Cornelis "Kees" Hendricus van Wonderen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkeːs fɑɱ ˈʋɔndərə(n)]; born 4 January 1969) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player, who is the current head coach of Eredivisie club Heerenveen. During his playing career, he was mostly utilised as a centre back.[1]

Kees van Wonderen

van Wonderen with the Netherlands U-18 in March 2017
Personal information
Full name	Cornelis Hendricus van Wonderen
Date of birth	(1969-01-04) 4 January 1969 (age 53)
Place of birth	Bergen, Netherlands
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Heerenveen (head coach)
Youth career
	Bennekom
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1994	NEC	99	(26)
1994–1996	NAC	56	(6)
1996–2004	Feyenoord	203	(5)
Total		358	(37)
National team
1998–1999	Netherlands	5	(0)
Teams managed
2006–2008	Bennekom (assistant)
2010–2012	Twente (assistant)
2011–2013	Netherlands U16 & U18 (assistant)
2013–2015	Twente (assistant)
2015–2018	Netherlands U17
2015–2018	Netherlands U18
2018–2019	Netherlands (assistant)
2020–2022	Go Ahead Eagles
2022–	Heerenveen
Honours Representing  Netherlands UEFA European Under-17 Championship Winner England 2018 U-17 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Club

Van Wonderen was born in Bergen, North Holland, and played professional football for NEC Nijmegen, NAC Breda and Feyenoord Rotterdam.

While at Feyenoord, Van Wonderen won the Eredivisie in 1999 and the 2001–02 UEFA Cup, as the club beat Borussia Dortmund 3–2 in the final at De Kuip.

International

He also won five caps for the Netherlands national team.

Coaching career

After his career as a professional footballer, he started as a scout at Feyenoord but left the position again after a few months. He then became assistant coach to Camiel Jager at his youth club VV Bennekom in December 2006.

In the summer of 2008 he accepted an offer from FC Twente to join the technical staff there under manager Steve McClaren.[2] After two years, McClaren left Twente in the summer 2010 and following that, van Wonderen indicated that he wanted to take a step back to spend more time with his family. However, he signed a new deal with Twente in August 2010 as an assistant manager.[3]

In October 2011, he was also added to the backroom staff of Netherlands U-16 and U-18 national teams as an assistant manager beside his job at Twente.[4] Meanwhile, Van Wonderen and FC Twente decided to separate on 6 July 2012.[5] However, by the request of his former Twente-colleague Alfred Schreuder who had been appointed head coach of Twente, van Wonderen returned to the club as an assistant manager at the end of February 2013.[6]

In the summer 2015, van Wonderen left Twente and was appointed manager of Netherlands U-17 and U-18 national teams.[7] At the start of the 2017/18 season, Van Wonderen was added to the technical staff of VVV-Venlo as an intern.[8]

In March 2018, he was appointed assistant manager to Ronald Koeman for Netherlands A-team. He left this position in December 2019.[9]

On 29 February 2020 Go Ahead Eagles confirmed, that van Wonderen from the upcoming season would become the club's new head coach.[10]

Honours

Feyenoord

• Eredivisie: 1998–99
• Johan Cruyff Shield: 1999
• UEFA Cup: 2001–02

References

External links

• Beijen.net profile

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