Henk Duut (born 14 January 1964 in

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) is a retired

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footballer who played as a defender. Currently, he works as a coach at the Guangzhou Evergrande youth academy.

Playing career

Club

Duut started his football career at amateur side Transvalia ZW in his hometown

before being scouted by

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its ...

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

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

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is ...

and

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. O ...

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

Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard (; li, Fortuna Zitterd ) is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Eredivisie. The club was established through a merger ...

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

cerebral hemorrhage Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as cerebral bleed, intraparenchymal bleed, and hemorrhagic stroke, or haemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain, into its ventricles, or into both. It is one kind of bleed ...

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

MVV Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently compete in the Eer ...

. 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

Bert van Marwijk Lambertus van Marwijk (; born 19 May 1952) is a Dutch football manager who was recently the head coach of the United Arab Emirates national team. As a player, he played for the Go Ahead Eagles, AZ, MVV and Fortuna Sittard amongst other clubs ...

'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 Japan-based

Omiya Ardija is a professional association football club based in Ōmiya in Saitama, Japan. Its "hometown" as designated by the league is the whole of Saitama city, which is shared with neighbours Urawa Red Diamonds. Omiya competed in the J1 League follo ...

as their manager for a season. He then became

Pim Verbeek Peter Tim Dirk "Pim" Verbeek (12 March 1956 – 28 November 2019) was a Dutch football manager who last coached the Oman national football team. Playing career As a player, Verbeek was a defender or a midfielder and spent his entire career at S ...

's assistant manager at the

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

Ruud Gullit Ruud Gullit (; born Rudi Dil; 1 September 1962) is a Dutch footballer and subsequent manager who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s as a defender, midfielder or forward. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all ...

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

Erwin Koeman Erwin Koeman (born 20 September 1961) is a Dutch retired professional football player and retired football manager. Personal life He is the son of Dutch international footballer Martin Koeman, and, alongside his younger brother Ronald, has al ...

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

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. 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 Guangzhou Evergrande.

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