Roy Pierre Vernond Hendriksen (born 21 January 1969) is a Dutch professional

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and former player. During his 16-year playing career he played

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 ...

football with

SC Cambuur SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutc ...

, before retiring in 2007 and entering management with Zeelandia Middelburg. He later served as assistant manager at

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Waalwijk. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie i ...

, N.E.C,

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, Al Jazira and Dewa United.

Playing career

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, Hendriksen spent the majority of his 16-year professional career in the

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 ...

in the

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, most notably with

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 ...

BV Veendam Sportclub Veendam () was a Dutch professional association football club based in Veendam, province of Groningen. Founded on 4 September 1894 as Look-Out, it became P.J. Veendam in 1909, Veendam in 1910, SC Veendam in 1974, BV Veendam in 1997 ...

and

RBC Roosendaal RBC, previously known as RBC Roosendaal, is a football club based in Roosendaal, Netherlands. RBC currently plays in the fifth-tier Vierde Divisie after bankruptcy in 2011, restarting the club in the tenth tier Vijfde Klasse. History 1912– ...

. He helped

to promotion from the Eerste Divisie in the 1997–98 season and made 27

appearances the following year. He retired in 2007 after a second spell with Helmond Sport.

Managerial career

Zeelandia Middleburg

Hendriksen began his managerial career in 2007 with

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side Zeelandia Middelburg. He took the club to the playoff semi-finals in his debut season, before suffering relegation to the

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in the 2008–09 season. He departed the club in 2010. He returned on a part-time consultancy basis during the 2011–12 season.

VC Vlissingen

Hendriksen was appointed manager at

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side

VC Vlissingen VC Vlissingen is a Dutch football team based in Vlissingen, playing in the Hoofdklasse. During the two seasons it spent as a professional team in the Eerste Divisie, the team was known as VCV Zeeland. Players during the professional years include ...

in 2010, the club where he began his career as a player. He managed a sixth-place finish with the financially stricken club and departed at the end of the 2010–11 season. He was nominated for the Coach of the Year award at the 2011 Zeeland Football Awards.

Helmond Sport

On 6 February 2016 it was announced that Hendriksen would return to Helmond Sport (his final club as a player) as head coach on a two-year contract from the beginning of the 2016–17 season. After a mid-table finish at the end of the 2016–17 Eerste Divisie season, a second-from-bottom finish in 2017–18 led to the club's decision to allow Hendriksen's contract to expire.

Coaching career

RKC Waalwijk

In January 2011, Hendriksen was appointed as

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's assistant at Eerste Divisie club

on a contract until the end of the

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season. A run of 14 wins from 17 matches saw Waalwijk win promotion to the Eredivisie as champions at the end of the season. He signed a new contract in May 2011. Hendriksen assisted Brood to a 9th-place finish and qualification to the

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in the 2011–12 season, but they were denied a place in

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after a 5–2 aggregate defeat to

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in the final. Brood departed Waalwijk and was replaced by

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as manager in the summer of 2012, who retained Hendriksen as his assistant. Waalwijk narrowly missed relegation to the Eerste Divisie in the

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season and were relegated the following year after a 4–2 aggregate defeat to

S.B.V. Excelsior Excelsior Rotterdam, commonly known as Excelsior, is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of the Dutch football league system, following promotion from the Eerste Divisie in the 2024– ...

in the

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. Hendriksen turned down the offer of a new three-year contract and left the club in May 2014.

N.E.C.

Hendriksen reunited with Ruud Brood at Eerste Divisie club N.E.C. in June 2014. In a successful 2014–15 season, the pair sent N.E.C. to the Eredivisie as champions. Hendriksen left the club at the end of the campaign.

Brentford

On 1 June 2015, Hendriksen was announced as assistant to

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club

. A number of departures and a crippling injury list saw Brentford sitting in 19th position after eight league matches, which led to Dijkhuizen and Hendriksen being removed from their positions on 28 September 2015.

Sporting CP

On 12 November 2018, Hendriksen joined Portuguese

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club

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

as assistant to manager

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. He was sacked, along with Keizer, in September 2019.

Al Jazira

On 13 October 2019, Hendriksen joined

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club Al Jazira as assistant to manager Marcel Keizer. Owing to a

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suffered by Keizer, Hendriksen presided over a 1–0 win over

Al Urooba Al Orooba Club () is a United Arab Emirates professional football club based in the city of Mirbah and Qidfa, Fujairah. The club currently plays in the UAE Pro League. History In 1960, two clubs were founded in Mirbah and Qidfa, Al Wehda in ...

in September 2021.

Dewa United

On 2 February 2025, Hendriksen joined Indonesian Liga 1 club Dewa United as assistant to manager Jan Olde Riekerink.

Career statistics

Honours

SC Cambuur *

promotion playoff: 1997–98

References

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