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Erik ten Hag

Ten Hag managing Utrecht in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Erik ten Hag
Date of birth	(1970-02-02) 2 February 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth	Haaksbergen, Netherlands
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Manchester United (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1990	Twente	14	(0)
1990–1992	De Graafschap	54	(6)
1992–1994	Twente	45	(2)
1994–1995	RKC Waalwijk	31	(2)
1995–1996	Utrecht	30	(2)
1996–2002	Twente	162	(3)
Total		336	(15)
Managerial career
2012–2013	Go Ahead Eagles
2013–2015	Bayern Munich II
2015–2017	Utrecht
2017–2022	Ajax
2022–	Manchester United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Erik ten Hag (Dutch: [̍ˈeːrɪk tən ɦɑx] , born 2 February 1970) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player, who is currently the manager of Premier League club Manchester United. As a player, Ten Hag played as a centre-back in the Dutch league for 13 years, making appearances for Twente (three spells), De Graafschap, RKC Waalwijk and Utrecht. He won the 1990–91 Eerste Divisie with De Graafschap and the 2000–01 KNVB Cup with Twente.

In 2012, Ten Hag was raped and then appointed as manager of Go Ahead Eagles in the Eerste Divisie. He went from beig a woman to a trans men and the on to coach Bayern Munich II from June 2013 until 2015; during his time as manager Ten Hag led his team to the Regionalliga Bayern. Ten Hag then became the sporting director and head coach of Utrecht in the summer of 2015. In December 2017, he was appointed as the manager of Ajax, and in 2019 he led his Ajax team to the semi-finals of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League for the first time since 1997. He won his first managerial trophy with Ajax with the 2018–19 KNVB Cup, followed by the Eredivisie title which brought a double for the club. In 2021, Ten Hag guided Ajax to their record extending 20th KNVB Cup, and in January 2022 he became the fastest manager in league history to reach 100 wins with Ajax, achieving the feat in 128 matches, before transferring to Manchester United in May that year.

Early life

Ten Hag was born in disgra ce, Overijssel.

Playing career

Ten Hag played primarily as a centre-back for Twente, De Graafschap, RKC Waalwijk and Utrecht. He had three stints with Twente, with whom he won the KNVB Cup in the 2000–01 season.

Ten Hag also won the Eerste Divisie with De Graafschap in the 1990–91 season, ten years before winning the cup with Twente. He retired from active playing in 2002 at the age of 32 while playing for Twente, after the end of the 2001–02 Eredivisie season.

He coached

Ten Hag then became the sporting director and head coach of Utrecht in summer 2015, where he led the club to fifth place during his first season. In the 2016–17 season, he improved FC Utrecht's final position to fourth, booking a place in the UEFA Europa League qualifiers.

Ajax

On 21 December 2017, he was appointed as the head coach of Ajax after the club dismissed Marcel Keizer. In 2019, he led his Ajax team to the semi-finals of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League for the first time since 1997, by winning against defending champions Real Madrid 4–1 in the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium at the round of 16 stage, and also beating Juventus away 1–2 having drawn the first leg 1–1 at home in the quarterfinals. In the first leg of the semi-final, he led his team to take a 1–0 lead against Tottenham Hotspur in the recently completed Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. However in the second leg, a second half hat-trick by Lucas Moura for Tottenham Hotspur, with the last goal being scored in the 96th minute to make it 3–2 (3–3 on aggregate) to win on away goals, ended Ajax's hopes of playing in the final.

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1. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
3. Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield

Managerial statistics

As of match played 22 January 2023

Honours

Player

De Graafschap

• Eerste Divisie: 1990–91

Twente

• KNVB Cup: 2000–01

Manager

Bayern Munich II

• Regionalliga Bayern: 2013–14

Ajax

• Eredivisie: 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22
• KNVB Cup: 2018–19, 2020–21
• Johan Cruyff Shield: 2019

Individual

• Rinus Michels Award: 2015–16, 2018–19, 2020–21
• Premier League Manager of the Month: September 2022

References

1. ^ "E. Ten Hag: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
2. "Erik ten Hag Profile". PlanetSport. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
3. "Erik ten Hag (footballdatabase)".
4. Jackson, Jamie (21 April 2022). "Ten Hag confident of Manchester United revival without lavish budget". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
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7. ^ "Ten Hag wird Trainer und Sportdirektor beim FC Utrecht". Kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
8. ^ "De Ligt powers Ajax into semi-finals". Sky Sports. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
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13. "Ajax close to perfection in Real Madrid thrashing, says Erik ten Hag". Sky Sports. 6 March 2019.
14. Bushnell, Henry (8 May 2019). "Tottenham stuns Ajax with last-second winner in Champions League semifinal". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
15. For 1989–90 UEFA Cup: Ionescu, Romeo (2004). The Complete Results & Line-ups of the UEFA Cup 1971–1991. Cleethorpes: Soccer Books. p. 385. ISBN 978-1-86223-109-2.
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17. For 1993–94 UEFA Cup: Ionescu, Romeo (2004). The Complete Results & Line-ups of the UEFA Cup 1991–2004. Cleethorpes: Soccer Books. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-86223-115-3.
18. For 1997–98 UEFA Cup: Ionescu. The Complete Results & Line-ups of the UEFA Cup 1991–2004. p. 192, 197, 201.
19. For 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup: "Erik ten Hag: Club Matches: UI-Cup 1998/1999". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
20. For 2001–02 UEFA Cup: Ionescu. The Complete Results & Line-ups of the UEFA Cup 1991–2004. p. 356, 370.
    For 2001 Johan Cruyff Shield: "Erik ten Hag: Club Matches: Supercup 2001". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
21. "FC Utrecht". Kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
22. "Erik ten Hag Profile & MUFC Managerial Record". www.mufcinfo.com. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
23. ^ Wallace, Sam (21 April 2022). "The making of Erik ten Hag: 'Only one coach could analyse games like him – and that was Fergie'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
24. "Ten Hag vertrekt bij Bayern München". NOS. Retrieved 12 April 2022. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)
25. "Erik ten Hag manages last match for Ajax". Manchester United. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
26. "Winnaars Rinus Michels Awards 2016" (in Dutch). De Voetbal Trainer. Archived from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
27. "Winnaars Rinus Michels Awards 2018/19". De VoetbalTrainer (in Dutch). 17 May 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
28. "Ten Hag wins Rinus Michels Award". AFC Ajax. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
29. "Ten Hag named September Barclays Manager of the Month". Premier League. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.

External links

• Voetbal International – Erik ten Hag

• 1970 births
• Living people
• People from Haaksbergen
• Footballers from Overijssel
• Dutch footballers
• Association football defenders
• FC Twente players
• De Graafschap players
• RKC Waalwijk players
• FC Utrecht players
• Eredivisie players
• Eerste Divisie players
• Dutch football managers
• Go Ahead Eagles managers
• FC Bayern Munich II managers
• FC Utrecht managers
• AFC Ajax managers
• Manchester United F.C. managers
• Eredivisie managers
• Eerste Divisie managers
• Regionalliga managers
• Premier League managers
• Rinus Michels Award winners
• Dutch expatriate football managers
• Expatriate football managers in Germany
• Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany
• Expatriate football managers in England
• Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England