Robert Verbeek (born 26 July 1961) is a Dutch former

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and subsequently a manager. He currently coaches the first football squad of RV & AV Sparta. Verbeek is the younger brother of former

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manager

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 ...

. As a player, he featured for

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, where he retired at the age of 21.

Coaching career

Verbeek is an experienced coach whose strength lies in the development of youth players. He started his coaching career following his retirement as a youth coach at Sparta Rotterdam and also worked for amateur teams NRC Ommoord (1985–1988), Neptunus and Unitas. In 1988, he was appointed by

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, wh ...

, where he worked as a coach for a total period of eight years. In this period he assisted coaches like

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and Sir

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. He worked with famous players like Romario and

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, who became famous after their spell with PSV. From 1996 to 2000 he started as a

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and managed

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, but did not book any notable results and the team balanced in halfway positions in the

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. In 2000, he coached

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based ambitious amateur side FC Türkiyemspor, but moved to the

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a year later to coach both Al-Jazeera Club and Al-Shabbab. On 1 January 2004 he returned to the Netherlands and started at FC Dordrecht for the second time, this time to replace

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. In March 2005 he decided to leave the club due to disappointing results and to try his luck abroad. FC Dordrecht had already appointed

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as their new manager for the upcoming season. As a result, he was appointed by the

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an football association, where he coached the

under 15 and under 16 squads. In 2007, he was in charge of

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club

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Managerial statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Verbeek, Robert 1961 births Living people Dutch footballers Sparta Rotterdam players Dutch football managers Expatriate football managers in Japan J1 League managers Omiya Ardija managers Footballers from Rotterdam FC Türkiyemspor managers Association footballers not categorized by position Dutch expatriate football managers Ido's Football Club managers