Dennis van Wijk

Dennis van Wijk
Personal information
Full name Dennis Johannes van Wijk
Date of birth 16 December 1962 (1962-12-16) (age 49)
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

As manager

Honours

As a player

Source

  1. ^ http://www.clubbrugge.be/fr/club/geschiedenis/oudspeler/273/Van-Wijk-Dennis
  2. ^ http://dhnet.saipm.com/sports/roulers/article/229364/dennis-van-wijk-de-retour-a-roulers.html

External links
Willem II – managers
  • Goethals (1959–66)
  • Volckaert (1966–69)
  • Claes (1969–72)
  • Vercammen (1972–83)
  • Van Moer (1983–84)
  • Vanlessen (1984–86)
  • Mangelschots (1986–90)
  • Meeuws (1990–91)
  • Polleunis (1991)
  • Dziuba & Liebens (1991–92)
  • Van Marcke (1992)
  • Lippens (1992–93)
  • Mangelschots (1993–96)
  • Sleurs (1996)
  • Smets (1996–97)
  • Mangelschots (1997)
  • Hulshoff (1997–98)
  • Peters (1998–99)
  • Reynders (1999–2000)
  • Knaepen & Mathijssen (2000–01)
  • Mathijssen (2001–04)
  • Knaepen (2004)
  • Wilmots (2004–05)
  • Mangelschots & Voets (2005)
  • Vermeulen (2005–06)
  • Raeymaekers & Voets (2006)
  • Caers (2006)
  • Voets (2006–07)
  • Houwaart (2007)
  • Billen (2007)
  • Voets (2007–08)
  • van Wijk (2008)
  • Brepoels (2008–11)
  • Van der Elst (2011–)
R.A.E.C. Mons – current squad
 Mario Been ·  Marc Brys ·  Jan Ceulemans ·  Christoph Daum ·  Francky Dury ·  Ariël Jacobs ·  Chris Janssens ·  Peter Maes ·  Jacky Mathijssen ·  Bob Peeters ·  Trond Sollied ·  José Riga ·  Franky Van der Elst ·  Ronny Van Geneugden ·  Hein Vanhaezebrouck ·  Dennis van Wijk