Michel Vonk

Michel Vonk
Personal information
Full name	Michel Vonk
Date of birth	(1968-10-28) 28 October 1968
Place of birth	Alkmaar, Netherlands
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1986–1991	AZ	111	(8)
1991–1992	SVV Dordrecht	51	(1)
1992–1995	Manchester City	91	(3)
1995	Oldham Athletic	5	(1)
1995–1998	Sheffield United	37	(2)
1998–2001	MVV Maastricht	47	(0)
Total		342	(15)
Teams managed
2011–2013	Sparta Rotterdam
2014–	Telstar
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Michel Vonk (born 28 October 1968) is a Dutch former professional footballer and the current manager of Eerste Divisie side Telstar.

As a player he was a defender from 1986 to 2001, notably playing in the Premier League for Manchester City. He also played in England for Oldham Athletic and Sheffield United, as well as also playing in his native land for AZ, SVV Dordrecht and MVV Maastricht.

Playing career

Vonk played as centre back and began his career in 1986 with AZ '67 for whom he played 111 times and scored 8 goals. He transferred to SVV Dordrecht in 1991 and played 51 times for the team scoring 1 goal. Then in 1992 he transferred to Manchester City F.C. where he enjoyed three successful seasons playing a total of 91 league games for the club, scoring 4 times.^[1] He had been brought in by then City manager Peter Reid costing £500,000. He formed a successful partnership with Keith Curle in the centre of the City defence. In 1995 he criticised then City manager Brian Horton in the News of the World which earned him a suspension and being fined 2 weeks wages.

Subsequent City manager Alan Ball sold the player to Oldham Athletic for £350,000, where he played 5 times and scored 1 goal. He was then transferred to Sheffield United where he played until 1998.^[2] He played 37 times for the Blades scoring twice. His time with the club was hampered by injuries. In 1998 he returned to the Netherlands and began playing for MVV Maastricht. His injuries continued however and he was released by the club when they were relegated.

Coaching career

After retiring from active football, Vonk became a youth coach for PSV. He successively served as assistant to Wiljan Vloet at Sparta Rotterdam for two seasons.^[3]

In April 2011 Vonk agreed to return at Sparta as head coach for the 2011–12 season under supervision of newly appointed technical director Wiljan Vloet, who accepted to return at the Rotterdam club after two seasons as trainer of NEC Nijmegen.^[3]He was fired after one season. In July 2014, he started working for Telstar.

References

↑ Michel Vonk Statistics Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
↑ Sheffield United Newcastlefans. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
1 2 "Michel Vonk nieuwe trainer Sparta" [Michel Vonk new Sparta trainer] (in Dutch). Trouw. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.

External links

Michel Vonk career statistics at Soccerbase

Eerste Divisie managers

Telstar – current squad

1 Varkevisser 2 Correia (c) 3 Van Huizen 4 Ottenhoff 5 Van den Houten 6 Korpershoek 7 Serrarens 8 Keurntjes 9 Maletić 10 Ajnane 11 Uiterloo 12 Van Essen 13 Van den Broek 14 Noordhoff 15 Tutuarima 16 Beissel 17 Tissoudali 18 Knol 19 Mijnders 20 Zonneveld 21 Abdulahi 23 Van Berkel 24 Valies 25 Schet 26 Lilipaly 27 Hoogdorp 30 Horton Manager: Vonk

Telstar (football club) – managers

Van den Ende (1963–64)
Mansell (1964–65)
Gaspar (1965–66)
De Visser (1966–69)
Rab (1969–74)
Castemiller (1974–77)
Petescu (1977–78)
Van Vianen (1978–80)
Brand (1980–83)
André (1983–87)
Van der Hart (1987–88)
Glas (1988–90)
Overweg (1990–93)
Kistemaker (1993–95)
Pot (1995–97)
Van den Ham (1997–98)
Lee (1998–99)
Kistemaker (1999–01)
Beijer (2001–02)
Poortvliet (2002–05)
Nijholt (2005–08)
Metgod (2008–10)
Poortvliet (2010–12)
Keizer (2012–14)
Vonk (2014–)

Sparta Rotterdam – managers

Chadwick (1915)
Donaghy (1929–30)
Hall (1948–49)
Livingstone (1949–50)
Crook (1950)
van de Enden (1950–55)
Neville (1955–63)
Thompson (1963–66)
Coerver (1966–69)
Keßler (1970–71)
Schwartz (1971–72)
Steegman (1972–76)
Adamson (1976)
Brom (1976–78)
Petescu (1978–80)
Brand (ai) (1980)
Hughes (1980–83)
Jacobs (1983–84)
T. Vonk (1984–86)
Hughes (1986–88)
Baan (1988–90)
van Doorneveld (1990–91)
Jacobs (1991–93)
Berger (1993–95)
van Stee (a.i.) (1995)
ten Cate (1995–97)
Brand (ai) (1997)
van der Zee (1997–98)
Everse (1998–99)
Roks (1999–2001)
van Hanegem (2001)
Rijkaard (2001–02)
Roks (2002–03)
Korbach (2003)
van Leeuwen (a.i.) (2003)
Dekker (2003)
Snoei (2003–05)
van Tiggelen (a.i.) (2005)
Vloet (2005–07)
Aandewiel (2007)
van Tiggelen (a.i.) (2007)
Booy (2007–09)
Adelaar (2009–10)
de Mos (2010)
Everse (2010–11)
van Eck (2011)
M. Vonk (2011–13)
ten Cate (2013)
Bogers (2013)
van der Laan (a.i.) (2013)
Kruys (2014)
Pastoor (2014–)

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