Henk Duut (born 14 January 1964 in

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) is a retired

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er who played as a defender. Currently, he works as a coach at the

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youth academy.

Playing career

Club

Duut started his

career at amateur side Transvalia ZW in his hometown

before being scouted by

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. He made his professional debut on 13 March 1982 when Feyenoord won 1–2 in

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against PSV. For six seasons Duut was part of the Feyenoord squad and during the 1983–84 season he and his team mates won the double (

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and

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). In December 1986, Feyenoord sent Duut on loan to

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where he finished the season, after which Fortuna Sittard decided to sign Duut and he played another five years for the club based in

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International

Duut was a member of the Dutch team at the

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Managerial career

On 29 April 1992, Duut was said to retire from professional football due to a

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. Earlier that year, on 7 February, he played his last match with Fortuna Sittard against

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. Duut stayed at Fortuna Sittard and from the start of the following season (1992–93) he became a youth coach at the club, with which he stayed until 1996 to become

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's assistant. Van Marwijk left Fortuna Sittard in 2000 to become the manager at Feyenoord and Duut took over as a manager. However, after 13 matches without a win he was taken out of his position. Again he became a youth coach at the club, until February 2002 when he joined the

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-based

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as their manager for a season. He then became

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's assistant manager at the

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. In June 2004, he re-joined Feyenoord Rotterdam when the newly appointed manager,

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, asked him to become his assistant. After Gullit left, Duut remained in his position when his replacement

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arrived. On 11 December 2007, Duut was named as an assistant coach for the

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n national team, the Socceroos. He again worked under the newly appointed head coach, Verbeek. On 8 April 2010, Duut followed Verbeek to Morocco to become coach of their Olympic squad. The team qualified for the Olympic Games in London 2012. He was dismissed in 2013 and left for China in 2016 to become coach of the U-19's at

Managerial statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Duut, Henk 1964 births Living people Footballers from Rotterdam Men's association football defenders Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Feyenoord players Fortuna Sittard players Eredivisie players Dutch football managers Omiya Ardija managers Dutch expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Japan J2 League managers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Japan Dutch expatriates in Australia Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Dutch expatriates in China 20th-century Dutch sportsmen