Hendrie Krüzen

Hendrie Krüzen
	Krüzen in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Hendrik Krüzen
Date of birth	24 November 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth	Almelo, Netherlands
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Heracles (assistant manager)
Youth career
	La Première
	Heracles
Senior career*
Years	Team
1980–1986	Heracles
1986–1988	Den Bosch
1988–1989	PSV
1989	→ Den Bosch (loan)
1989–1991	Kortrijk
1991–1992	FC Liège
1992–1994	Waregem
1994–1995	Heracles
1996	AZ
1997–2000	Go Ahead Eagles
2000–2002	AGOVV
International career
1987–1989	Netherlands
Managerial career
2002–2013	Heracles (assistant)
2013–2015	Vitesse (assistant)
2015–2016	Heracles (assistant)
2016	Maccabi Tel Aviv (assistant)
2016–2017	Ajax (assistant)
2017	Dortmund (assistant)
2018	Netherlands U21 (assistant)
2018–2021	Leverkusen (assistant)
2021–2022	Lyon (assistant)
2022–	Heracles (assistant)
Medal record
Representing Netherlands
UEFA European Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hendrik "Hendrie" Krüzen (born 24 November 1964) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the assistant manager of Heracles Almelo.

Club career

Krüzen was born in Almelo, Overijssel. He made his senior debuts at only 16, with hometown's Heracles Almelo. After two solid years with FC Den Bosch, scoring in double figures, he signed with Eredivisie giants PSV Eindhoven, appearing rarely as the club won the double in the 1988–89 season, and also being loaned to his previous team.

Krüzen spent the following five years in neighbouring Belgium, representing K.V. Kortrijk, R.F.C. de Liège and K.S.V. Waregem. After the latter's relegation from the top flight, he returned to his country, joining first professional club Heracles, and moving to AZ Alkmaar in January 1996.

In 2002, after a spell in the Dutch second level with Go Ahead Eagles and two years in amateur football, Krüzen retired from football after 20 professional seasons, with totals of 556 games and 148 goals. Immediately afterwards, he returned to his first team, acting as assistant coach for several years.

International career

Krüzen made his debut for the Netherlands on 16 December 1987, in a UEFA Euro 1988 qualifier against Greece (3–0 away win).

He would be selected by manager Rinus Michels for the final stages in West Germany, being an unused member as the national team won the tournament.

Honours

Heracles

Second Division: 1984–85, 1994–95

PSV

Dutch League: 1988–89
Dutch Cup: 1988–89

Netherlands

UEFA European Football Championship: 1988

External links

Beijen profile (in Dutch)
Stats at Voetbal International at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 April 2008) (in Dutch)
Hendrie Krüzen at Wereld van Oranje (archived) (in Dutch)
Hendrie Krüzen at National-Football-Teams.com