Dirk Heesen

Dirk Heesen (born 15 September 1969) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player who is assistant coach of Jupiler Pro League side Beerschot.

Dirk Heesen

Heesen with ADO Den Haag in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	(1969-09-15) 15 September 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth	Utrecht, Netherlands
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Beerschot (Assistant)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1990	Utrecht	5	(0)
1989–1990	→ Wageningen (loan)	25	(0)
1990–1992	Wageningen	70	(5)
1992–1998	FC Den Haag	249	(32)
1998–2002	FC Oss	119	(9)
Total		468	(46)
International career
1992	Netherlands U21	0	(0)
1992	Netherlands Olympic	1	(0)
Managerial career
2010–2012	FC Oss
2012	Team VVCS
2015–16	QPR (Assistant)
2017–2020	ADO Den Haag (Assistant)
2019	ADO Den Haag (caretaker)
2023–	Beerschot (Assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Heesen played for Utrecht, Wageningen, ADO Den Haag and FC Oss in a career that spanned from 1988 to 2002.

Coaching career

After retiring in 2002, Heesen began coaching at FC Oss and continued in an assisting role until 2010, when he was appointed their manager. Heesen remained as Oss' manager until 2012, winning them promotion from the Topklasse Sunday League in the process. In 2012, he was head coach of Team VVCS. Heesen then worked as assistant of Willem II from 2013 to 2015. He worked in China in 2015 with Guangzhou Evergrande as a coach before moving on 15 December 2015 to Queens Park Rangers as the first team coach.^[1][2] Heesen left that role in November 2016,^[3] and rejoined ADO Den Haag where he played in the '90s, as an assistant coach in February 2017.^[4] After leaving ADO, Heesen became assistant manager alongside Dirk Kuyt at Jupiler Pro League team K Beerschot VA.