Albert Stuivenberg

Albert Stuivenberg
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-08-05) 5 August 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Center
Team information
Current team
 Arsenal (assistant)
Youth career
Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
HFC Haarlem
SC Telstar
International career
1986 Netherlands U17 2 (0)
Managerial career
2006–2013 Netherlands U17
2013–2014 Netherlands U21
2014–2016 Manchester United (assistant)
2017 Genk
2018–2021 Wales (assistant)
2019– Arsenal (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Stuivenberg (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈstœyvə(m)bɛr(ə)x]; born 5 August 1970) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player who is currently the assistant manager of Premier League club Arsenal. He has 2 sons, by the names of Dylan and Joel Stuivenberg.

Stuivenberg played professionally for SC Telstar and HFC Haarlem, before suffering a serious injury and moving into coaching with Feyenoord and RWD Molenbeek. He then coached the youth team at Al Jazira and the Netherlands under-17 and under-21 national teams. He was appointed as assistant coach to Louis van Gaal at Manchester United in 2014, before making his managerial debut with Genk in 2017. Stuivenberg became assistant manager to Ryan Giggs for the Wales national team in 2018, before joining Arsenal in December 2019.

Career

Born in Rotterdam, Stuivenberg began his playing career in the academy of his local club, Feyenoord, but was unable to break into the first team and moved to HFC Haarlem. He later joined SC Telstar, but tore cruciate ligaments in 1986, which forced his premature retirement three years later in 1989.[1]

After retiring, Stuivenberg moved into coaching and was educated at the CIOS sports academy in Overveen. In 1992, he was given a job as a youth coach with his former club, Feyenoord, where he later became head of youth in 2001. He spent the 2000–01 season as an assistant first-team coach with Feyenoord's Belgian feeder club, Racing White Daring Molenbeek. After spending 13 years coaching at Feyenoord, working with the likes of Robin van Persie, he moved to Al Jazira in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in 2004 to head their youth system.[2]

After two years in the Middle East, he returned to the Netherlands to take over as the coach of the under-17s national team. He twice led the team to victory in the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, in 2011 and 2012, leading to his promotion to manage the under-21s.[3] Stuivenberg also scouted for the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) and educated professional coaches at the KNVB Academy.[2]

Manchester United

In July 2014, Stuivenberg was appointed as an assistant coach at Manchester United by new manager Louis van Gaal, working alongside assistant manager Ryan Giggs.[4] On 23 May 2016, two days after winning the 2016 FA Cup, it was announced that van Gaal had been relieved of his management duties. As part of his coaching team, it was also announced that Stuivenberg had departed the club.[5]

Genk and Wales national team

In January 2017, he started a new coaching job at Genk. He replaced Peter Maes, who was sacked because of an unsatisfactory ranking in the Belgian First Division A. Despite leading the club to the quarter-finals of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League,[6] Stuivenberg was fired on 10 December 2017.[7] In 2018, he was appointed as assistant manager of the Wales national team, working under his former Manchester United colleague Ryan Giggs.[8]

Arsenal

On 24 December 2019, Stuivenberg was announced as an assistant coach to Mikel Arteta at Arsenal, with assistant coach Steve Round and goalkeeping coach Iñaki Caña also joining the club.[9] On 26 July 2021, Stuivenberg left his position as Wales assistant coach to focus on his role at Arsenal.[10] On 1 January 2022, Stuivenberg took charge of Arsenal in a 2–1 defeat to Manchester City, as manager Mikel Arteta had tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to miss the match.[11][12] On 9 December 2023, Stuivenberg took charge of Arsenal in a 1-0 defeat at Aston Villa, as manager Mikel Arteta had been banned from the touchline, having received three yellow cards to that point in the Premier League 2023/24 Season. Arteta watched the match from the Directors' Box, but took part in his media commitments after the game.[13] [14]

Managerial statistics

As of match played December 2017
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
P W D L Win %
Genk 27 December 2016 10 December 2017 48 23 15 10 047.9 [15]
Total 48 23 15 10 047.9 —

Honours

Manager

Netherlands U17

References

  1. ^ "Stuivenberg success proves worth to United". UEFA. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Netherlands". UEFA.com (Union of European Football Associations). 1 March 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Stuivenberg joins Van Gaal's backroom team at Man Utd". Reuters. 6 July 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal adds Albert Stuivenberg to coaching set-up". The Telegraph. 6 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Louis van Gaal has been sacked as Manchester United manager - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Former Man Utd assistant and Wales No2 Albert Stuivenberg the latest name linked with Swansea City job". Wales Online. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  7. ^ "KRC Genk en Albert Stuivenberg gaan uit elkaar". KRC Genk. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  8. ^ Mitchelmore, Ian (15 March 2018). "Meet Wales' new-look backroom team as Ryan Giggs taps into his Manchester United connections". WalesOnline. Media Wales. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Coaching team named". Arsenal FC. 24 December 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Albert Stuivenberg to leave Cymru post". faw.cymru. Football Association of Wales. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Stuivenberg on the result, decisions and Mikel". Arsenal F.C. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  12. ^ Aarons, Ed (31 December 2021). "'I will need a big room': Arteta frustrated at having to watch Arsenal from afar". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media Limited. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Why Mikel Arteta is not on the Arsenal touchline against Aston Villa today l". .Evening Standard. 9 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  14. ^ "Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal: Villa up to second in Premier League". BBC Sport. 9 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  15. ^ "Managers: Albert Stuivenberg". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 June 2019.