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Huub Stevens

Dutch association football player and manager

Hubertus Jozef Margaretha "Huub" Stevens (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦyp ˈsteː.və(n)s]; born 29 November 1953) is a former Dutch professional football manager and player.

Huub Stevens
Stevens as manager of VfB Stuttgart in 2014
Personal information
Full name Hubertus Jozef Margaretha Stevens[1]
Date of birth (1953-11-29) 29 November 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth Sittard, Netherlands
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1975 Fortuna Sittard 104 (4)
1975–1986 PSV 293 (15)
Total 397 (19)
National team
1979–1985 Netherlands 18 (1)
Teams managed
1986–1993 PSV (youth)
1993–1996 Roda JC
1996–2002 Schalke 04
2002–2003 Hertha BSC
2004–2005 1. FC Köln
2005–2007 Roda JC
2007–2008 Hamburger SV
2008–2009 PSV
2009–2011 Red Bull Salzburg
2011–2012 Schalke 04
2013–2014 PAOK
2014 VfB Stuttgart
2014–2015 VfB Stuttgart
2015–2016 1899 Hoffenheim
2019 Schalke 04 (interim)
2020 Schalke 04 (interim)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

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Stevens was born in Sittard. He played for Fortuna Sittard and PSV. With PSV, he won the Eredivisie three times, the KNVB Cup once and the UEFA Cup in 1978. He also played for the Netherlands national team. He played 18 matches and scored one goal. With the team he played in the 1980 European Championship finals.

Managerial career

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He started his career as head of youth development at PSV. In 1993 Stevens became the manager of Roda JC Kerkrade. From October 1996 to June 2002, he managed German Bundesliga club Schalke 04,[2] With them he won the UEFA Cup in 1997 and the DFB-Pokal in 2001 and 2002. In 1999, Schalke fans picked Stevens as manager of the century.[3]

Then Stevens was manager of Hertha BSC,[4]. He was sacked on 4 December 2003.[5] He went to 1. FC Köln, which he managed from 14 June 2004[6] to 27 May 2005. In 2005 he went to Roda JC.[7] Under Stevens 1. FC Köln became champions of the 2. Bundesliga and were promoted to the Bundesliga. In 2007 he returned to the German Bundesliga and managed Hamburger SV.[8]

Stevens took over the managing vacancy at PSV after his Hamburg contract expired at the end of the 2007–08 season.[9]On 28 January 2009, he resigned as manager,[10].He then signed a contract with Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga on 22 April 2009.[11]

 
Stevens with Salzburg

On 9 February 2010, Stevens extended his contract with Red Bull Salzburg until 2012,[12] On 8 April 2011 he was sacked.[13] On 27 September 2011 he returned to Schalke 04 and signed a contract lasting until 2013.[14] On 16 December 2012 Stevens was sacked by Schalke.[15][16]

On 25 June 2013 Stevens became manager of PAOK Saloniki.[17][18] PAOK fired him on 2 March 2014 due to poor results.[19][20]

Stevens was appointed manager of VfB Stuttgart on 9 March 2014.[21] Stevens started his new position with training on 10 March 2014.[21] He resigned as manager of Stuttgart on 10 May 2014 following a 1–0 loss to Bayern Munich.[22][23]

On 25 November 2014, Stevens returned to VfB Stuttgart.[24] He left Stuttgart at the end of the 2014–15 season. Stuttgart finished in the 14th position in the Bundesliga.[25]

Stevens was appointed manager of 1899 Hoffenheim on 26 October 2015.[26] He resigned on 10 February 2016 due to health problems.[27]

On 14 March 2019, he returned to Schalke as an interim until the end of the season.On 18 December 2020, he returned to Schalke once again as an interim.[28][29] This time he coached the club for only two matches.[30]

Player

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PSV

Manager

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Stevens celebrates winning the 2009–10 Austrian Bundesliga with Red Bull Salzburg.

Roda JC

Schalke 04

Hertha BSC

1. FC Köln

Hamburger SV

PSV

Red Bull Salzburg

References

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  1. ↑ Ohmann, Oliver (22 October 2003). "Diese starke Frau gibt Huub jetzt Halt" [This strong woman now gives Huub support]. B.Z. Berlin. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "FC Schalke 04" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "'Beste trainer van de Eeuw' keert terug naar Schalke – Sport – VK". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  4. ↑ Rohr, Steffen (20 December 2001). "Huub Stevens zu Hertha". kicker (in German). Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Thom übernimmt für Stevens" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Stevens beerbt Koller". kicker (in German). 14 June 2004. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Stevens trainiert Kerkrade". kicker (in German). 27 May 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "Stevens bereits in Berlin auf der HSV-Bank". kicker (in German). 2 February 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  9. ↑ "Hamburg's Stevens off to PSV". UEFA. 19 November 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  10. ↑ "Off-colour PSV accept Stevens' resignation". UEFA. 28 January 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  11. ↑ "Stevens wird 'Roter Bulle'". kicker (in German). 22 April 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  12. ↑ "Stevens signs new Red Bull Salzburg deal". Ontheminute.com. 9 February 2010. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  13. ↑ "RB Salzburg entlässt Stevens und Beiersdorfer" (in German). kicker.de. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  14. ↑ "Stevens returns for second spell as Schalke coach". UEFA. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  15. ↑ "Schalke part company with Stevens – Keller takes over". FC Schalke 04. 16 December 2012. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  16. ↑ "Keller für Stevens: Heldt verteidigt die Entscheidung". kicker (in German). 16 December 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  17. ↑ "Huub Stevens takes over". 25 June 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  18. ↑ Schramm, Anja (14 June 2013). "Huub Stevens auf dem griechischen Schleuderstuhl". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  19. ↑ "PAOK FC part ways with Huub Stevens". Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  20. ↑ "PAOK trennt sich von Stevens". kicker (in German). 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "VfB Stuttgart entlässt Schneider und holt Stevens". Die Welt (in German). 9 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  22. ↑ Plavec, Jan Georg (10 May 2014). "Huub Stevens verlässt den VfB". Suttgarter Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  23. ↑ "Pizarro hat das letzte Wort". kicker (in German). 10 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  24. ↑ "Schon wieder Huub Stevens". Süddeutsche Zeitung. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  25. ↑ Moissidis, George (24 May 2015). ""Mission erfüllt": Stevens verlässt den VfB" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  26. ↑ "Huub Stevens neuer TSG-trainer" (in German). achtzehn99.de. 26 October 2015. Archived from the original on 29 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  27. ↑ "Stevens steps down for health reasons". achtzehn99.de. 10 February 2016. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  28. ↑ "Schalke 04 relieve head coach Manuel Baum of his duties". schalke04.de. Schalke 04. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  29. ↑ "Schalke fires Baum as coach, recalls Huub Stevens". The Washington Post. 18 December 2020.[dead link]
  30. ↑ "Schalke 04 nach Arbeitssieg gegen Ulm erleichtert". Sportbuzzer (in German). 22 December 2020. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
 
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