Henk ten Cate
Dutch football manager (born 1954)
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Key Takeaways
- Hendrik Willem ten Cate (born 9 December 1954) is a Dutch football coach and former player who is head coach of the Suriname national team.
- He later managed Ajax until October 2007, winning three trophies with the Dutch club.
- Playing career Ten Cate started his football career at amateur side FC Rheden before signing his first professional contract at Go Ahead Eagles.
- These performances earned him a transfer to NASL side Edmonton Drillers in Canada.
- He became however unsure of his position and was sent on loan to Eerste Divisie side Telstar where he was one of their key players.
Hendrik Willem ten Cate (born 9 December 1954) is a Dutch football coach and former player who is head coach of the Suriname national team.
During the 2005–06 season, he was assistant to Frank Rijkaard at Barcelona as the club won the UEFA Champions League and La Liga. He later managed Ajax until October 2007, winning three trophies with the Dutch club.
Ten Cate joined Chelsea on 11 October 2007 as assistant manager, but stepped down after the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final defeat on 29 May 2008, five days after manager Avram Grant left the club.
Playing career
Ten Cate started his football career at amateur side FC Rheden before signing his first professional contract at Go Ahead Eagles. He made his Eredivisie debut in the 1979–80 season and earned himself 27 appearances throughout the season in which he scored four goals. These performances earned him a transfer to NASL side Edmonton Drillers in Canada.
After the North American season he returned to Go Ahead Eagles and continued his Eredivisie campaign. He became however unsure of his position and was sent on loan to Eerste Divisie side Telstar where he was one of their key players. After the season at Telstar he returned to Deventer and became a first team regular for Go Ahead Eagles again for three more seasons. In 1985, he switched to Heracles, where he ended his professional career as a player.
Managerial career
After his playing career, Ten Cate became an assistant manager of Fritz Korbach at Go Ahead Eagles, playing in the Eerste Divisie. When Korbach moved to Heerenveen in February 1990, Ten Cate took over as a manager. He managed to lead them to a play-off place at the end of the season, but Heerenveen were promoted to the Eredivisie on goal difference.
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