Dirk Heesen (born 15 September 1969) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player who is assistant coach of

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Beerschot Koninklijke Beerschot Voetbalclub Antwerpen, or simply Beerschot, is a Belgian professional football club located in Antwerp, that competes in the second-tier First Division B after relegating from the top tier in the 2021–22 season. In 201 ...

Playing career

Heesen played for

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and

FC Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbreviati ...

in a career that spanned from 1988 to 2002.

Coaching career

After retiring in 2002, Heesen began coaching at FC Oss and continued in an assisting role until 2010, when he was appointed their manager. Heesen remained as Oss' manager until 2012, winning them promotion from the Topklasse Sunday League in the process. In 2012, he was head coach of

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. Heesen then worked as assistant of

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from 2013 to 2015. He worked in China in 2015 with

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as a coach before moving on 15 December 2015 to

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as the first team coach. Heesen left that role in November 2016, and rejoined ADO Den Haag where he played in the '90s, as an assistant coach in February 2017. After leaving ADO, Heesen became assistant manager alongside Dirk Kuyt at

team

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heesen, Dirk 1969 births Living people Footballers from Utrecht (city) Dutch men's footballers Dutch football managers Men's association football defenders TOP Oss players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players FC Utrecht players FC Wageningen players ADO Den Haag players Queens Park Rangers F.C. non-playing staff TOP Oss managers ADO Den Haag managers Eredivisie managers Eerste Divisie managers Willem II Tilburg non-playing staff 20th-century Dutch sportsmen