Roger Reijners (born 10 February 1964) is a Dutch football

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and former player. He is currently assistant manager of MVV Maastricht.

Playing career

Reijners turned professional with Fortuna Sittard and played in the 1–0

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Final defeat to

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in his first season, 1983–84. He also won four

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for the Netherlands national under-21 football team in May 1984. After becoming an

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regular, he joined MVV in early in the 1991–92 season in an exchange for Huub Driessen.

Coaching career

In 1995 Reijners retired from playing and moved on to the coaching staff at MVV. From 1995 to 2000, Reijners worked as an academy manager at MVV. On 1 November 2010 he left his role as Fortuna Sittard manager to succeed Vera Pauw as coach of the

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. On 20 June 2019, Reijners returned to MVV Maastricht as assistant manager of first team manager Fuat Usta.Oud MVV-speler én trainer Roger Reijners toegevoegd aan trainersstaf MVV Maastricht
mvv.nl, 20 June 2019

References

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