Maurice Verberne (born 12 June 1971) is a Dutch professional

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of club

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Playing career

Verberne was born on 12 June 1971 in

Beek en Donk Beek en Donk is a town in the province North Brabant, Netherlands. There are 10,028 inhabitants. The spoken language is Meierij, Peellands (an East Brabantian dialect, which is very similar to colloquial Dutch language, Dutch). History The area o ...

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, Netherlands. He began playing football at the age of seven in the youth setup of Sparta '25 before joining the

Helmond Sport Helmond Sport () is a Dutch professional football club based in Helmond, North Brabant. Founded in 1967 following the acquisition of the professional license of , the club achieved promotion to the top-tier Eredivisie in 1982. After two seasons ...

youth academy. He made his professional debut for Helmond Sport on 24 October 1992, in an away match against AZ, coming on as a substitute for Peter Geurts. Over the course of his career, he also played for

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, RBC,

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, and

ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation ...

, before concluding his professional career in 2005 with

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. In total, he made 295 competitive appearances and scored 10 goals. Following his retirement from professional football, Verberne played for RIOS '31 in Echt for two seasons. From 2007 to November 2010, he was with

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, helping the team achieve promotion to the

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in 2010.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Verberne began his coaching career at

as an assistant and youth coach. In early 2010, he briefly served as interim head coach. From 2013 to 2018, he worked as an assistant coach at

. In January 2019, he joined

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in the same capacity but was removed from the technical staff following the dismissal of head coach

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in March 2019. From 2018 to 2019, he also coached amateur club RKVV Brabantia. In the 2019–20 season, Verberne became an assistant coach to Jean-Paul de Jong at

Roda JC Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; ), shortly as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or simply Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisie. The c ...

. After De Jong's dismissal, Verberne served as interim head coach for five matches before being succeeded by

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. However, Trost did not oversee any matches due to the

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. Verberne's contract with Roda JC expired on 1 June 2020, when newly appointed head coach

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brought in a new assistant coach. In 2021, Verberne returned to MVV as assistant coach. During this time, he also served as head coach of amateur club RKSV Nuenen. On 29 March 2022, he took over as interim head coach following

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' dismissal, leading the team for the remainder of the 2021–22 season. He subsequently signed a one-year contract as MVV's head coach, with an option for a second year, to become MVV's manager on a permanent basis. In 2024, Verberne parted ways with MVV and was appointed head coach of

for the 2024–25 season.

Managerial statistics

References

External links

Profile
at the FC Eindhoven website {{DEFAULTSORT:Verberne, Maurice 1971 births Living people People from Laarbeek Footballers from North Brabant Men's association football central defenders Dutch men's footballers Helmond Sport players FC Den Bosch players RBC Roosendaal players TOP Oss players ADO Den Haag players MVV Maastricht players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Dutch football managers Dutch football coaches MVV Maastricht non-playing staff NAC Breda non-playing staff Roda JC Kerkrade non-playing staff MVV Maastricht managers Roda JC Kerkrade managers FC Eindhoven managers Eerste Divisie managers FC Eindhoven non-playing staff 21st-century Dutch sportsmen