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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]
Club 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)
Teams managed
2012–2013 Go Ahead Eagles
2013–2015 Bayern Munich II
2015–2017 Utrecht
2017–2022 Ajax
2022– Manchester United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Erik ten Hag (born 2 February 1970) is a Dutch professional football manager. He used to be a football player. He is the manager of Manchester United, a club in the Premier League.

Ten Hag played as a centre-back. He started his career with Eredivisie club Twente. He joined De Graafschap in 1990. He won the Eerste Divisie in his first season there. He went back to Twente in 1992. He moved to RKC Waalwijk two years later and stayed for one season. He started playing at Utrecht in 1995. Ten Hag went back to Twente for a third time in 1996. He won the KNVB Cup in 2001. He retired in 2002, at age 32.

Ten Hag started his career as a manager in 2012 at Go Ahead Eagles. He helped the club to promotion to the Eredivisie in his first season. He then joined Bayern Munich II in 2013. He won promotion to the Regionalliga Bayern in 2014. He went back to the Netherlands in 2015to be sporting director and head coach at Utrecht. He joined Ajax in 2017. He won three Eredivisie titles and two KNVB Cups. He also led the team to the semi-finals of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League. In 2022, he became the manager of Manchester United. In his first season with the club, United won the EFL Cup. He also reached the final of the FA Cup, but his team lost against Manchester City.

Playing statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League KNVB Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Twente 1989–90[3][4] Eredivisie 14 0 0 0 14 0
De Graafschap 1990–91[3] Eerste Divisie 37 5 37 5
1991–92[3] Eredivisie 17 1 17 1
Total 54 6 54 6
Twente 1992–93[3] Eredivisie 24 1 24 1
1993–94[3][5] Eredivisie 21 1 1[a] 0 22 1
Total 45 2 1 0 46 2
RKC Waalwijk 1994–95[3] Eredivisie 31 2 31 2
Utrecht 1995–96[3] Eredivisie 30 2 30 2
Twente 1996–97[3] Eredivisie 26 1 26 1
1997–98[3][6] Eredivisie 33 0 5[a] 0 38 0
1998–99[3][7] Eredivisie 29 0 4[b] 0 33 0
1999–2000[3] Eredivisie 30 2 30 2
2000–01[3] Eredivisie 28 0 28 0
2001–02[3][8] Eredivisie 16 0 2[a] 0 1[c] 0 19 0
Total 162 3 11 0 1 0 174 3
Career total 336 15 12 0 1 0 349 15
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
  2. Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  3. Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 29 September 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Go Ahead Eagles 1 July 2012 6 June 2013[9] 39 18 11 10 046.15
Bayern Munich II 6 June 2013[9] 22 May 2015[10] 72 48 10 14 066.67
Utrecht 23 May 2015[11] 27 December 2017 111 56 26 29 050.45
Ajax 28 December 2017 15 May 2022 215 158 28 29 073.49
Manchester United[12] 23 May 2022 Present 123 69 20 34 056.10
Total 560 349 95 116 062.32

De Graafschap

Twente

Bayern Munich II

Utrecht

Ajax

Manchester United

Individual

References

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  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.
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 "Ten Hag". Voetbal International. Archived from the original on 11 March 2009.
  4. For 1989–90 UEFA Cup: Ionescu, Romeo (2004). The Complete Results & Line-ups of the UEFA Cup 1971–1991. Cleethorpes: Soccer Books. p. 385. ISBN 978-1-86223-109-2.
  5. For 1993–94 UEFA Cup: Ionescu, Romeo (2004). The Complete Results & Line-ups of the UEFA Cup 1991–2004. Cleethorpes: Soccer Books. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-86223-115-3.
  6. For 1997–98 UEFA Cup: Ionescu. The Complete Results & Line-ups of the UEFA Cup 1991–2004. pp. 192, 197, 201.
  7. For 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup: "Erik ten Hag: Club Matches: UI-Cup 1998/1999". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  8. For 2001–02 UEFA Cup: Ionescu. The Complete Results & Line-ups of the UEFA Cup 1991–2004. pp. 356, 370.
    For 2001 Johan Cruyff Shield: "Erik ten Hag: Club Matches: Supercup 2001". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Warmbrunn, Benedikt (6 June 2013). "Unterrichter in kniffligen Fragen". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  10. "Bayern München II". Kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  11. "Ten Hag wird Trainer und Sportdirektor beim FC Utrecht". Kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  12. "Erik ten Hag Profile & MUFC Managerial Record". MUFCinfo.com. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  13. 13.0 13.1 Wallace, Sam (21 April 2022). "The making of Erik ten Hag: 'Only one coach could analyse games like him – and that was Fergie'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  14. "Ten Hag vertrekt bij Bayern München". NOS. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  15. "Feyenoord vs. Utrecht 2–1: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  16. "Erik ten Hag manages last match for Ajax". Manchester United F.C. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  17. "Willem II vs. Ajax 0–4: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  18. "Ajax vs. Vitesse 2–1: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  19. "PSV vs. Ajax 2–1: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  20. "Ajax vs. PSV 2–0: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  21. "Manchester City 1–2 Manchester United: Line-ups". BBC Sport. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  22. McNulty, Phil (3 June 2023). "Manchester City 2–1 Manchester United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  23. McNulty, Phil (26 February 2023). "Manchester United 2–0 Newcastle United: Erik ten Hag's side win Carabao Cup for first trophy since 2017". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  24. "Winnaars Rinus Michels Awards 2016" (in Dutch). De Voetbal Trainer. Archived from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  25. "Winnaars Rinus Michels Awards 2018/19". De VoetbalTrainer (in Dutch). 17 May 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  26. "Ten Hag wins Rinus Michels Award". AFC Ajax. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  27. "Manager Profile: Erik ten Hag". Premier League. Retrieved 26 December 2023.