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Dick Lukkien
	Lukkien in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth	28 March 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Winschoten, Netherlands
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	FC Groningen (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1996	BV Veendam
Managerial career
2002–2010	BV Veendam (assistant)
2010–2013	Jong FC Groningen (youth coach)
2011–2016	FC Groningen (assistant)
2016–2023	FC Emmen
2023–	FC Groningen
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dick Lukkien (born 28 March 1972) is a Dutch football manager and former footballer currently in charge of Eredivisie club FC Groningen.

Playing career

From 1991 to 1996 he played 90 times and scored once for BV Veendam.^[1] He then played for SVBO and Appingedam.

Coaching career

BV Veendam

Lukkien was the assistant manager at SC Veendam from 2002 to 2010.

Jong FC Groningen

Lukkien became head coach and managed Jong FC Groningen from 2010 to 2013.

FC Groningen

In July 2011 he was appointed assistant manager. Groningen won the KNVB Cup in 2015 and finished runner-up in the Johan Cruyff Shield the same year.^[2] He extended his contract to 2018.

FC Emmen

On 14 March 2016 it was announced that Lukkien would be the manager of FC Emmen for the next two seasons.^[3] He won the Bronzen Stier for being the best manager in the third period of the 2017/18 season. Emmen were promoted to the Eredivisie for the first time in 2018 and finished fourteenth the following season. In 2020–21, Emmen relegated back to the Eerste Divisie.

On 15 April 2022, Lukkien and Emmen promoted back to the Eredivisie after just one year absence.^[4] However, FC Emmen immediately relegated too, losing to Almere City in the Relegation play-offs.^[5]

FC Groningen

In March 2023, it was announced that Lukkien would return to FC Groningen, as head coach for the 2023–24 season.^[6] Both FC Emmen and FC Groningen got relegated from the Eredivisie after the announcement.