, Heesen began coaching at FC Oss, and continued in an assisting role until 2010, when he was appointed their manager. Heesen remained as Oss' manager until 2012, winning them promotion from the Topklasse Sunday League in the process. In 2012, he was head coach of Team VVCS. Heesen then worked as assistant of Willem II from 2013 to 2015. He worked in China in 2015 with Guangzhou Evergrande as a coach before moving on 15 December 2015 to Queens Park Rangers as the first team coach.[1][2] Heesen left that role in November 2016,[3] and rejoined ADO Den Haag where he played in the '90s, as an assistant coach in February 2017.[4]
References
- "Dirk Heesen joins QPR as first team coach". Queens Park Rangers. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- Fifield, Dominic (23 January 2016). "Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink believes education will be key to success at QPR". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- "QPR: David Oldfield and Dirk Heesen leave Loftus Road roles". BBC. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- "ADO Den Haag voegt Dirk Heesen toe aan technische staf" [ADO Den Haag adds Dirk Heesen to technical staff] (in Dutch). ADO Den Haag. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.