Martin Drent

Martin Drent (born 31 March 1970) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a forward for SC Veendam, FC Emmen and FC Groningen.

Martin Drent
Martin Drent
Personal information
Full name Martin Drent
Date of birth (1970-03-31) 31 March 1970
Place of birth Groningen, Netherlands
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Hellas VC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991 GVAV-Rapiditas
1991–1992 Groningen 10 (2)
1992–1993 Veendam 23 (6)
1993–1999 Emmen 166 (45)
1999–2005 Groningen 164 (48)
2005–2007 Veendam 45 (9)
Total 408 (110)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

A big target man, Martin Drent started his career at amateur club GVAV-Rapiditas in 1991. His career in amateur football was short lived, however, as he proved his quality, signing for Eredivisie side FC Groningen in 1992. He played very few games at Groningen and left after just one season to join SC Veendam where he was a relative success. In 1993, he signed for FC Emmen where he played for six years. He returned to Groningen in 1999 where he scored 22 goals in his first season back at the club, helping them achieve promotion from the Eerste Divisie. In January 2005 he returned to another former club BV Veendam where he retired at the end of the season.[1]

Managerial career

After retiring as a player, Drent worked as commercial director at Veendam[2] and became assistant to manager Joop Gall at Emmen in 2013 next to his job as coach at amateurs Rolder Boys.[3] He was released by Emmen in 2014.[4]

Drent was appointed head coach of amateur side DZOH in December 2015, only two weeks after being dismissed by Rohda Raalte.[5]

References
  1. "Martin Drent" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  2. Drent wordt commercieel directeur bij Veendam - Voetbal Centraal (in Dutch)
  3. Martin Drent trainer van Rolder Boys - RTV Drenthe (in Dutch)
  4. Martin Drent vertrekt als assistent bij FC Emmen - AD (in Dutch)
  5. Martin Drent nieuwe trainer van DZOH - RTV Drenthe (in Dutch)
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