Rob Alflen

Rob Alflen
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-05-07) 7 May 1968
Place of birth Utrecht, Netherlands
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Helmond Sport (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1991 FC Utrecht 142 (15)
1991–1995 Ajax 27 (4)
1995–1996 Vitesse 7 (0)
1996–1997 Sparta Rotterdam 25 (1)
1997–1999 Heracles 52 (10)
1999–2000 Cambuur 26 (0)
Total 279 (30)
Teams managed
2014–2015 FC Utrecht
2016–2018 Heracles (assistant)
2018– Helmond Sport
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Rob Alflen (born 7 May 1968 in Utrecht) is a Dutch football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Dutch Eerste Divisie side Helmond Sport.

Playing career

Club

Alflen played for FC Utrecht, Ajax Amsterdam, Vitesse Arnhem, Sparta Rotterdam, and Cambuur Leeuwarden in the Eredivisie.[1]

Managerial career

He had been head coach of Young FC Utrecht since February 2009. When Erwin Koeman quit as head coach of FC Utrecht in October 2011, Alflen was assigned as assistant coach of Jan Wouters for the first team of FC Utrecht. He became head coach after Wouters left the club in June 2014. On 25 March 2015 FC Utrecht said that coach Alflen and his advisor Co Adriaanse would step down from their roles with the Dutch club at the end of the season.[2] On 11 January 2016 he became an assistent at Heracles after Hendrie Krüzen left the club.[3][4] On 16 April 2018, it was announced that Alflen would take over as the head coach of Helmond Sport on a two-year contract starting next season.[5][6]

Personal life

Alflen's father was the Dutch wrestling champion Loek Alflen.[7]

Statistics

season club country competition games goals
1985/86FC UtrechtNetherlandsEredivisie70
1986/87FC UtrechtNetherlandsEredivisie183
1987/88FC UtrechtNetherlandsEredivisie282
1988/89FC UtrechtNetherlandsEredivisie314
1989/90FC UtrechtNetherlandsEredivisie250
1990/91FC UtrechtNetherlandsEredivisie336
1991/92AFC AjaxNetherlandsEredivisie92
1992/93AFC AjaxNetherlandsEredivisie141
1993/94AFC AjaxNetherlandsEredivisie41
1994/95AFC AjaxNetherlandsEredivisie00
1995/96SBV VitesseNetherlandsEredivisie70
1996/97Sparta RotterdamNetherlandsEredivisie251
1997/98SC HeraclesNetherlandsEerste divisie252
1998/99Heracles AlmeloNetherlandsEerste divisie278
1999/00Cambuur LeeuwardenNetherlandsEredivisie260
Total27930

References

  1. ↑ "Rob Alflen" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
  2. ↑ BeNeFoot [@BeNeFoot] (25 March 2015). "FC Utrecht have confirmed that coach Rob Alflen and technical director Co Adriaanse will leave the club this summer" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ↑ "Heracles vindt in Alflen opvolger vertrokken Krüzen" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Rob Alflen nieuwe assistent-trainer Heracles Almelo" (in Dutch). Heracles Almelo. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Helmond Sport strikt Alflen als nieuwe trainer" (in Dutch). NOS. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Robby Alflen komend seizoen hoofdtrainer van Helmond Sport" (in Dutch). Helmond Sport. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Loek Alflen, de grote kleine man" (in Dutch). De Halter. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2015.





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