Dennis van Wijk

This is a Dutch name; the family name is Van Wijk, not Wijk.

Dennis van Wijk

Personal information
Full name	Dennis Johannes van Wijk
Date of birth	(1962-12-16) 16 December 1962
Place of birth	Oostzaan, Netherlands
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Beerschot Wilrijk (Head coach)
Youth career
1968–81	De Volewijckers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–82	Ajax
1982–86	Norwich City
1986–89	Club Brugge	87	(5)
1989–90	Ajax
1990–91	PAS Giannina
1991–92	Club Brugge
1993–95	Knokke
Managerial career
1994–96	Knokke
1996–98	Oostende
1998	Daring Blankenberge
1998–2002	Cercle Brugge
2003–06	K.S.V. Roeselare
2006–07	Willem II
2007	Oostende
2007–08	Sint-Truiden
2008–10	Roeselare
2011–12	Mons
2012	Charleroi
2012–13	Antwerp
2013–14	Westerlo
2015	Cercle Brugge
2015	Deinze
2016–	Beerschot Wilrijk
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dennis Johannes van Wijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɛ.nɪs joː.ˈɦɑ.nəs vɐn ˈʋɛi̯k]) (born 16 December 1962 in Oostzaan, North Holland) is a Dutch football coach and former football player. He is the current coach of Beerschot Wilrijk in the Belgian Third Division.

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. He won the Belgian League championship and Belgian Supercup with Club Brugge . After having managed several Belgium teams since 1995, he became manager of Willem II Tilburg in the Netherlands in 2006. On 4 November 2007, he left the club due to bad performances of the team. Van Wijk is the son of former professional footballer Hassie van Wijk.

Career

As a player

• 1968–1981 De Volewijckers (Netherlands)
• 1981–1982 Ajax (Netherlands)
• 1982–1986 Norwich City F.C. (England)
• 1986–1989 Club Brugge (Belgium)
• 1989–1990 Ajax (Netherlands)
• 1990–1991 PAS Giannina (Greece)
• 1991–1992 Club Brugge (Belgium)
• 1993–1994 FC Knokke (Belgium)

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 (Belgium)
• 2006–2007 Willem II Tilburg (Netherlands)
• 2007 KV Oostende (Belgium)
• 2007–2008 K. Sint-Truidense V.V. (Belgium)
• 2008–2010 KSV Roeselare (Belgium)
• 2011–2012 R.A.E.C. Mons (Belgium)
• 2012 R. Charleroi S.C. (Belgium)
• 2012–2013 Royal Antwerp F.C. (Belgium)
• 2013–2014 Westerlo (Belgium)
• 2015-2016 Cercle Brugge (Belgium)
• 2016- KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk (Belgium)

Honours

As manager

• Belgian Second Division Championship winner 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12

As a player

• English League Cup winner 1984–85
• Second Division Championship winner 1985–86
• Belgian League Championship winner 1987–88
• Belgian Supercup winner 1988

Source

• Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk
• Canary Citizens by Mark Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001), ISBN 0-7117-2020-7

External links

• Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk