Cesco Agterberg (born 25 January 1975) is a Dutch

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Trainer career

1997–2007: Utrecht teams, AZ youth and Al-Hazem

Agterberg started his training career in the youth department of

USV Elinkwijk Utrechtse Sportvereniging Elinkwijk, known as USV Elinkwijk is a Dutch football club, based in Utrecht. It played professional football during the years 1955–1970. Marco van Basten was a player of the club during his youth years. History The ...

in 1997. In the 2002−2003 season he coached

SV Argon Sport Vereniging Argon is a football and basketball club from Mijdrecht, Netherlands. Its male first football squad plays in the Hoofdklasse. History 20th century The club was founded in 1971 as a merger of RKSV Stormvogels, VV Mijdrecht, and ...

's U19 team and a youth team of

AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known internationally as AZ Alkmaar, or simply and most commonly as AZ () in the Netherlands, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan#The Zaan district, Zaan district. ...

. From 2004 Agterberg managed the first squad of then

Derde Klasse The ('Third Class') is the eighth tier of football in the Netherlands Football is the most popular sport in the Netherlands. Association football, Football was introduced to the Netherlands by Pim Mulier in the 19th century when in 1879, a ...

-side SC Woerden, winning a championship in 2006. After reaching 4th place with Woerden in 2007 he became assistant coach at Al-Hazem F.C. in July 2007. The Saudi stint lasted until October 2007.

2008–2019: Three promotions in South Holland

From 2008 through 2010 Agterberg managed Alphense Boys. During his first year at Alphen, it won a section championship in the

Tweede Klasse The Tweede Klasse () is the seventh tier of football in the Netherlands and the fifth tier of Dutch amateur football. The league is divided into 21 divisions, 12 played on Saturday and nine on Sunday. Each division consists of 14 teams. The ch ...

, promoting to the

Eerste Klasse The Eerste Klasse () started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands and is now the 6th tier. The league is divided into ten divisions. These divisions correspond to the six districts of the Royal Dutch Football Association: each district i ...

. In 2010 Alphen promoted again, this time from the second position in its league. In April 2011 Agterberg became the trainer of

Sportlust '46 Zaterdag Sportvereniging Sportlust '46, more commonly known as ZSV Sportlust '46 or simply Sportlust '46 (), is a football club based in Woerden, Netherlands. It currently plays in the Derde Divisie, the fourth tier of Dutch football. Formed on 5 ...

, continuing until summer 2012. Next, he managed

Excelsior Maassluis Excelsior Maassluis is a football club from Maassluis, Netherlands, founded in 1918. The club's home ground is the 5,000 capacity arena known as Sportpark Dijkpolder. History Excelsior won the Hoofdklasse of 2013 and became champions of the T ...

until March 2015. That summer he picked up training at SC Feyenoord, where he continued for 2 years. In 2017 Agterberg became coach of DHSC Utrecht, who let him go in February 2018. That same month he was hired by

Derde Divisie The Derde Divisie (; ), formerly known as Topklasse (; ), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league is placed between the Tweede D ...

club

ASWH ASWH, short for Altijd Sterker Worden Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, is an association football club from Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1929. It won section championships in 1949, 1959, 1961, 1970, 1883, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, a ...

who signed him until summer 2019, after losing its previous coach,

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, to

VV Katwijk Voetbal Vereniging Katwijk () is a Dutch association football club based in the town of Katwijk. Founded in 1939, the team competes in the Tweede Divisie, the third tier of the Dutch football league system. Katwijk plays its home games at Sportpa ...

in the

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie (; ) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and between 1962 and 19 ...

. In December 2018 Agterberg notified ASWH he had to leave the club after the season, as his family had moved to a new location. Subsequently, Agterberg brought ASWH against all odds to the

, from a 7th position in the Derde Divisie.

2019–2025: Putten and more South Holland

Agterberg started coaching

SDC Putten Sterk Door Combinatie Putten (SDC Putten) is an association football club from Putten, Netherlands. It was founded in 1952. History In 1966 SDC Putten promoted from the Tweede Klasse to the Hoofdklasse. Since, it plays predominantly in the Hoofd ...

in the summer of 2019. While the season at Putten started well, it continued with a long series of losses. Agterberg left SDC Putten in the summer of 2021 to become chief coach of Sport Vereniging Langbroek, where he had signed for two years. Two weeks into the first season, he left SVL for

RKVV Westlandia RKVV Westlandia is a football club from Naaldwijk, Netherlands. In the 2023–24 season, the Sunday male first squad Westlandia is competing in the Vierde Divisie (fifth tier). The Saturday first squad plays in the Eerste Klasse after promoting i ...

that played two tiers higher. On 22 November 2022, it was announced that Agterberg would leave Westlandia at the end of the 2022–23 season. According to the club's website, he was no longer able to balance his intensive role as head coach with his new employment. While Agterberg had stated that he would take a sabbatical, in the end he signed with

Vierde Divisie The Vierde Divisie (; "Fourth Division"), formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league was divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunda ...

-side VV Nieuwenhoorn. He was let go before his contract ended. In the 2024–2025 season, Agterberg coached Excelsior Maassluis. He resigned in March 2025.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Agterberg, Cesco 1975 births Living people USV Elinkwijk managers SV Argon managers AZ Alkmaar managers Excelsior Maassluis managers ASWH managers Dutch football managers Sportspeople from Utrecht (city) Al-Hazem F.C. managers Dutch expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Alphense Boys managers SC Feyenoord managers