Mark-Jan Fledderus (; born 14 December 1982) is a Dutch former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

and current football executive, who worked as technical director of

FC Groningen Football Club Groningen () is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, province of Groningen. Founded on 16 June 1971 as the successor of GVAV, the team compete in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football. ...

. Under his supervision, FC Groningen was relegated to the Keukenkampioen Divisie in 2023. During his playing career, he mainly appeared as a

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Playing career

A free-kick specialist, the left-sided midfielder made his professional debut for

SC Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherlands. History Sportclub Heerenveen was founded on 20 Jul ...

and played for

Stormvogels Telstar Sport Vereniging Argon is a football and basketball club from Mijdrecht, Netherlands. Its male first football squad plays in the Hoofdklasse. History 20th century The club was founded in 1971 as a merger of RKSV Stormvogels, VV Mijdrecht, an ...

and

before joining

Roda JC Kerkrade Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ), also known as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisi ...

on a free in 2011. He returned to his former team

Heracles Heracles ( ; grc-gre, Ἡρακλῆς, , glory/fame of Hera), born Alcaeus (, ''Alkaios'') or Alcides (, ''Alkeidēs''), was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, and the foster son of Amphitryon.By his adopt ...

in 2014.

Post-playing career

Fledderus retired from playing football in summer 2017 and joined Heracles' board of directors as an assistant to general manager Nico Jan Hoogma.Fledderus stopt als voetballer en gaat verder in directie Heracles
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1982 births Living people People from Coevorden Dutch men's footballers Footballers from Drenthe Men's association football midfielders Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players FC Groningen players SC Heerenveen players SC Telstar players Heracles Almelo players Roda JC Kerkrade players {{netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub