Dick Voorn
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) is a football
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 coach
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. Currently he is one of the assistant managers at the Dutch national team.

Voorn made his first steps in professional football in the 1990s when he became assistant manager at Fortuna Sittard
Fortuna Sittard
Fortuna Sittard is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Trendwork Arena and features in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. The club was a merger of former clubs 'Fortuna 54' and 'Sittardia' to merge as the Fortuna Sittard Combinatie on July 1,...

 where he worked alongside Bert van Marwijk
Bert van Marwijk
Bert van Marwijk OON is the coach of the Netherlands national football team. He also played for Go Ahead Eagles, AZ, MVV, Fortuna Sittard, and other clubs, as well as for the Dutch national team. In 1982, he began his transition into coaching, retiring as a player in 1988 and becoming a full time...

. The two, as well as rehabilitation coach Egid Kiesouw
Egid Kiesouw
Egid Kiesouw is a football coach. Currently he is the fitness and rehability coach at Feyenoord Rotterdam.Kiesouw studied and graduated to become a physiotherapist. He made his first steps in professional football in the 1990s when he became fitness coach at Fortuna Sittard where he worked...

 became close friends and a dynamic trio. Together they brought Fortuna Sittard into the 1999 KNVB Cup
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 final.

Van Marwijk left Fortuna and moved to Feyenoord Rotterdam
Feyenoord Rotterdam
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 where he would win the UEFA Cup
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. After that success he went to the Bundesliga
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 to manage the team Feyenoord beat in the UEFA Cup final, Borussia Dortmund
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. Van Marwijk appointed his own staff and both Kiesouw and Voorn were appointed. The financial situation at the club was tough and the trio did all they could to get the best out of the team. They succeeded, although they were unable to earn any prizes. When Van Marwijk and Dortmund split up during the 2006-07 season Voorn and Kiesouw remained at the club until the end of the season.

During the summer break Van Marwijk returned to Feyenoord and technical director Peter Bosz
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let him appoint his own staff, which meant Voorn and Kiesouw re-joined Van Marwijk in his mission to bring Feyenoord back to the top.
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