Dwight Lodeweges (born 26 October 1957) is a Canadian–born Dutch

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coach and former professional player. He is currently one of the assistant managers of the Netherlands national team. In 2020, after Ronald Koeman left to join Barcelona, he was appointed as caretaker manager for two matches. On 29 June 2021, Frank de Boer resigned as coach and Lodeweges again took over on an interim basis until a new head coach was appointed.

Managerial career

After the resignation of

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, Lodeweges was named

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's head coach. He finished the season, but then left to become head coach of

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, On 9 April 2009, he signed on for two years but was dismissed from the role of manager at

after the defeat 4–0 of Sunday, against PSV Eindhoven. On 9 March 2010, he was named as the new head coach of

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. He left the club before its first competitive match and signed on to coach JEF United of

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on 3 December 2010. In 2013, he signed with Cambuur in the Dutch premier division. He left mid-season in 2014 when it became known he had signed with their arch-rivals Heerenveen for the next season. With Heerenveen, he finished seventh in the 2014–15 season. The start of the 2015–16 season was bad, with Heerenveen at the bottom of the table. In October 2015, he was replaced.

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