Hans de Koning

Hans de Koning (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɑnz də ˈkoːnɪŋ]; born 5 April 1960) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. De Koning played as a goalkeeper.

In this Dutch name, the surname is de Koning, not Koning.

Hans de Koning
de Koning in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1960-04-05) 5 April 1960
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
RVV Blijdorp
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1988 AZ'67/AZ[1] 147 (0)
1988–1993 Twente 140 (0)
Total 287 (0)
Managerial career
1993–1996 Twente (goalkeeper coach)
1996–1997 AZ (assistant)
1997 AZ (interim)
1997–2000 AZ (goalkeeper coach)
2000–2001 Fortuna Sittard (assistant)
2000 Fortuna Sittard (interim)
2001–2004 Fortuna Sittard
2005 Dordrecht
2005–2010 TOP Oss/FC Oss
2010–2011 AGOVV Apeldoorn
2011–2012 Helmond Sport
2012–2015 Volendam
2016–2017 Go Ahead Eagles
2018 RKC Waalwijk
2018–2019 Volendam
2019–2021 VVV-Venlo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

De Koning played for AZ'67 for ten years, before moving to Twente, where he became known as "Hansje de King" (Hans the King) and played 140 games in five seasons with the club. He was forced to retire in 1993 after suffering a serious injury during Fred Rutten's farewell match.[2]

Managerial career

After retiring as a player, De Koning then became a goalkeeping coach for his former club AZ, also serving briefly as joint caretaker in 1997, and later on moved into head management at Eerste Divisie, making his debut at such role with Limburgish club Fortuna Sittard. De Koning then briefly served as interim coach of Dordrecht from March to July 2005[1] before being appointed at TOP Oss later that year until June 2010 when he was removed after he failed to save FC Oss from relegation to the newly established Topklasse level at the end of the 2009–10 season.[3]

de Koning in 1981
de Koning in 1981

From July 2010, De Koning was in charge of Eerste Divisie club AGOVV Apeldoorn.[4] In March 2011, it was announced that AGOVV and him had parted ways at the end of the season;[5] De Koning was then unveiled later in May as new head coach of Helmond Sport for the 2011–12 season.[6] On 21 April 2012, it was confirmed that he would be in charge of Eerste Divisie club Volendam for the 2012–13 season, signing a two-year deal.[7]

Honours

Player

AZ

References
  1. Seizoengids 2010/2011 (in Dutch). Voetbal International. August 2010. p. 212.
  2. "Een carriére die abrupt werd afgebroken" (in Dutch). FC Twente. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  3. "FC Oss en Hans de Koning uit elkaar" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 17 June 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  4. "AGOVV Apeldoorn haalt De Koning als nieuwe coach" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  5. "Hans de Koning verlaat AGOVV" (in Dutch). Jupiler League.nl. 23 March 2011. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  6. "Helmond strikt De Koning" (in Dutch). Jupiler League.nl. 3 May 2011. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  7. "Hans de Koning officieel gepresenteerd" (in Dutch). FC Volendam. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
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