Kenny Verhoene (born 15 April 1973) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of NOFV-Oberliga Nord club Union Fürstenwalde.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 April 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Ghent, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back[1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1994 | KSK Lovendegem | ||
| 1994–1997 | Gent | 17 | (1) |
| 1997–1998 | Sint-Truiden | 16 | (3) |
| 1998–2001 | Harelbeke | 54 | (8) |
| 2001–2002 | Crystal Palace | 0 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Kortrijk | ||
| 2003–2004 | Red Star Waasland | ||
| 2004–2006 | Oudenaarde | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009–2012 | VV Zaamslag | ||
| 2012 | Sporting Sint-Gillis Waas | ||
| 2012–2015 | HSV Hoek | ||
| 2015–2016 | Carl Zeiss Jena (youth) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Carl Zeiss Jena II | ||
| 2019–2020 | Carl Zeiss Jena (youth) | ||
| 2020 | Carl Zeiss Jena (caretaker) | ||
| 2021– | Union Fürstenwalde | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editVerhoene started his football career in his native Belgium, playing for Gent, Sint-Truiden and Harelbeke in the 1990s. In 2001, he moved to Crystal Palace,[2] but returned after one season, signing with Kortrijk. Stints with Red Star Waasland and Oudenaarde followed, before retiring in 2006.[3]
Managerial career
editEarly career
editIn 2009, Verhoene was appointed head coach of Dutch Tweede Klasse club VV Zaamslag, leading them to promotion to the Eerste Klasse in his first season in charge.[4] He moved to Sporting Sint-Gillis-Waas in the First Provincial in August 2012,[5] before returning to the Netherlands where he joined HSV Hoek in November 2012.[3]
Carl Zeiss Jena
editIn June 2015, after three years of being in charge of Hoek, Verhoene was appointed coach of the Carl Zeiss Jena U21 and U19 teams, focusing on transition to the first team which at the time competed in the Regionalliga Nordost.[6][7] From 2016 to 2019, he was the sporting director of the club,[8][9] before returning to the position as U19 team coach.[10] He had at that point already coached the Carl Zeiss Jena reserve team competing in the NOFV-Oberliga Süd for the first half of the 2018–19 season.[11][12]
In February 2020, in addition to his position as U19 coach, he was appointed head coach the Carl Zeiss Jena first team, who were in a relegation battle in the 3. Liga. Unlike interim coach René Klingbeil, Verhoene had the necessary coaching license.[12][13] On 6 May 2020, Verhoene was relieved of his duties as manager of the club's U19 team, after accusations of "terror, dictatorship and oppression".[14][15] He was succeeded by Tobias Werner as sports director the following day.[16]
Union Fürstenwalde
editVerhoene was appointed head coach of Regionalliga Nordost club Union Fürstenwalde on 25 November 2021.[17] The club suffered relegation to the NOFV-Oberliga Nord in his first season in charge, but the club announced in June 2022 that Verhoene would stay on as head coach.[18]
References
edit- ^ Aarts, Eric (13 January 2009). "Verhoene heeft Nederlandse denkwijze". BNDeStem.
- ^ "Kenny Verhoene 3 maanden naar Crystal Palace". Het Belang van Limburg (in Flemish). 15 March 2001. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ a b Vandenbussche, Bart (28 November 2012). "Verhoene verruilt Sint-Gillis-Waas voor Nederlandse VV Hoek". Voetbalkrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Historie". VV Zaamslag (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Trainer Kenny Verhoene wil goede afspraken". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 24 August 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Kenny Verhoene bij Carl Zeiss Jena aan de slag". Omroep Zeeland (in Dutch). 10 June 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Verhoene wilde spelers van Hoek naar Carl Zeiss Jena halen". pzc.nl.
- ^ "Sportdirektor im Interview: FC Carl Zeiss Jena zieht Oberhof Spanien vor und will jedes Spiel gewinnen". otz.de. 14 December 2016.
- ^ "Einstiger Sportdirektor Kenny Verhoene: Wir kassieren kein 0:12 gegen FC Carl Zeiss Jena". ofz.de. 12 May 2022.
- ^ Volk, Christoph (4 January 2019). "Carl Zeiss Jena: Kenny Verhoene ist nicht mehr Sportdirektor". Liga-Drei (in German). Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ ""Wir wollen dort Paroli bieten!"". FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen e.V. (in German). 31 May 2019. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Kenny Verhoene wird Cheftrainer bei Carl Zeiss Jena". MDR (in German). 27 February 2020. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Duo bis Saisonende: Teamchef René Klingbeil und Cheftrainer Kenny Verhoene". FC Carl Zeiss Jena (in German). 28 February 2020. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "FCC leitet nach Bewertung des U19-Abschlussberichts durch die Gremien konkrete Maßnahmen ein". FC Carl Zeiss Jena (in German). 5 May 2020. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ Koch, Julian (31 March 2020). "Trotz Vorwürfen: Wohl keine Konsequenzen für Verhoene". Liga3-Online (in German). Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Willkommen zurück: Tobias Werner wird FCC-Sportdirektor". FC Carl Zeiss Jena (in German). 6 May 2020. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Fußball: Kenny Verhoene ist neuer Fürstenwalde-Coach | MDR.DE". MDR (in German). 25 November 2021. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ Schütze, Enrico (14 June 2022). "Kenny Verhoene bleibt". FSV Union Fürstenwalde (in German). Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.