Cesco Agterberg (born 25 January 1975) is a Dutch

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and the

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of Hoofdklasse club

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 Hoof ...

Trainer career

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

Agterberg started his training career in the youth department of USV Elinkwijk 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 as AZ Alkmaar or simply AZ (), is a Dutch professional football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan district. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest professional football league in the Netherlands, and hos ...

. 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. Football was introduced to the Netherlands by Pim Mulier in the 19th century when in 1879, at the age of 14, he fo ...

-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 Alphense Boys is a football club based in Alphen aan de Rijn, South Holland, Netherlands. Currently members of the Vierde Divisie, the fifth tier of the Dutch football league system, the club was established in 1930. The club is known for playing ...

. During his first year at Alphen, it won a section championship in the Tweede Klasse, promoting to the Eerste Klasse. In 2010 Alphen promoted again, this time from the second position in its league. In April 2011 Agterberg became the trainer of Sportlust '46, continuing until summer 2012. Next, he managed Excelsior Maassluis 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 (; en, Third Division), formerly known as Topklasse (; en, Top Class), 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 ...

club ASWH who signed him until summer 2019, after losing its previous coach, Jack van den Berg, to VV Katwijk in the Tweede Divisie. 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 Tweede Divisie, from a 7th position in the Derde Divisie.

Since 2019: SDC Putten, SVL and Westlandia

Agterberg started coaching

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 Sport Vereniging Langbroek (commonly abbreviated to ''SVL'' that is also used by a Lelystad club) is a multi-sports club in Langbroek, Netherlands. It was founded on 20 Juni 1961. The club has branches of badminton, gymnastics, tennis, and associa ...

, 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, it has been stated that he is no longer able to balance his intensive role as a head coach with his new employment.

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-Hazm FC managers Dutch expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Alphense Boys managers SC Feyenoord managers