Dick Lukkien
Dutch footballer and manager
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1972-03-28) 28 March 1972 (age 52) | ||
| Place of birth | Winschoten, Netherlands | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Groningen (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1996 | BV Veendam | 90 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2010 | BV Veendam (assistant) | ||
| 2010–2013 | Jong FC Groningen (youth coach) | ||
| 2011–2016 | FC Groningen (assistant) | ||
| 2016–2023 | FC Emmen | ||
| 2023– | FC Groningen | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dick Lukkien (born 28 March 1972) is a Dutch football manager and former footballer currently in charge of Eerste Divisie club FC Groningen.
Playing career
From 1991 to 1996 he played 90 times and scored once for BV Veendam.[1] He then played for SVBO and Appingedam.
Coaching career
BV Veendam
Lukkien was the assistant manager at SC Veendam from 2002 to 2010.
Jong FC Groningen
Lukkien became head coach and managed Jong FC Groningen from 2010 to 2013.
FC Groningen
In July 2011 he was appointed assistant manager. Groningen won the KNVB Cup in 2015 and finished runner-up in the Johan Cruyff Shield the same year.[2] He extended his contract to 2018.
FC Emmen
On 14 March 2016 it was announced that Lukkien would be the manager of FC Emmen for the next two seasons.[3] He won the Bronzen Stier for being the best manager in the third period of the 2017/18 season. Emmen were promoted to the Eredivisie for the first time in 2018 and finished fourteenth the following season. In 2020–21, Emmen relegated back to the Eerste Divisie.
On 15 April 2022, Lukkien and Emmen promoted back to the Eredivisie after just one year absence.[4] However, FC Emmen immediately relegated too, losing to Almere City in the Relegation play-offs.[5]
FC Groningen
In March 2023, it was announced that Lukkien would return to FC Groningen, as head coach for the 2023–24 season.[6] Both FC Emmen and FC Groningen got relegated from the Eredivisie after the announcement.
Managerial statistics
- As of 11 June 2023[update]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Jong FC Groningen | 7 July 2010 | 6 June 2013 | 55 | 29 | 10 | 16 | 052.73 |
| Emmen | 7 July 2016 | 11 June 2023 | 268 | 98 | 66 | 104 | 036.57 |
| Total | 323 | 127 | 76 | 120 | 039.32 | ||
References
- ^ Zwiers, Ronald. "Dick Lukkien". ronaldzwiers.0catch.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "Dick Lukkien". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "Dick Lukkien voor twee jaar naar FC Emmen". fcemmen.nl. 13 March 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "FC Emmen keert na een jaar afwezigheid terug in eredivisie na winst op FC Dordrecht". nos.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ "Almere City debuteert volgend seizoen in eredivisie: 'Geweldig ontwikkeld'". nos.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "Trainer Lukkien verruilt Emmen in de zomer voor oude liefde FC Groningen". nos.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 March 2023.
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