Henk ten Cate
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hendrik Willem ten Cate[1] | ||
Date of birth | 9 December 1954 | ||
Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Suriname (assistant) | ||
Youth career | |||
Ajax | |||
De Volewijckers | |||
1973–1975 | Vitesse | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1975–1977 | Vitesse | 4 | (0) |
1977–1979 | VV Rheden | ? | (?) |
1979–1985 | Go Ahead Eagles | 132 | (21) |
1980 |
→ Edmonton Drillers (loan) | 21 | (5) |
1981–1982 |
→ Telstar (loan) | 30 | (7) |
1985–1986 | Heracles | 19 | (1) |
Total | 206 | (34) | |
Managerial career | |||
1990 | Go Ahead Eagles | ||
1990–1992 | Heracles | ||
1992–1993 | VV Rheden | ||
1993–1995 | Go Ahead Eagles | ||
1995–1997 | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
1997–1998 | Vitesse | ||
1998–1999 | Uerdingen | ||
1999–2000 | MTK Budapest | ||
2000–2003 | NAC | ||
2003–2006 | Barcelona (assistant) | ||
2006–2007 | Ajax | ||
2007–2008 | Chelsea (assistant) | ||
2008–2009 |
Panathinaikos | ||
2010 |
Al-Ahli Dubai | ||
2010–2011 |
Umm Salal | ||
2012–2013 |
Shandong Luneng | ||
2013 | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
2015–2018 | Al Jazira | ||
2018–2019 | Al Wahda | ||
2019–2020 | Al-Ittihad | ||
2021 | Al Wahda | ||
2023- | Suriname (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Hendrik Willem ten Cate (born 9 December 1954) is a Dutch football manager and former professional player.
In the 2005–06 season, he was assistant to Frank Rijkaard at Barcelona when the team won the UEFA Champions League and La Liga titles. He then served as manager of Ajax until October 2007 and won three trophies for the Dutch club.
Ten Cate joined Chelsea on 11 October 2007 as assistant manager
Playing career
Ten Cate started his football career at amateur side FC Rheden before signing his first professional contract at
After the North American season he returned to Go Ahead Eagles and continued his Eredivisie campaign. He became however unsure of his position and was sent on loan to
Managerial career
After his playing career, Ten Cate became an assistant manager of Fritz Korbach at Go Ahead Eagles, playing in the Eerste Divisie. When Korbach moved to Heerenveen in February 1990, Ten Cate took over as a manager. He managed to lead them to a play-off place at the end of the season, but Heerenveen were promoted to the Eredivisie on goal difference.
Ten Cate left Go Ahead Eagles and returned to one of the other teams he was active at during his playing career, Heracles where he became the assistant of manager Henk van Brussel. When Van Brussel was unable to finish the season due to health problems, in November 1990 Ten Cate became the first team manager and led Heracles until 1992, when he was told his contract would not be extended. He moved to the club where his football career started, amateur side FC Rheden, and managed them for one year.
In 1993, Go Ahead Eagles appointed Ten Cate yet again as their manager, this time to replace Jan Versleijen who left the club to manage De Graafschap. In his first year, he did well, but when Go Ahead Eagles was at the bottom of the Eerste Divisie during the winter break of the 1994–95 season, he was fired. Eredivisie side Sparta Rotterdam offered him a contract and he led the team to a sixth position in the Eredivisie in 1996; they also reached the final of the KNVB Cup that year, which they lost 5-2 to PSV Eindhoven.
In the 1997–98 winter break, Ten Cate switched to manage
In June 2003,
Chelsea
In early October 2007, Ten Cate was strongly linked to taking over as assistant manager to Avram Grant at Chelsea, because the owner, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, had a high opinion of Ten Cate as a great tactician. On 8 October 2007, Ajax announced on their website that they had reached an agreement with Chelsea about Ten Cate's immediate move to the London side, noting also that the deal was still to be finalized.[2] Ten Cate officially joined Chelsea on 11 October 2007 as assistant first team coach.[3]
Following the
Ten Cate was sacked from his role at Chelsea on 29 May 2008,[5] two days after being told the sacking of Avram Grant would not affect his position.
Panathinaikos
On 13 June 2008, Ten Cate signed a two-year deal with a
"Panathinaikos' history, ambition and attitude towards football in general match those of the greatest football clubs in Europe. "I've been used to working at the highest level and that's why I consider this a great challenge."
Ten Cate's Panathinaikos managed to qualify for the last 16 phase of UEFA Champions' League in the 2008–2009 season, where Panathinaikos were eliminated by Villarreal. However, they won the European Cup play-Offs, winning the second seed for the next year's Champions League play-offs. In his first year to the club, Ten Cate built Panathinaikos to play an attacking style of play based on possession in 4–2–3–1 and 4–3–2–1 formations, and they scored the most goals in the league.
The Panathinaikos board kept Ten Cate in his position for a second year, in which the club managed to achieve its best start in the league since 1996, with nine wins and two draws in eleven matches. However, the club's financial situation was seriously affected by the financial crisis in Greece, and it was revealed that they had £4million worth of unpaid wages for Ten Cate. Afterwards, Ten Cate decided to step down as manager on 8 December 2009.
Middle East and Asia
On 6 February 2010, it was announced that Ten Cate signed a six-month contract with the UAE champions
In April 2010, Umm Salal hired him as a replacement of Gerard Gili. Ten Cate worked as a manager of Umm Salal until February 2011. [7]
On 5 January 2012, Ten Cate became the manager of
On 4 April 2013, he shortly replaced the sacked Michel Vonk as manager of Sparta Rotterdam on a contract running until the end of the season.[10] He returned to the Middle East in December 2015 after signing for UAE club Al Jazira,[11] with whom he won the domestic league title in his second (and first full) season.[12]
In April 2017, he was reportedly offered the job of managing of the Dutch national team, only for him to back out, after it appeared the Dutch FA suddenly preferred to give the job to Dick Advocaat.[13] At the same time, Ten Cate was subject to a legal investigation into certain business interests.[14]
He left Al Jazira in May 2018.[15]
On 4 November 2019, ten Cate was announced as Al-Ittihad's manager.[16] He signed a contract which is due to keep him at Al-Ittihad until the end of the 2019–20 season, but with a possibility to extend the contract at the end of the season. However, he was dismissed on 11 February 2020, after a defeat against Damac.[17]
In March 2021, ten Cate returned to Abu Dhabi to manage Al Wahda again.[18] He was sacked in October, after a disappointing start to the season.[19]
Playing career statistics
Season | Club | Competition | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|
1979–80 | Go Ahead Eagles | Eredivisie | 27 | 4 |
1980 | Edmonton Drillers |
North American Soccer League |
21 | 5 |
1980–81 | Go Ahead Eagles | Eredivisie | 19 | 3 |
1981–82 | Go Ahead Eagles | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 |
1981–82 | Telstar |
Eerste Divisie | 30 | 7 |
1982–83 | Go Ahead Eagles | Eredivisie | 31 | 10 |
1983–84 | Go Ahead Eagles | Eredivisie | 24 | 2 |
1984–85 | Go Ahead Eagles | Eredivisie | 30 | 2 |
1985–86 | Heracles | Eredivisie | 19 | 1 |
Total | 202 | 34 |
Managerial statistics
- As of 5 January 2024[20]
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Go Ahead Eagles | 1 July 1993 | 27 January 1995 | 55 | 12 | 14 | 29 | 21.82 | |
Sparta Rotterdam | 1 July 1995 | 11 January 1997 | 61 | 24 | 14 | 23 | 39.34 | |
Vitesse | 12 January 1997 | 30 June 1998 | 55 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 54.55 | |
Uerdingen | 30 September 1998 | 28 March 1999 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17.65 | |
MTK Budapest | 1 July 1999 | 30 June 2000 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 55.00 | |
NAC | 1 July 2000 | 30 June 2003 | 116 | 50 | 34 | 32 | 43.10 | |
Ajax | 1 July 2006 | 8 October 2007 | 68 | 45 | 10 | 13 | 66.18 | |
Panathinaikos
|
1 June 2008 | 7 December 2009 | 75 | 45 | 17 | 13 | 60.00 | |
Al-Ahli Dubai
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6 February 2010 | 11 March 2010 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16.67 | |
Umm Salal
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12 April 2010 | 6 February 2011 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 42.31 | |
Shandong Luneng
|
1 January 2012 | 6 September 2012 | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 29.63 | |
Sparta Rotterdam | 7 April 2013 | 30 June 2013 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 25.00 | |
Al Jazira | 31 December 2015 | 15 May 2018 | 111 | 52 | 21 | 38 | 46.85 | |
Al Wahda | 7 December 2018 | 30 June 2019 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 65.22 | |
Al-Ittihad | 15 November 2019 | 30 June 2020 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 30.77 | |
Al Wahda | 13 March 2021 | 25 October 2021 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 40.91 | |
Total | 723 | 333 | 177 | 213 | 46.06 |
Honours
Manager
MTK Budapest
Ajax
Al Jazira
References
- ^ "Henk ten Cate: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Ajax and Chelsea agree about Henk ten Cate". Ajax Amsterdam. 8 October 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2007.
- ^ "Ten Cate arrives". Chelsea FC. 11 October 2007. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
- ^ tribalfootball.com – Chelsea No2 Ten Cate: Terry should never have taken penalty Archived 10 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Ten Cate sacked as Chelsea coach". BBC Sport. 29 May 2008. Retrieved 29 May 2008.
- ^ Ten Cate is the new Panathinaikos coach
- ^ Trainer Ten Cate ontslagen in Qatar[permanent dead link]
- ^ 鲁能召开2012赛季新外教见面会[permanent dead link] (in Chinese)
- ^ 鲁能官方宣布滕卡特辞职 吴金贵任代理主帅签两年 (in Chinese)
- ^ Ten Cate to coach Sparta Rotterdam until end of season
- ^ Ten Cate blaast trainerscarrière nieuw leven in bij Al Jazira – Voetbal International (in Dutch)
- ^ Ten Cate sleept landstitel binnen met Al-Jazira – NOS (in Dutch)
- ^ KNVB herkent zich niet in uitspraken Ten Cate – AD (in Dutch)
- ^ Juridisch onderzoek naar zakelijk handelen Henk ten Cate – NOS (in Dutch)
- ^ "Henk ten Cate leaves role as Al Jazira manager after two and a half seasons in charge". The National. Abu Dhabi. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ^ "الهولندي تين كات مدرباً للاتحاد حتى نهاية الموسم".
- ^ "Ten Cate gooit handdoek in de ring na zoveelste tegenslag bij Al-Ittihad" (in Dutch). Goal. 11 February 2020.
- ^ "HENK TEN CATE KEERT ALS TRAINER TERUG BIJ AL WAHDA" (in Dutch). elfvoetbal.
- ^ "Al Wahda sack Henk Ten Cate following disappointing results". Kingfut. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Henk TEN CATE". Retrieved 5 January 2024.
External links
- Goal.com profile Archived 12 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine