Rob Penders

Rob Penders
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-12-31) 31 December 1975 (age 49)
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.

Coaching career

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. In the 2016-17 season, Penders was in charge of the club's reserve team in addition to assisting the first team. He left the club on 22 March 2019 where he was fired.

On 5 June 2019, he was appointed as U19 manager of ADO Den Haag for the upcoming season.

On 17 June 2023, Penders was hired as an assistant coach by Utrecht.

References

  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.