1985–1991 FC Utrecht Weight 76 kg Years Team Height 1.8 m | Role Football manager Playing position Name Rob Alflen Parents Loek Alflen, Tiny Alflen | |
Date of birth (1968-05-07) 7 May 1968 (age 47) Team coached FC Utrecht (Manager, since 2014) Siblings Tineke Alflen, Loek Alflen Similar People Jan Wouters, Anouar Kali, Co Adriaanse, Erik ten Hag, Loek Alflen | ||
Place of birth Utrecht, Netherlands Current team FC Utrecht (manager) | ||
Rob Alflen (born 7 May 1968 in Utrecht) is a Dutch football manager and former player who is currently the assistant manager of Dutch Eredivisie side Heracles Almelo.
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Club
Alflen played for FC Utrecht, Ajax Amsterdam, Vitesse Arnhem, Sparta Rotterdam, and Cambuur Leeuwarden in the Eredivisie.
Managerial career
He had been head coach of Young FC Utrecht since February 2009. When Erwin Koeman quit as head coach of FC Utrecht in October 2011, Alflen was assigned as assistant coach of Jan Wouters for the first team of FC Utrecht. He became head coach after Wouters left the club in June 2014. On 25 March 2015 FC Utrecht said that coach Alflen and his advisor Co Adriaanse would step down from their roles with the Dutch club at the end of the season.
Personal life
Alflen's father was the Dutch wrestling champion Loek Alflen.