Marcel Keizer

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Marcel Keizer

Marcel Keizer (born 15 January 1969), a Dutch football coach and former player, was most recently the manager of Saudi Pro League side Al Shabab.

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Keizer as manager of VVSB in 2011
Personal information
Full name Marcel Keizer
Date of birth (1969-01-15) 15 January 1969 (age 56)
Place of birth Badhoevedorp, Netherlands
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1989 Ajax 4 (0)
1989–1998 Cambuur 282 (34)
1998–2000 De Graafschap 9 (0)
2000–2002 Emmen 34 (1)
Managerial career
2007–2011 Argon
2011–2012 VVSB
2012–2014 Telstar
2015–2016 Emmen
2016 Cambuur
2016–2017 Jong Ajax
2017 Ajax
2018 Al Jazira
2018–2019 Sporting CP
2019–2023 Al Jazira
2023 Al Shabab
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
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His playing career as a midfielder began at Ajax and was mainly spent at Cambuur, and he had brief spells managing both clubs. He won a Taça da Liga and Taça de Portugal in 2019 at Sporting CP, and had two spells at Al Jazira, winning the UAE Pro League in 2021.

Coaching career

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Keizer was technical coach of Eerste Divisie side Emmen.[1] He was also the coach of Telstar for two seasons and took the reins at Cambuur in February 2016.[2] In June 2016, he left Cambuur and became coach of Jong Ajax.[3]

On 17 June 2017, Keizer became the new coach of Ajax on a two-year contract, after managing the youth side in the previous season, thus replacing the Borussia Dortmund-bound Peter Bosz.[4] After 17 games, Ajax were second in the Eredivisie, ranking with five points behind the leaders PSV, and Keizer was fired on 21 December 2017, after losing a cup match on penalties against Twente.[5]

He received his first foreign job on 2 June 2018, replacing retired compatriot Henk ten Cate at Al Jazira Club of the UAE Pro-League.[6] On 8 November the same year, he was allowed to resign to take the job at Sporting CP, with his club unbeaten and in second place at the time.[7]

Keizer signed for the Lisbon-based club on a contract until 2021.[8] On his debut on 24 November, they won 4–1 against Lusitano in the fourth round of the Taça de Portugal, and in his first Primeira Liga match on 3 December, the club won 3–1 against Rio Ave.[9][10] Sporting completed a cup double in Keizer's first season, seizing both the Taça da Liga and Taça de Portugal in penalty shootout wins against Porto.[11][12] He was the first foreign manager to win the latter tournament since fellow Dutchman Co Adriaanse of Porto in 2006.[13] He left Sporting on 3 September 2019.[14]

On 13 October 2019, Keizer returned to Al Jazira on a two-year contract, after compatriot Jurgen Streppel left the Abu Dhabi-based club.[15] On 11 May 2021, he led the club to their third league title after beating Khor Fakkan 3–1; it was his first league title in his career.[16] Keizer would enter 2022 with a successful 5–3 victory on penalty shootout against Shabab Al Ahli and clinching Al Jazira their first super cup title.[17]

On 27 July 2023, Keizer was appointed as manager of Saudi Pro League side Al Shabab.[18] On 6 September 2023, it was announced that Keizer and Al-Shabab agreed to end his contract mutually.[19]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 22 May 2023
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Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Telstar Netherlands 1 July 2012 1 May 2014 7121153587130−43029.58
FC Emmen Netherlands 1 July 2015 14 February 2016 26124104441+3046.15
SC Cambuur Netherlands 15 February 2016 2 June 2016 11128924−15009.09
Jong Ajax Netherlands 2 June 2016 17 June 2017 3823789354+39060.53
Ajax Netherlands 17 June 2017 21 December 2017 2414556626+40058.33
Al Jazira United Arab Emirates 2 June 2018 9 November 2018 137513120+11053.85
Sporting CP Portugal 12 November 2018 3 September 2019 4225989347+46059.52
Al Jazira United Arab Emirates 13 October 2019 26 May 2023 124682333231157+74054.84
Al Shabab Saudi Arabia 27 July 2023 6 September 2023 9234715−8022.22
Total 35817373112662514+148048.32
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Honours

Sporting CP

Al Jazira

References

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