Kees_van_Wonderen
Kees van Wonderen
Dutch footballer and manager (born 1969)
Cornelis "Kees" Hendricus van Wonderen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkeːs fɑɱ ˈʋɔndərə(n)]; born 4 January 1969) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player, who is the current head coach of Eredivisie club Heerenveen. During his playing career, he was mostly utilised as a centre back.[1]
.jpg) van Wonderen as manager of Heerenveen in 2023 | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Cornelis Hendricus van Wonderen | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1969-01-04) 4 January 1969 (age 55) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bergen, Netherlands | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre back | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Heerenveen (head coach) | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Bennekom | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1991–1994 | NEC | 99 | (26) | |||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | NAC | 56 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 1996–2004 | Feyenoord | 203 | (5) | |||||||||||
| Total | 358 | (37) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Netherlands | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Bennekom (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Twente (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Netherlands U16 & U18 (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Twente (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Netherlands U17 | |||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Netherlands U18 | |||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Netherlands (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Go Ahead Eagles | |||||||||||||
| 2022– | Heerenveen | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Club
Van Wonderen was born in Bergen, North Holland, and played professional football for NEC, NAC Breda and Feyenoord.
While at Feyenoord, Van Wonderen won the Eredivisie in 1999 and the 2001–02 UEFA Cup, as the club beat Borussia Dortmund 3–2 in the final at De Kuip.
International
He also won five caps for the Netherlands national team.
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After his career as a professional footballer, he started as a scout at Feyenoord but left the position again after a few months. He then became assistant coach to Camiel Jager at his youth club VV Bennekom in December 2006.
In the summer of 2008 he accepted an offer from Twente to join the technical staff there under manager Steve McClaren.[2] After two years, McClaren left Twente in the summer 2010 and following that, van Wonderen indicated that he wanted to take a step back to spend more time with his family. However, he signed a new deal with Twente in August 2010 as an assistant manager.[3]
In October 2011, he was also added to the backroom staff of Netherlands U-16 and U-18 national teams as an assistant manager beside his job at Twente.[4] Meanwhile, Van Wonderen and FC Twente decided to separate on 6 July 2012.[5] However, by the request of his former Twente-colleague Alfred Schreuder who had been appointed head coach of Twente, van Wonderen returned to the club as an assistant manager at the end of February 2013.[6]
In the summer 2015, van Wonderen left Twente and was appointed manager of Netherlands U-17 and U-18 national teams.[7] At the start of the 2017/18 season, Van Wonderen was added to the technical staff of VVV-Venlo as an intern.[8]
In March 2018, he was appointed assistant manager to Ronald Koeman for Netherlands A-team. He left this position in December 2019.[9]
On 29 February 2020, Go Ahead Eagles confirmed that van Wonderen would become the club's new head coach for the upcoming season.[10]
Feyenoord
- Kees van Wonderen at WorldFootball.net
- Kees van Wonderen in technische staf FC Twente, vi.nl, 25 August 2008
- Football - Des membres du staff de Michel Preud’homme prolongent à Twente, sudinfo.be, 25 October 2010
- VAN WONDEREN ASSISTENT ONDER 16, onsoranje.nl, 20 October 2011
- Afscheid Van Wonderen bij FC Twente, volkskrant.nl, 6 July 2012
- Van Wonderen weer terug bij Twente, volkskrant.nl, 27 February 2013
- KEES VAN WONDEREN NIEUWE COACH BIJ ONDER 17 EN ONDER 18, knvb.nl, 8 July 2015
- VVV-Venlo - KEES VAN WONDEREN LOOPT ... - Facebook, facebook.com, 26 June 2017
- Koeman needs new assistant: Van Wonderen steps down, football-oranje.com, 3 December 2019
- KEES VAN WONDEREN NIEUWE HOOFDTRAINER VANAF VOLGEND SEIZOEN, ga-eagles.nl, 29 February 2020