Hendrik Jan "Erik" Regtop (born 16 February 1968) is a Dutch retired professional

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who played as a

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. During his playing career, Regtop played professionally in the Netherlands, England, Switzerland, France and Austria, making nearly 400 league appearances in his career. Regtop is active as a football manager, and manages Austrian side Rot-Weiß Rankweil.

Playing career

Regtop was born in

Schoonebeek Schoonebeek is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is located in the municipality of Emmen, about 12 km (7 mi) south of that city. Schoonebeek was a separate municipality from 1884 to 1997, when it merged with Emmen. The a ...

Drenthe Drenthe () is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and the German state of Lower Saxony to the east. As of Jan ...

. He played in the Netherlands for

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and

SC Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian language, West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch professional association football, football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherla ...

, in England for

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, in Switzerland for

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and FC Montlingen, in France for

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, and in Austria for

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and

SC Rheindorf Altach Sportclub Rheindorf Altach, also known as Rheindorf Altach, SCR Altach or simply SCRA, is an Football in Austria, Austrian association football club based in Altach, Vorarlberg. It plays in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The club is currently ...

Coaching career

Regtop was appointed player-manager of Swiss club

in 2005. He then moved to current club FC Montlingen, also as a player-manager, in 2007.

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* * 1968 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Men's association football forwards Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players English Football League players Ligue 2 players Swiss Super League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players AFC Ajax players FC Groningen players SC Heerenveen players Bradford City A.F.C. players FC St. Gallen players OGC Nice players Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz players SC Rheindorf Altach players SC Telstar players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Dutch expatriate football managers Dutch football managers Footballers from Emmen, Netherlands 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{netherlands-footy-forward-stub