Michael Christiaan Dingsdag (born 18 October 1982) is a Dutch former professional

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who played as a

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. He is currently working as a youth coach at

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eredivisi ...

Club career

Born in

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, Dingsdag began his youth career at the age of six in 1988 in his hometown with DWS, before being scouted in 1999 by Vitesse. After two years in the youth side of Vitesse/ AGOVV, he was promoted to the first team of Vitesse in July 2001 competing in the top tier

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

. In five years at the club, he made 90 appearances and scored three goals, before signing with league rivals

Heerenveen Heerenveen (, ) is a town and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Friesland (Fryslân), in the Northern Netherlands. In 2021, the town had a population of 29,790 (1 January) while the m ...

in June 2006. Dingsdag then enjoyed a five-year stint in Switzerland, with three seasons at Sion, and another two at

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. In summer 2015, Dingsdag returned to the Netherlands to sign a two-year deal with

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

club

. He finished his professional career after one year to become youth coach at NAC. He joined amateur side Veensche Boys at the same time to continue playing at amateur level.

Honours

Heerenveen *

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: 2008–09 Sion *

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