Henk Fraser


Hendrikus "Henk" Fraser is a Dutch football manager and former player who manages Eerste Divisie side Sparta Rotterdam. He played as a defender and earned seven caps for the Netherlands national football team in which he scored one goal. He was a member of the Dutch team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy under manager Leo Beenhakker. He made his debut for the Netherlands on 6 September 1989, in a friendly against Denmark.

Career

Fraser played for Sparta Rotterdam, FC Utrecht, Roda JC, and Feyenoord Rotterdam, with whom he won the Dutch title twice. After his professional career he became a youth coach at Feyenoord.
Being assistant of Maurice Steijn for two years, Fraser became first the caretaking manager of ADO Den Haag after Steijn had been sacked. However, a month later he signed deal with the club to be the permanent manager until the summer of 2016.
Vitesse Arnhem announced on 13 June 2016 that Fraser would replace Peter Bosz at the start of the 2016–17 season. In his first full season, won the club first major trophy in its 125-year existence. Fraser defeating AZ by a score of 2−0 in the final of the KNVB Cup, with two goals from Ricky van Wolfswinkel. On 5 August 2017 Vitesse were beaten 1–1 at De Kuip, Rotterdam in the Johan Cruyff Shield final by Feyenoord.
On 18 December 2017, Fraser announced he would not be extending his ending contract at the end of the season, leaving the club. On 12 March 2018, it was announced that russian coach Leonid Slutsky would replace Henk Fraser as the new manager of Dutch Eredivisie side Vitesse Arnhem, for the start of the 2018-19 season. On 23 March 2018, Fraser was presented as the new head coach for Sparta Rotterdam for the next season. Following a significant dip in form, Fraser was relieved of his duties in April 2018, two months prior to the conclusion of his contract at Vitesse.

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Player

;Feyenoord
;Vitesse