Henk Fraser

Henk Fraser
Fraser with ADO Den Haag in 2012
Personal information
Full name Hendrikus Fraser
Date of birth (1966-07-07) 7 July 1966
Place of birth Paramaribo, Suriname
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Youth career
RFC Rotterdam
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1986 Sparta Rotterdam 12 (0)
1986–1988 FC Utrecht 58 (12)
1988–1990 Roda JC 58 (6)
1990–1999 Feyenoord 138 (15)
Total 266 (33)
National team
1989–1992 Netherlands 6 (1)
Teams managed
1999–2007 Feyenoord (youth)
2007–2009 ADO Den Haag (assistant)
2009–2011 PSV Eindhoven (youth)
2011–2014 ADO Den Haag (assistant)
2012–2014 Netherlands U21 (assistant)
2014–2016 ADO Den Haag
2016–2018 Vitesse
2018– Sparta Rotterdam
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Hendrikus "Henk" Fraser (born 7 July 1966)[1] is a Dutch football manager and former player who manages Eerste Divisie side Sparta Rotterdam. He played as a defender and earned seven caps for the Netherlands national football team in which he scored one goal. He was a member of the Dutch team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy under manager Leo Beenhakker. He made his debut for the Netherlands on 6 September 1989, in a friendly against Denmark (2-2). The name of his mother is Trusy and his father’s name is Armand Fraser.

Career

Fraser played for Sparta Rotterdam (1984–86), FC Utrecht (1986–88), Roda JC (1988–90), and Feyenoord Rotterdam (1990–99), with whom he won the Dutch title twice (in 1993 and 1999). After his professional career he became a youth coach at Feyenoord.

Being assistant of Maurice Steijn for two years, Fraser became first the caretaking manager of ADO Den Haag after Steijn had been sacked. However, a month later he signed deal with the club to be the permanent manager until the summer of 2016.

Vitesse Arnhem announced on 13 June 2016 that Fraser would replace Peter Bosz at the start of the 2016–17 season. In his first full season, won the club first major trophy in its 125-year existence. Fraser defeating AZ by a score of 2−0 in the final of the KNVB Cup, with two goals from Ricky van Wolfswinkel. [2] On 5 August 2017 Vitesse were beaten 1–1 (4–2 pen.) at De Kuip, Rotterdam in the Johan Cruyff Shield final by Feyenoord.

On 18 December 2017, Fraser announced he would not be extending his ending contract at the end of the season, leaving the club.[3] On 12 March 2018, it was announced that russian coach Leonid Slutsky would replace Henk Fraser as the new manager of Dutch Eredivisie side Vitesse Arnhem, for the start of the 2018-19 season. On 23 March 2018, Fraser was presented as the new head coach for Sparta Rotterdam for the next season.[4] Following a significant dip in form, Fraser was relieved of his duties in April 2018, two months prior to the conclusion of his contract at Vitesse.[5]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 7 April 2018
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
PWDLWin %
ADO Den Haag 5 February 2014 30 June 2016 82 25 28 29 030.5
Vitesse 1 July 2016 11 April 2018 78 33 17 28 042.3
Total 160 58 45 57 036.3

Honours

Player

Feyenoord

Manager

Vitesse

References

  1. ↑ Fraser met of zonder puntjes op de a?, clubachterdeduinen.nl, 6 April 2014
  2. ↑ "Van Wolfswinkel fires Vitesse to first major trophy". Goal.com. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Trainer Henk Fraser stopt na dit seizoen bij Vitesse". AD.nl. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Henk Fraser vanaf volgend seizoen traner Sparta Rotterdam". Sparta-Rotterdam.nl. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "VITESSE AND HENK FRASER APART". Vitesse.nl. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
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