Gérard de Nooijer

Gérard de Nooijer
Personal information
Full name	Gérard de Nooijer
Date of birth	4 April 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth	Oost-Souburg, Netherlands
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	RCS Oost-Souburg
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–1998	Sparta Rotterdam
1998–2002	Heerenveen
2002–2004	Feyenoord
2004–2006	Dordrecht
Managerial career
2009–2011	Dauwendaele
2012–2013	Goes
2013–2016	Dordrecht (assistant)
2016–2018	Dordrecht
2019	Dalian Istar H&C (academy)
2020–2021	Sparta Rotterdam (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gérard de Nooijer (born 4 April 1969) is a Dutch football manager and former player.

Playing career

De Nooijer played as a defender for Sparta Rotterdam (1988–1998), SC Heerenveen (1998–2003), Feyenoord Rotterdam (2003–2004) and FC Dordrecht (2004–2005).

In the 2020–21 season, he worked as assistant coach with Sparta Rotterdam.^[1]

He is the twin brother of striker Dennis de Nooijer, who also played professional football during the late 1980s and 1990s.

His son Bradley de Nooijer is now a professional footballer.^[2]

^ Cornelissen, Edwin (23 December 2020). "Na 22 jaar is Gérard de Nooijer terug: 'Sparta-gevoel altijd meegenomen'". nos.nl (in Dutch).
^ "Familia sport » De la fondare, Hagi a adus la gruparea constănțeană o mulțime de fotbaliști ai căror tați, unchi sau rude apropiate au fost sportivi de performanță" [The sport family »Since founding, Hagi brought to the team from Constanta a lot of footballers whose fathers, uncles or close relatives were performance athletes] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

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