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Dennis Johannes van Wijk (born December 16, 1962, Oostzaan) is a Dutch football coach and former football player.
Van Wijk was a left-back who began his career in the youth system of Ajax Amsterdam. He was unable to break into the first team and joined Norwich City F.C. in 1982. He spent four years at Carrow Road and was a member of the Norwich teams that won the English League Cup in 1985 and the Second Division Championship in 1986. In that 1985 final, Van Wijk conceded a penalty kick when he handled in the area. To the relief of Van Wijk and Norwich, Clive Walker of Sunderland missed the penalty and Norwich won 1-0.
After leaving Norwich, Van Wijk played for a series of teams until 1995. While with Club Brugge he won the Belgian League championship and Belgian Supercup. After having managed several Belgium teams since 1995, he became manager of Willem II Tilburg in the Netherlands in 2006. On November 4th 2007, he left the club due to bad performances of the team.
[edit] Career
[edit] As a player
[edit] As manager
- 1994-1995 FC Knokke (player-manager) (Belgium)
- 1995-1996 FC Knokke (manager) (Belgium)
- 1996-10/1998 KV Oostende (Belgium)
- 10-11/1998 Daring Blankenberge (Belgium)
- 11/1998-2002 Cercle Brugge (Belgium)
- 2003-2006 KSV Roeselare (België)
- 2006-2007 Willem II Tilburg (Netherlands)
[edit] Honours
[edit] As a player
[edit] External links
[edit] Other sources
- Canary Citizens by Mark Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001), ISBN 0-7117-2020-7
