Edward Jeroen Sturing (born 13 June 1963) is a Dutch professional

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who was most recently the manager of Vitesse. Sturing played as a defender and earned three caps for the Netherlands national team.

Career

Sturing played for De Graafschap and Vitesse, with whom he won the

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championship in

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. He was also voted best player of the Eredivisie in the 1989–90 season. After his playing career, Sturing worked at Vitesse as assistant coach and manager. From June 2009 until February 2010, he also served as manager of

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. He became assistant at Gençlerbirliği and Kayseri Erciyesspor from 2012 to 2014, before returning to Vitesse, where he was once again an assistant manager. Besides that position, Sturing also participates in representative and ceremonial tasks for the club. The North Stand at Vitesse's GelreDome was named in his honour in 2016.

Honours

Player

Vitesse *

: 1988–89 *

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runner-up: 1989–90

Manager

Vitesse * Eredivisie European competition play-offs: 2017–18 Individual * Golden Boot: 1989–90

External links

Edward Sturing
at Wereld van Oranje

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