Danny Mathijssen (born 17 March 1983) is a Dutch

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manager and former professional player. He is the head coach of

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 ...

club Victoria '03.

Career

Born in

Bergen op Zoom Bergen op Zoom (; called ''Berrege'' in the Brabantian dialect, local dialect) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in southwestern Netherlands. It is located in the Province ...

, Mathijssen played professionally as a

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for Willem II, AZ,

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Waalwijk. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie i ...

and

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eredivisi ...

. After retiring from playing due to injury in 2009, Mathijssen worked as a coach at

RBC Roosendaal RBC, previously known as RBC Roosendaal, is a football club based in Roosendaal, Netherlands. RBC currently plays in the fifth-tier Vierde Divisie after bankruptcy in 2011, restarting the club in the tenth tier Vijfde Klasse. History 1912– ...

, before becoming manager of amateur team METO in 2011, a team he had previously played youth football for. He returned as head coach of RBC in 2016, leading the team from the

Vierde Klasse The Vierde Klasse () is the ninth tier of football in the Netherlands and the seventh tier of Dutch amateur football. This is the lowest league in the South I region. The league is divided into 55 divisions, 29 played on Saturday and 26 on Sunday ...

to the

, before being dismissed after the 2017–18 season. In 2019, he joined Derde Klasse club Victoria '03. On 9 November 2021, he announced that he would leave the club at the end of the 2021–22 season.

References

1983 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Dutch football managers Willem II Tilburg players AZ Alkmaar players RKC Waalwijk players NAC Breda players Footballers from Bergen op Zoom Men's association football midfielders Eredivisie players RBC Roosendaal managers {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub