| Gertjan Verbeek | |
| Fullname: | Gerrit Jan Alfons Verbeek |
| Birth Date: | 1 August 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Deventer, Netherlands |
| Position: | Defender |
| Youthclubs1: | VV Zuid Eschmarke |
| Youthyears2: | –1982 |
| Youthclubs2: | ATC '65 |
| Youthyears3: | 1982–1984 |
| Youthclubs3: | Achilles '12 |
| Years1: | 1984–1994 |
| Caps1: | 254 |
| Goals1: | 38 |
| Clubs1: | Heerenveen |
| Years2: | 1986–1987 |
| Caps2: | 31 |
| Goals2: | 9 |
| Clubs2: | → SC Heracles (loan) |
| Totalcaps: | 285 |
| Totalgoals: | 47 |
| Manageryears1: | 2001–2004 |
| Managerclubs1: | Heracles Almelo |
| Manageryears2: | 2004–2008 |
| Managerclubs2: | Heerenveen |
| Manageryears3: | 2008–2009 |
| Managerclubs3: | Feyenoord |
| Manageryears4: | 2009–2010 |
| Managerclubs4: | Heracles Almelo |
| Manageryears5: | 2010–2013 |
| Managerclubs5: | AZ Alkmaar |
| Manageryears6: | 2013–2014 |
| Managerclubs6: | 1. FC Nürnberg |
| Manageryears7: | 2014–2017 |
| Managerclubs7: | VfL Bochum |
| Manageryears8: | 2017–2018 |
| Managerclubs8: | FC Twente |
| Manageryears9: | 2019–2020 |
| Managerclubs9: | Adelaide United |
| Manageryears10: | 2021 |
| Managerclubs10: | Almere City |
Gertjan Verbeek (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈɣɛrcɑn vərˈbeːk/; born 1 August 1962) is a Dutch former professional footballer who last managed Eerste Divisie side Almere City.
After retiring from his playing career in 1994, Verbeek stayed with SC Heerenveen as an assistant-coach. He left for Heracles Almelo in 2001, and after a successful stint there was hired as the successor to Foppe de Haan with SC Heerenveen. In 2008, he was hired by Feyenoord, but was fired after clashing with players a few months into his tenure.[1] He moved to Heracles Almelo for the 2009–2010 season, and after guiding them to a 6th-place finish in the Eredivisie, AZ hired him for the 2010–2011 season. Verbeek caused controversy in December 2011 in a 2011–12 KNVB Cup match against Ajax by leading AZ off the pitch in protest at having their goalkeeper Esteban Alvarado sent off for retaliating against a pitch invader.[2] The game was consequently abandoned. On 29 September 2013, AZ fired him due to lack of chemistry with the players.[3]
The German football club 1. FC Nürnberg hired him on 22 October 2013, giving him the first coaching opportunity outside of Netherlands, with a contract until 30 June 2015.[4] However, he was sacked on 23 April 2014.[5] On 22 December 2014, the VfL Bochum announced signing Verbeek as head coach, starting 1 January 2015.[6] In his return to Nuremberg on 23 March 2015, Bochum defeated 1. FC Nürnberg 2–1.[7] He was sacked on 11 July 2017.[8]
On 29 October 2017 he returned to management in his native Holland, where he signed with FC Twente, which was going through a disastrous campaign of the 2017-18 Eredivisie.[9] On 26 March, after 149 days, Verbeek was fired as FC Twente's manager, with the team at the bottom of the table with six games remaining of the season.[10] [11]
On 23 May 2019, Verbeek was officially announced as Marco Kurz' replacement as manager for A-League club Adelaide United.[12] Verbeek led Adelaide United to their third FFA Cup victory by defeating Melbourne City 4–0 at Coopers Stadium.[13] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Verbeek took a leave of absence to return home to the Netherlands indefinitely while still being under contract with the club.[14] Verbeek and Adelaide United decided to mutually part ways on 29 April 2020.[15]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Netherlands | League | KNVB Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1984–85 | Heerenveen | Eerste Divisie | 21 | 6 | |||||
| 1985–86 | 22 | 1 | |||||||
| 1986–87 | SC Heracles | 31 | 9 | ||||||
| 1987–88 | Heerenveen | 31 | 3 | ||||||
| 1988–89 | 30 | 4 | |||||||
| 1989–90 | 34 | 10 | |||||||
| 1990–91 | Eredivisie | 30 | 2 | ||||||
| 1991–92 | Eerste Divisie | 32 | 6 | ||||||
| 1992–93 | 29 | 5 | |||||||
| 1993–94 | Eredivisie | 25 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | Netherlands | 285 | 47 | ||||||
| Career total | 285 | 47 | |||||||
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heracles Almelo | 1 July 2001[16] | 30 June 2004 | [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] | |||||
| Heerenveen | 1 July 2004 | 30 June 2008 | [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] | |||||
| Feyenoord | 1 July 2008 | 14 January 2009 | [29] | |||||
| Heracles Almelo | 1 July 2009 | 30 June 2010 | [30] | |||||
| AZ | 1 July 2010 | 29 September 2013 | [31] [32] [33] [34] | |||||
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 22 October 2013 | 23 April 2014 | [35] | |||||
| VfL Bochum | 22 December 2014 | 11 July 2017 | [36] | |||||
| FC Twente | 29 October 2017 | 26 March 2018 | ||||||
| Adelaide United | 23 May 2019 | 29 April 2020 | ||||||
| Total | — | |||||||
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