Rob Penders (born 31 December 1975) is a Dutch football coach and a former player who mainly played for NAC Breda during his career. He is the assistant manager of Utrecht. Penders was a defender who made his debut in professional football, being part of the RBC Roosendaal squad in the 1994–95 season. In the season 1999-2000 he joined NAC Breda. He played there for 10 seasons.[1]
Coaching career
After retiring, Penders worked for NAC Breda as a youth coach. In October 2014, he was named as temporarily assistant manager for the first team.[2] In the 2016-17 season, Penders was in charge of the club's reserve team in addition to assisting the first team.[3] He left the club on 22 March 2019 where he was fired.[4]
On 5 June 2019, he was appointed as U19 manager of ADO Den Haag for the upcoming season.[5]
On 17 June 2023, Penders was hired as an assistant coach by Utrecht.[6]
References
- ^ "Rob Penders" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
- ^ Hellemons en Penders nemen leiding NAC voorlopig over, bredavandaag.nl, 13 October 2014
- ^ Rob Penders langer bij NAC, nac.nl, 14 June 2017
- ^ Penders per direct weg: NAC ontslaat assistent, ad.nl, 22 March 2019
- ^ Rob Penders gaat jeugd ADO Den Haag trainen, bndestem.nl, 5 June 2019
- ^ "Rob Penders nieuwe assistent-trainer FC Utrecht" [Rob Penders new assistant coach of FC Utrecht] (in Dutch). FC Utrecht. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
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