Erik ten Hag

Erik ten Hag
Ten Hag managing Utrecht in 2017
Personal information
Full name Erik ten Hag
Date of birth (1970-02-02) 2 February 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Haaksbergen, Netherlands
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back[2]
Team information
Current team
Manchester United (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1990 Twente 14 (0)
1990–1992 De Graafschap 54 (6)
1992–1994 Twente 45 (2)
1994–1995 RKC Waalwijk 31 (2)
1995–1996 Utrecht 30 (2)
1996–2002 Twente 162 (3)
Total 336 (15)
Managerial career
2012–2013 Go Ahead Eagles
2013–2015 Bayern Munich II
2015–2017 Utrecht
2017–2022 Ajax
2022– Manchester United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Erik ten Hag (born 2 February 1970) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Premier League club Manchester United.

Ten Hag played as a centre-back and began his career with Eredivisie club Twente. He joined De Graafschap in 1990, and won the Eerste Divisie in his first season. He rejoined Twente in 1992 and transferred to RKC Waalwijk two years later, where he remained for one season before signing with Utrecht in 1995. Ten Hag returned to Twente for a third time in 1996, where he won KNVB Cup in 2001. He retired in 2002, at age 32.

Ten Hag began his managerial career in 2012 at Go Ahead Eagles, where he led the club to promotion to the Eredivisie in his debut season. He then joined Bayern Munich II in 2013, winning promotion to the Regionalliga Bayern in 2014. He returned to the Netherlands in 2015 as sporting director and head coach at Utrecht. He joined Ajax in 2017, where he won three Eredivisie titles, two KNVB Cups, and led the team to the semi-finals of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League. In 2022, he was appointed as the manager of Manchester United. In his first two seasons with the club, United won the EFL Cup and FA Cup.

  1. ^ "Erik ten Hag: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  2. ^ Jackson, Jamie (21 April 2022). "Ten Hag confident of Manchester United revival without lavish budget". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 April 2022.

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