Denny Landzaat

Denny Domingues Landzaat[1] (known as Denny Landzaat, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɛni ˈlɑntsaːt], born 6 May 1976) is a Dutch former footballer who mostly played as a central midfielder or defensive midfielder and current assistant manager of Al-Ittihad.

Denny Landzaat
Personal information
Full name Denny Domingues Landzaat
Date of birth (1976-05-06) 6 May 1976
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder / Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Al-Ittihad (assistant)
Youth career
SC Buitenveldert
Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Ajax 1 (0)
1996–1999 MVV 102 (10)
1999–2003 Willem II 139 (38)
2003–2006 AZ 79 (22)
2006–2008 Wigan Athletic 52 (5)
2008–2010 Feyenoord 38 (5)
2010–2013 Twente 50 (2)
2014 Willem II 9 (0)
Total 461 (82)
National team
2001–2008 Netherlands 38 (1)
Teams managed
2015–2016 Jong AZ (assistant)
2016 AZ (U15)
2016–2017 AZ (U17)
2017–2018 Jong AZ (assistant)
2018–2019 Feyenoord (assistant)
2019– Al-Ittihad (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Early life

Landzaat was born and raised in Amsterdam. He is of Moluccan descent.[2]

Club career

Early career

Landzaat was educated in Ajax's youth academy, but only played one league match for the club before moving on to have lengthy spells with MVV, Willem II and AZ. He was AZ's captain in the 2005–06 season, as they finished second in the Eredivisie.[3]

Wigan Athletic

Landzaat joined Premier League club Wigan Athletic on 18 July 2006 for an undisclosed fee, thought to be £2.5 million. He signed a three-year contract with the club.[3] He scored his first goal for Wigan against Reading in a 2–3 loss on 30 January 2007.[4] He followed this with a 30-yard strike at the Emirates Stadium in a 1–2 defeat to Arsenal on 11 February.[5] On 18 August 2007, Landzaat converted a penalty against Sunderland to score his first home goal for Wigan at the JJB Stadium.[6] He also scored the first goal in Wigan's 5–3 win over local rivals Blackburn Rovers.[7]

Feyenoord

On 25 January 2008, Landzaat returned to the Netherlands to join Feyenoord for a £1 million transfer fee.[8] He signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with the club. He scored his first goal for Feyenoord on his debut, in the 3–3 draw against Heracles on 24 February 2008.

Twente

After his contract with Feyenoord expired, Landzaat signed a one-year deal with Twente in August 2010, which was extended during the season and again in the following season. He won the KNVB Cup in 2010–11.

Willem II

After his contract with Twente expired in the summer of 2013, Landzaat was unable to find a new team for the start of the 2013–14 season. However, on 16 January 2014, he signed a contract with Willem II until the end of the season. He retired from professional football at the end of the season, having been a part of the team that helped Willem II back to the Eredivisie.

International career

Landzaat was a member of the Dutch squad at the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship. Landzaat also competed in the 2006 World Cup. On 21 May 2008, Landzaat was released from Marco van Basten's UEFA Euro 2008 provisional squad.[9]

Denny Landzaat: International Goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.3 September 2004Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands Liechtenstein3–03–0Friendly match[10]

Coaching career

Landzaat ended his career in the summer 2014 and then signed a contract with AZ Alkmaar until 2017 as an individual coach for the first team and for Jong AZ.[11] One year later, he was also appointed assistant manager to Martin Haar for Jong AZ.[12]

From January 2016, he became manager of AZ's U15 team but still retained his coaching role for the Jong and first team's and also as assistant manager for Jong AZ.[13] In the summer 2016, he then took charge of the club's U17 squad and beside that, he also functioned as assistant manager under Danny Blind for the Netherlands national football team in a advisor role.[14] In the summer 2017, he signed a new one-year contract and was appointed assistant manager for Jong AZ, once again under Martin Haar.[15]

In the 2018-19 season, Landzaat was appointed assistant to Giovanni van Bronckhorst.[16] Jaap Stam was appointed manager for Feyenoord in the summer 2019. When Stam stepped down on 28 October 2019, Landzaat also did.[17] One week later, he was appointed assistant manager of Henk ten Cate at Saudi Professional League club Al-Ittihad.[18]

Career statistics
Club performance League Cup Continental Other Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Netherlands League KNVB Cup Europe Other Total
1995–96AjaxEredivisie1000100020
1996–97MVVEerste divisie34200--342
1997–98Eredivisie34410--354
1998–9934421--365
1999–2000Willem II2531130-294
2000–01331230--3612
2001–02341632--3718
2002–033452061-426
2003–041323221-185
2003–04AZ17300--173
2004–05331011134-4715
2005–062993281204212
England League FA Cup Europe Other Total
2006—07Wigan AthleticPremier League33210--342
2007—0819300--193
Netherlands League KNVB Cup Europe Other Total
2007–08FeyenoordEredivisie11232--144
2008–0971000030101
2009–1020270--272
2010–11Twente27250122-444
2011–12160209120291
2012–137000000070
2013–14Willem IIEerste Divisie9000--90
Total Netherlands 418773611441014051298
England 52510--535
Career total 4708237114410140565103

Statistics accurate as of last match played on 17 March 2014.

Honours
Ajax
MVV
Feyenoord
Twente
Willem II

References
  1. "FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 – List of Players" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). p. 19. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  2. "Para Pemain Keturunan Indonesia di Eredivisie Rata-Rata U-23, Penggawa Tim Junior Oranye" (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  3. "Holland star Landzaat joins Wigan". BBC Sport. 18 July 2006.
  4. "Reading 3–2 Wigan". BBC. 30 January 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  5. "Arsenal 2–1 Wigan". BBC. 11 February 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  6. "Wigan 3–0 Sunderland". BBC. 18 August 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  7. "Wigan 5–3 Blackburn". BBC. 15 December 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  8. "Wigan sell Landzaat to Feyenoord". BBC Sport. 25 January 2008.
  9. uefa.com – Van Basten releases provisional pair
  10. Footballdatabase.eu: Netherlands – Lichtenstein 0:3
  11. Denny Landzaat trainer bij AZ, azfanpage.nl, 29 May 2014
  12. Haar de nieuwe trainer van Jong AZ; Landzaat zijn assistent, goal.com, 8 July 2015
  13. AZ stelt twee prominente oud-spelers aan als jeugdtrainers, soccernews.nl, 31 December 2015
  14. 'Blind heeft nieuwe assistent bij Oranje in 'Advocaat-rol' in vizier', voetbalprimeur.nl, 12 September 2016
  15. Landzaat verlengt als assistent-trainer van Jong AZ, fcupdate.nl, 14 July 2017
  16. Landzaat opvolger van Wouters in technische staf Feyenoord, ad.nl, 25 May 2018
  17. https://www.feyenoord.com/news/overview/dick-advocaat-appointed-head-coach Dick Advocaat appointed head coach], feyenoord.com, 30 October 2019
  18. Ten Cate moet nu Al-Ittihad aan het voetballen krijgen, vi.nl, 4 November 2019
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