Robert Alberts

Robert René Alberts (born 14 November 1954) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player.

Robert Alberts

Alberts in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Robert René Alberts
Date of birth	(1954-11-14) 14 November 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1966–1976	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1975	→ Vancouver Whitecaps	9	(2)
1976	Clermont Foot
1976	Vancouver Whitecaps	9	(1)
1977	Råå IF
1978–1983	Hittarps IK
Managerial career
1984–1987	Hittarps IK
1988–1991	Astorps IK
1992–1995	Kedah FA
1996–1998	Tanjong Pagar United
1998–2001	Home United
2002–2004	South Korea (Head of Academy Coaching)
2008–2009	Sarawak FA
2009–2010	Arema Indonesia
2010	PSM Makassar
2011–2015	Sarawak FA
2016–2019	PSM Makassar
2019–2022	Persib Bandung
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Alberts played for Ajax's third team^[1] and had stints at French outfit Clermont Foot and in the NASL with Vancouver Whitecaps.^[2] He finished his career in the Swedish league.

Managerial career

Alberts started his coaching career in Sweden, then moved to Malaysia where he won the league and Malaysia Cup titles with Kedah FA in 1993. He also has coached in Singapore with Tanjong Pagar United and Home United, winning the Singapore Premier League title with Home United in 1999. Later he coached the U-19 teams of South Korea.

He managed the Indonesian champion Arema Indonesia in 2009–10.^[3] In doing so, he became the first foreign manager to win the Indonesian top-tier title in his first season.

Alberts took over as manager and head coach of Sarawak FA for the second time in 2011.^[4] He had managed the team before in 2008–2009 before going to Indonesia. He held the post until his contract with Sarawak was mutually terminated in 2015, due to poor performances of the team in 2015 Malaysia Super League.^[5][6] During his stay in Sarawak, the team won the Premier League in 2013 and were runners-up in 2011, on both times winning promotion to the Super League. Sarawak also reached the semi-finals of Malaysia Cup in 2013 with Alberts at the helm.

In June 2016, he came back to PSM Makassar after his left on 2011.^[7] On 2018 Liga 1, he managed the team to finish on the second place in the final table.^[8]

Alberts left PSM due to his health condition, however, he signed contract for Persib Bandung prior to 2019 Liga 1 after Persib sacked Miljan Radović. It made many PSM fans disappointed.^[8][9] He led Persib to reach runner-up on 2021–22 Liga 1.^[10] On 10 August 2022, following the pressure by Bobotoh, Persib fans, the club announced his resignation. ^[11][12]

Managerial honours

Club

Kedah FA

• Malaysia Premier One League: 1993
• Malaysia Cup: 1993

Home United

• S.League: 1999
• Singapore Cup: 2000, 2001

Arema Indonesia

• Indonesia Super League: 2009–10^[13]
• Piala Indonesia: runners-up 2010

Sarawak FA

• Malaysia Premier League: 2013; runners-up: 2011