Cees Marbus

Cees Marbus (born 14 December 1968) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender. His brother Bram also played professional football.

Cees Marbus
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-12-14) 14 December 1968[1]
Place of birth Noordwijk, Netherlands
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
VV Noordwijk
Quick Boys
VV Noordwijk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1996 Go Ahead Eagles 115 (5)
1996–1998 Volendam 25 (1)
1998–2000 Go Ahead Eagles 52 (2)
Total 192 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Marbus grew up in Noordwijk and played youth football for local club VV Noordwijk alongside his brother, Bram, as well as future Manchester United and Netherlands international goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar. Marbus had a short stint with Quick Boys from Katwijk aan Zee, before returning to VV Noordwijk after two years, as he failed to break through to the first team.[2] In his teenage years, he left Noordwijk for Deventer to study at the Van Hall Larenstein. In addition, he practiced twice a week with the Go Ahead Eagles team.[2]

In the summer of 1989, Go Ahead Eagles decided to offer Marbus a contract under head coach Fritz Korbach. He made his debut in a game against RBC where he covered future international striker Pierre van Hooijdonk.[3] In 1992, the team won promotion to the Eredivisie through the play-offs. In the season opener against Cambuur, he made his debut at the highest level. A week later he scored his first top tier goal in a match against Ajax. Nevertheless, Ajax won the match 3–1 thanks to two goals from Dennis Bergkamp and one from Stefan Pettersson.[4] Marbus formed the heart of the defense for four seasons together with Mark Schenning and eventually reached 99 appearances in the Eredivisie, in which he scored four goals.[1]

In January 1997, Marbus signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Volendam, where he was brought in to succeed club legend Robert Molenaar who had left for Leeds United.[2] At Volendam, he played under head coach Hans van der Zee, who had previously been coach at Quick Boys where Marbus had failed to make the team. Marbus had been signed by Volendam, after Elroy Kromheer from PEC Zwolle and Marco Gentile from MVV had been considered too expensive.[2] He played 25 games for the club through a year and a half.[1]

In 1998, Marbus returned to Go Ahead Eagles, who had suffered relegation to the Eerste Divisie six months after his departure. He played 42 matches with the club before retiring from football in 2000.[5]

Retirement

Marbus has worked as assistant coach for Derde Klasse club SV Colmschate '33.[3]

References
  1. Cees Marbus at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Cees Marbus bij toeval in Volendam". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 26 February 1997. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017.
  3. Arentsen, Dennis (17 October 2019). "Stiften met 'die lange' Cees Marbus: 'Debuteren tegen Van Hooijdonk en eieren van moeder Hulshoff'". de Stentor (in Dutch).
  4. "AFC Ajax - Go Ahead Eagles 3:1 (Eredivisie 1992/1993, 2. Ronde)". voetbal.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  5. Baas, Gerard (20 May 2000). "Een ondergewaardeerde simpele voorstopper". Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). p. 35.
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