Roy Hendriksen

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Name Roy Hendriksen Role Football player		Years Team Playing position Midfielder 1991–1994 RBC Roosendaal


Full name Roy Pierre Vernond Hendriksen Date of birth (1969-01-21) 21 January 1969 (age 46)
Place of birth Goirle, Netherlands Current team Brentford (assistant)

Roy Pierre Vernond Hendriksen (born 21 January 1969) is a Dutch football manager, coach and former player who is currently head coach of Helmond Sport. During his 16-year playing career he played Eredivisie football with SC Cambuur, before retiring in 2007 and entering management with Zeelandia Middelburg. He later served as assistant manager at RKC Waalwijk, N.E.C. and Brentford.

Playing career

A midfielder, Hendriksen spent the majority of his 16-year professional career in the Eerste Divisie in the Netherlands, most notably with Helmond Sport, BV Veendam and RBC Roosendaal. He helped SC Cambuur to promotion from the Eerste Divisie in the 1997–98 season and made 27 Eredivisie appearances the following year. He retired in 2007 after a second spell with Helmond Sport.

Zeelandia Middleburg

Hendriksen began his managerial career in 2007 with Derde Klasse side Zeelandia Middelburg. He took the club to the playoff semi-finals in his debut season, before suffering relegation to the Vierde Klasse in the 2008–09 season. He departed the club in 2010. He returned on a part-time consultancy basis during the 2011–12 season.

VC Vlissingen

Hendriksen was appointed manager at Eerste Klasse side VC Vlissingen in 2010, the club where he began his career as a player. He managed a sixth-place finish with the financially stricken club and departed at the end of the 2010–11 season. He was nominated for the Coach of the Year award at the 2011 Zeeland Football Awards.

Helmond Sport

On 6 February 2016 it was announced that Hendriksen would return to Helmond Sport (his final club as a player) as head coach on a two-year contract from the beginning of the 2016–17 season.

RKC Waalwijk

In January 2011, Hendriksen was appointed as Ruud Brood's assistant at Eerste Divisie side RKC Waalwijk on a contract until the end of the 2010–11 season. A run of 14 wins from 17 matches saw Waalwijk win promotion to the Eredivisie as champions at the end of the season. He signed a new contract in May 2011. Hendriksen assisted Brood to a 9th-place finish and qualification to the Europa League promotion playoffs in the 2011–12 season, but they were denied a place in Europe after a 5–2 aggregate defeat to Vitesse Arnhem in the final. Brood departed Waalwijk and was replaced by Erwin Koeman as manager in the summer of 2012, who retained Hendriksen as his assistant. Waalwijk narrowly missed relegation to the Eerste Divisie in the 2012–13 season and were relegated the following year after a 4–2 aggregate defeat to S.B.V. Excelsior in the relegation playoffs. Hendriksen turned down the offer of a new three-year contract and left the club in May 2014.

N.E.C.

Hendriksen reunited with Ruud Brood at Eerste Divisie club N.E.C. in June 2014. In a successful 2014–15 season, the pair sent N.E.C. to the Eredivisie as champions. Hendriksen left the club at the end of the campaign.

Brentford

On 1 June 2015, Hendriksen was announced as assistant to Marinus Dijkhuizen at English Championship side Brentford. Hendriksen previously knew Dijkhuizen from their time as players with SC Cambuur and he also spent part of the 2014–15 season serving a coaching internship under Dijkhuizen at S.B.V. Excelsior. A number of departures and a crippling injury list saw Brentford sitting in 19th position after eight league games, which led to Dijkhuizen and Hendriksen being removed from their positions on 28 September 2015.