Henk Fraser
Hendrikus "Henk" Fraser (born 7 July 1966)[1] is a Dutch football manager and former player who manages Eredivisie side Sparta Rotterdam. He played as a defender and earned seven caps for the Netherlands national football team in which he scored one goal. He was a member of the Dutch team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy under manager Leo Beenhakker. He made his debut for the Netherlands on 6 September 1989, in a friendly against Denmark (2-2).
![]() Fraser with ADO Den Haag in 2012 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hendrikus Fraser | ||
Date of birth | 7 July 1966 | ||
Place of birth | Paramaribo, Suriname | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Youth career | |||
RFC Rotterdam | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1984–1986 | Sparta Rotterdam | 12 | (0) |
1986–1988 | FC Utrecht | 58 | (12) |
1988–1990 | Roda JC | 58 | (6) |
1990–1999 | Feyenoord | 138 | (15) |
Total | 266 | (33) | |
National team | |||
1989–1992 | Netherlands | 6 | (1) |
Teams managed | |||
1999–2007 | Feyenoord (youth) | ||
2007–2009 | ADO Den Haag (assistant) | ||
2009–2011 | PSV Eindhoven (youth) | ||
2011–2014 | ADO Den Haag (assistant) | ||
2012–2014 | Netherlands U21 (assistant) | ||
2014–2016 | ADO Den Haag | ||
2016–2018 | Vitesse | ||
2018– | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Career
Fraser played for Sparta Rotterdam (1984–86), FC Utrecht (1986–88), Roda JC (1988–90), and Feyenoord Rotterdam (1990–99), with whom he won the Dutch title twice (in 1993 and 1999). After his professional career he became a youth coach at Feyenoord.
Being assistant of Maurice Steijn for two years, Fraser became first the caretaking manager of ADO Den Haag after Steijn had been sacked. However, a month later he signed deal with the club to be the permanent manager until the summer of 2016.
Vitesse Arnhem announced on 13 June 2016 that Fraser would replace Peter Bosz at the start of the 2016–17 season. In his first full season, won the club first major trophy in its 125-year existence. Fraser defeating AZ by a score of 2−0 in the final of the KNVB Cup, with two goals from Ricky van Wolfswinkel. [2] On 5 August 2017 Vitesse were beaten 1–1 (4–2 pen.) at De Kuip, Rotterdam in the Johan Cruyff Shield final by Feyenoord.
On 18 December 2017, Fraser announced he would not be extending his ending contract at the end of the season, leaving the club.[3] On 12 March 2018, it was announced that russian coach Leonid Slutsky would replace Henk Fraser as the new manager of Dutch Eredivisie side Vitesse Arnhem, for the start of the 2018-19 season. On 23 March 2018, Fraser was presented as the new head coach for Sparta Rotterdam for the next season.[4] Following a significant dip in form, Fraser was relieved of his duties in April 2018, two months prior to the conclusion of his contract at Vitesse.[5]
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 31 January 2021
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
ADO Den Haag | ![]() |
5 February 2014 | 13 June 2016 | 82 | 25 | 30 | 27 | 117 | 120 | −3 | 30.49 | [6] |
Vitesse | ![]() |
13 June 2016 | 11 April 2018 | 78 | 33 | 19 | 26 | 124 | 96 | +28 | 42.31 | [7] |
Sparta Rotterdam | ![]() |
1 July 2018 | Present | 92 | 38 | 24 | 30 | 160 | 133 | +27 | 41.30 | [8] |
Total | 252 | 96 | 73 | 83 | 401 | 349 | +52 | 38.10 | – |
Honours
Player
- Feyenoord
References
- Fraser met of zonder puntjes op de a?, clubachterdeduinen.nl, 6 April 2014
- "Van Wolfswinkel fires Vitesse to first major trophy". Goal.com. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- "Trainer Henk Fraser stopt na dit seizoen bij Vitesse". AD.nl. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- "Henk Fraser vanaf volgend seizoen traner Sparta Rotterdam". Sparta-Rotterdam.nl. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- "VITESSE AND HENK FRASER APART". Vitesse.nl. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- "ADO Den Haag: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- "SBV Vitesse: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- "Sparta Rotterdam: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 28 August 2019.