Rob Penders

Dutch footballer

Rob Penders (born 31 December 1975) is a Dutch football coach and a former player who mainly played for NAC Breda during his career. He is the assistant manager of Utrecht. Penders was a defender who made his debut in professional football, being part of the RBC Roosendaal squad in the 1994–95 season. In the season 1999-2000 he joined NAC Breda. He played there for 10 seasons.^[1]

Coaching career

After retiring, Penders worked for NAC Breda as a youth coach. In October 2014, he was named as temporarily assistant manager for the first team.^[2] In the 2016-17 season, Penders was in charge of the club's reserve team in addition to assisting the first team.^[3] He left the club on 22 March 2019 where he was fired.^[4]

On 5 June 2019, he was appointed as U19 manager of ADO Den Haag for the upcoming season.^[5]

On 17 June 2023, Penders was hired as an assistant coach by Utrecht.^[6]

References

1. "Rob Penders" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
2. Hellemons en Penders nemen leiding NAC voorlopig over, bredavandaag.nl, 13 October 2014
3. Rob Penders langer bij NAC, nac.nl, 14 June 2017
4. Penders per direct weg: NAC ontslaat assistent, ad.nl, 22 March 2019
5. Rob Penders gaat jeugd ADO Den Haag trainen, bndestem.nl, 5 June 2019
6. "Rob Penders nieuwe assistent-trainer FC Utrecht" [Rob Penders new assistant coach of FC Utrecht] (in Dutch). FC Utrecht. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.