Robert Maaskant

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Robert Maaskant
Maaskant as Wisła Kraków manager in 2011
Personal information
Full name Robert Patrick Maaskant
Date of birth (1969-01-10) 10 January 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Schiedam, Netherlands
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1990 Go Ahead Eagles 21 (1)
1990–1991 Emmen 12 (0)
1991–1992 Motherwell 12 (0)
1992–1995
Zwolle
75 (3)
1995–1996
Excelsior
12 (1)
Total 132 (5)
Managerial career
1996 Go Ahead Eagles (assistant)
1996–1999
FC Zwolle
(assistant)
1999–2002
RBC Roosendaal
2002–2003 Go Ahead Eagles
2003–2004
RBC Roosendaal
2004–2005 Willem II
2006–2007
RBC Roosendaal
2007–2008 MVV Maastricht
2008–2010 NAC Breda
2010–2011 Wisła Kraków
2012
Texas Dutch Lions
2012–2013 Groningen
2013 Dinamo Minsk
2014
Columbus Crew
(assistant)
2015 NAC Breda
2017 Go Ahead Eagles
2019 VVV-Venlo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Patrick Maaskant (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈroː.bərt ˈpɑt.rɪk ˈmaːs.kɑnt]; born 10 January 1969) is a Dutch former professional footballer and current manager, who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Maaskant played for

Excelsior
.

Managerial career

A former assistant at Go Ahead Eagles and Zwolle, Maaskant was named head coach of

RBC Roosendaal for the 1999–2000 season. He worked there for three years, before joining Go Ahead Eagles. Maaskant worked in Deventer for seven months, came back to Roosendaal, and then moved on to Willem II in the summer of 2004. He was sacked on 21 November 2005 and replaced by Kees Zwamborn. On 4 January 2006, Maaskant was re-instated as the manager of RBC Roosendaal, as the successor of Dolf Roks. Maaskant was sacked in 2007 and signed a one-year contract with MVV Maastricht for the 2007–08 season with an option to extend it for two more years. In February 2008, he left MVV and signed for NAC Breda to be the auxiliary coach of Ernie Brandts
. In the summer of the same year, as soon as Brandts left the Bredase club, Maaskant took the spot.

Maaskant had two rather successful seasons at NAC Breda. In the first season, NAC qualified for the UEFA Cup. In Maaskant's second season at NAC, the club nearly missed play-offs for the UEFA Cup. From May 2010 onwards, it appeared that NAC had financial problems. Directly afterwards, he raised his concerns via the press[1][2] and Maaskant wasn't able to afford new players.

On 21 August 2010, NAC and Maaskant made public that he would leave NAC Breda for Polish football club

Cracovia since 28 years, Wisła Kraków announced that they had parted ways with Maaskant.[4]

On 1 May 2012, Maaskant joined

Texas Dutch Lions as an advisor and head coach.[5][6]

On 23 May 2012, Maaskant signed as head coach for Groningen.[7] This was possible because of a clause in his Dutch Lions contract, that allowed him to leave early.[8]

Groningen announced on 11 March 2013 that it would not be renewing its one-year contract with Maaskant.[9]

In June 2013, Maaskant signed a one and a half-year contract with Belarusian side Dinamo Minsk.[10]

In January 2014, Maaskant signed a one-year contract with the

Columbus Crew in the Major League Soccer
to be their assistant coach.

On 2 January 2015, it was announced that Maaskant had returned as head coach of Eredivisie side NAC Breda.

On 25 March 2017, Maaskant was appointed manager of Go Ahead Eagles for the remainder of the 2016–17 season.[11]

Maaskant was appointed director of football at Almere City on 24 March 2018.[12] He left the position at the end of the 2018–19 season to become manager of VVV-Venlo.[13]

Honours

Wisła Kraków

Electoral history

Electoral history of Robert Maaskant
Year Body Party Pos. Votes Result Ref.
Party seats Individual
2023 House of Representatives Party for Sports 10[a] 446 0 Lost [14]

Notes

  1. ^ Maaskant participated as lijstduwer.

References

  1. ^ http://www.nacblog.nl/index.php?itemid=3027 Dutch news article Maaskant demands openness NAC board
  2. ^ http://www.nacblog.nl/index.php?itemid=3028 Dutch news article Maaskant needs to talk to NAC board
  3. ^ "NAC Breda - NAC EN DE MEDIA". Archived from the original on 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2010-08-22. Dutch article on transfer Maaskant
  4. ^ "Robert Maaskant przestał być trenerem Wisły Kraków". wisla.krakow.pl. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Dutch top Coach Robert Maaskant joins Dutch Lions FC organization". texasdutchlionsfc.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  6. ^ "TDL FC signs top players Kolkka and Polak". texasdutchlionsfc.com. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  7. ^ "Maaskant gaat tekenen bij FC Groningen". fcupdate.nl.
  8. ^ "Maaskant: "Voor spektakel zorgen in Euroborg"". fcupdate.nl.
  9. ^ "Coach Maaskant na dit seizoen weg bij FC Groningen". 11 March 2013.
  10. ^ "Maaskant tekent voor anderhalf jaar in Minsk". voetbalprimeur.nl. Archived from the original on 2013-06-21.
  11. ^ Robert Maaskant nieuwe trainer Go Ahead Eagles: 'Stap er met volle energie in' (Dutch) Go Ahead Eagles. 25 March 2017.
  12. ^ Robert Maaskant terug in voetballerij, oud-trainer wordt technisch directeur bij Almere City, omroepbrabant.nl, 24 March 2019
  13. ^ Robert Maaskant nieuwe trainer VVV, omroepflevoland.nl, 17 June 2019
  14. ^ "Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 2023" [Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives on 4 December 2023] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 4 December 2023. pp. 278–279. Retrieved 21 December 2023.

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