Sef Vergoossen is a former Dutch football

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 manager.

Biography

Vergoossen began his managerial career in 1978 with VVV-Venlo, managing the club for 12 years till 1989, after which he managed MVV for nine years and Roda JC for three years. Subsequently, he managed Belgian giants Racing Genk

K.R.C. Genk

Koninklijke Racing Club Genk , usually referred to as Racing Genk or simply Genk, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays in the Belgian Pro League and they have won 3 Belgian champion titles in 1998–99, in 2001–02 and in 2010–11 as...

 between 2001 and 2004, winning the Manager of the Year award at the Belgian professional football awards

Belgian professional football awards

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 in 2001-02

Jupiler League 2001-02

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.

In 2006, Vergoosen moved to Japan

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 and managed Nagoya Grampus Eight

Nagoya Grampus Eight

are a Japanese association football club that play in the J. League. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and originally founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp...

, which had previously been successfully managed by current Arsenal

Arsenal F.C.

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 manager Arsène Wenger

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. In 2008, Vergoossen was appointed interim manager of PSV Eindhoven in January 2008, whom he led to winning the 2007/08 Eredivisie

Eredivisie

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 title. After his successful tenure at PSV ended, Vergoossen moved on to work for his previous club Genk as an advisor on a part-time basis. In January 2009, after his successor Huub Stevens

Huub Stevens

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 resigned at PSV, Vergoosen was named as one of the top candidates for the managerial role, having successfully led the side to the Eredivisie title the previous season.

Managerial career

• 1978-1989 – VVV-Venlo
• 1978-1981: Assistant coach
• 1981-1986: Head coach
• 1986-1989: Head youth
• 1989-1998 - MVV
• 1989-1995: Manager
• 1995-1998: Technical director
• 1998-2001 - Roda JC
• 2001-2004 - K.R.C. Genk
  K.R.C. Genk
  Koninklijke Racing Club Genk , usually referred to as Racing Genk or simply Genk, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays in the Belgian Pro League and they have won 3 Belgian champion titles in 1998–99, in 2001–02 and in 2010–11 as...
  
  
• 2004-2005 - Al-Jazeera Club
  Al-Jazeera Club
  Al-Jazira Sports & Culture Club is an football club from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates...
  
  
• 2006-2007 - Nagoya Grampus Eight
  Nagoya Grampus Eight
  are a Japanese association football club that play in the J. League. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and originally founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp...
  
  
• 2008-2008 - PSV Eindhoven
• 2008 - KRC Genk (advisor)