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Rob Penders

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Rob Penders
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-12-31) 31 December 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Zaandam, Netherlands
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4+12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
FC Utrecht (assistant manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2000 RBC Roosendaal 156 (16)
2000–2011 NAC Breda 276 (19)
Managerial career
2014–2019 NAC Breda (assistant)
2016–2017 NAC Breda B
2019–2021 ADO Den Haag (U19)
2021–2023 FC Eindhoven
2023– Utrecht (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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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

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  1. ^ "Rob Penders" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
  2. ^ Hellemons en Penders nemen leiding NAC voorlopig over, bredavandaag.nl, 13 October 2014
  3. ^ Rob Penders langer bij NAC, nac.nl, 14 June 2017
  4. ^ Penders per direct weg: NAC ontslaat assistent, ad.nl, 22 March 2019
  5. ^ Rob Penders gaat jeugd ADO Den Haag trainen, bndestem.nl, 5 June 2019
  6. ^ "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.