Dwight Lodeweges (born 26 October 1957) is a Canadian–born Dutch football coach and former professional player. He is currently one of the assistant managers of the Netherlands national team. In 2020 – after Ronald Koeman left to join FC Barcelona – he was caretaker manager for two matches. On 29 June 2021 Frank de Boer resigned as coach and Lodeweges again took over on an interim basis until a new head coach was appointed.

Dwight Lodeweges
Personal information
Full name Dwight Lodeweges[1]
Date of birth (1957-10-26) 26 October 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth Turner Valley, Alberta, Canada
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1975 V.V.O.P.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1979 Go Ahead Eagles
1979–1982 Edmonton Drillers 96 (10)
1982–1983 Go Ahead Eagles 17 (0)
1983 Montreal Manic 29 (1)
1984–1988 Minnesota Strikers (indoor) 130 (29)
1988–1989 Go Ahead Eagles 32 (0)
1990–1992 Go Ahead Eagles 1 (0)
Total 305 (40)
International career
1978 Netherlands U-21 6 (0)
Managerial career
1989–1990 Go Ahead Eagles (Youth Head Coach)
1990–1995 Go Ahead Eagles (assistant coach)
1995–1998 VVOG
1998–2001 FC Zwolle
2001 FC Groningen
2002 FC Groningen II
2003 FC Groningen (assistant)
2003–2004 SC Heerenveen (assistant)
2004–2005 Al-Jazira (assistant)
2006–2007 Nagoya Grampus (assistant)
2007–2008 PSV U-19 (assistant)
2008–2009 PSV (assistant)
2009 PSV
2009 NEC
2010 FC Edmonton
2011 JEF United Chiba
2013–2014 SC Cambuur
2014–2015 SC Heerenveen
2017–2018 PEC Zwolle (assistant)
2018– Netherlands (assistant)
2020 Netherlands (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Managerial career

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After the resignation of Huub Stevens, Lodeweges was named PSV Eindhoven's head coach. He finished the season, but then left to become head coach for NEC Nijmegen,[2] On 9 April 2009, he signed on for two years[3] but was dismissed from the role of manager at NEC Nijmegen after the defeat 4–0 of Sunday, against PSV Eindhoven.[4]

On 9 March 2010, he was named as the new head coach of FC Edmonton.[5] He left the club before its first competitive match and signed to coach JEF United Chiba of J2 League on 3 December 2010.[6]

In 2013, he signed with SC Cambuur in the Dutch premier division. He left mid-season in 2014 when it became known he had signed with their arch-rivals SC Heerenveen for the next season. With Heerenveen he became seventh in the 2014–15 season. The start of the 2015–16 season was bad, with Heerenveen at the bottom of the table. In October 2015 he was replaced.

Managerial statistics

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Team Year(s) Record
G W D L Win %
JEF United Chiba 2011 30 14 8 8 046.67
Netherlands (caretaker) 2020 2 1 0 1 050.00
Total 32 15 8 9 046.88

References

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  1. ^ "Netherlands – D. Lodeweges – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway".
  2. ^ "NEC To Appoint Lodeweges As Head Coach – Report". Goal. 29 March 2009.
  3. ^ "N.E.C reach agreement with Lodeweges on a two-year deal". English.psv.nl. Archived from the original on 14 April 2009.
  4. ^ "Lodeweges als Coach von Nijmegen zurückgetreten". Focus.de. 27 October 2009.
  5. ^ Coach: Dwight Lodeweges Archived 1 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "FC Edmonton coaches leaving | Soccer | Sports". Edmonton Sun.
  7. ^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
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