Robert René Alberts (born 14 November 1954) is a Dutch professional

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coach and former player.

Playing career

Alberts played for

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's third team and had stints at French outfit

Clermont Foot Clermont Foot 63 (Occitan: ''Clarmont d'Auvèrnhe''; commonly referred to as Clermont Foot) is a French professional football club based in Clermont-Ferrand, France. It competes in Ligue 2. The first incarnation of the club was formed in 1911 and ...

and in the NASL with

Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Vancouver. The Whitecaps compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. The MLS iteration of the club was established on March 18, ...

. He finished his career in the Swedish league.

Managerial career

Alberts started his coaching career in Sweden, then moved to Malaysia where he won the league and

Malaysia Cup The Malaysia Cup (), formerly known as Malaya Cup, is an annual football tournament in Malaysia, held at the end of the calendar year. The cup was first held in 1921. Despite its prestige and popularity as the country's oldest cup tournament, i ...

titles with

Kedah FA Kedah Darul Aman Football Club () is a professional football club based in Alor Setar, Kedah. The team competes in the Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League, the second tier of Malaysian football. They are the first team in the history of Malaysian footb ...

in 1993. He also has coached in Singapore with

Tanjong Pagar United Tanjong Pagar United Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Queenstown, Singapore, Queenstown, Singapore. The club currently competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of Singapore football leag ...

and

Home United Lion City Sailors Football Club, commonly referred to as the Sailors or LCS, is a Singaporean professional football club based in Bishan. It competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of the Singapore football league system. Founded ...

, winning the

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title with Home United in 1999. Later he coached the U-19 teams of South Korea. He managed the Indonesian champion Arema Indonesia in 2009–10. In doing so, he became the first foreign manager to win the Indonesian top-tier title in his first season. Alberts took over as manager and head coach of

Sarawak FA Sarawak FA State Football Team () was a football team which represented the Malaysian region (formerly state) of Sarawak from 1974. It was one of the state teams of the Malaysian football structure. The team's home matches used to be played a ...

for the second time in 2011. He had managed the team before in 2008–2009 before going to Indonesia. He held the post until his contract with Sarawak was mutually terminated in 2015, due to poor performances of the team in

2015 Malaysia Super League The 2015 Liga Super () is the 12th season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.
2 ...

. During his stay in Sarawak, the team won the Premier League in 2013 and were runners-up in 2011, on both times winning promotion to the Super League. Sarawak also reached the semi-finals of

in 2013 with Alberts at the helm. In June 2016, he came back to

PSM Makassar Persatuan Sepakbola Makassar ( 'Football Association of Makassar') commonly referred to as PSM Makassar, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Makassar, South Sulawesi that competes in Liga 1. PSM was founded in 1915 as , ma ...

after his left on 2011. On 2018 Liga 1, he managed the team to finish on the second place in the final table. Alberts left PSM due to his health condition, however, he signed contract for

Persib Bandung Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Bandung (), also known in acronym as Persib (), is an Indonesian professional football club based in Bandung, West Java. The club competes in the Liga 1, the top tier of Indonesian football. Founded in 1919 as ...

prior to 2019 Liga 1 after Persib sacked

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. It made many PSM fans disappointed. He led Persib to reach runner-up on 2021–22 Liga 1. On 10 August 2022, following the pressure by ''Bobotoh'', Persib fans, the club announced his resignation.

Managerial honours

Club

Kedah FA * Malaysia Premier One League:

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

Home United * S.League:

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

Singapore Cup The Singapore Cup is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic Singaporean football. Established in 1998, it is the foremost prestigious cup competition in the country. It is open to clubs in the Singapore Premier League. Since ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

Arema Indonesia *

Indonesia Super League Liga 1 (), officially known as BRI Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons, is the men's top professional association football, football division of the Indonesian football league system. Administered by Liga Indonesia Baru, PT Liga Indonesia Baru (), Li ...

: 2009–10 *

Piala Indonesia Piala Indonesia () is the professional annual cup competition for football clubs in Indonesia. Its origins date back to the start of the semi-professional football era in 1985 as Piala Liga, which ran until 1989 under Galatama competition. The Fo ...

: runners-up

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

Sarawak FA *

Malaysia Premier League The Malaysia Premier League () was the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia. It replaced the Liga Perdana 2 in the Malaysian football league system. The Malaysia Premier League was contested by 12 clubs. The season usually ra ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

; runners-up:

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

References

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Biography Robert Alberts
1954 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Dutch men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Dutch football managers Dutch expatriate football managers Footballers from Amsterdam Clermont Foot players Vancouver Whitecaps (1974–1984) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate men's footballers in France Dutch expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Singapore Premier League managers Tanjong Pagar United FC managers PSM Makassar managers Sarawak FA State Football Team managers Persib Bandung managers Arema FC managers Malaysia Super League managers Liga 1 (Indonesia) managers Expatriate football managers in Sweden Expatriate football managers in Malaysia Expatriate football managers in Singapore Expatriate football managers in Indonesia Expatriate football managers in South Korea 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub