Erik ten Hag

**Erik ten Hag** (born 2 February 1970) is a Dutch professional football manager. He used to be a football player. He isn't coaching a team right now.

Ten Hag played as a centre-back. He started his career with Eredivisie club Twente. He joined De Graafschap in 1990. He won the Eerste Divisie in his first season there. He went back to Twente in 1992. He moved to RKC Waalwijk two years later and stayed for one season. He started playing at Utrecht in 1995. Ten Hag went back to Twente for a third time in 1996. He won the KNVB Cup in 2001. He retired in 2002, at age 32.

Ten Hag started his career as a manager in 2012 at Go Ahead Eagles. He helped the club to promotion to the Eredivisie in his first season. He then joined Bayern Munich II in 2013. He won promotion to the Regionalliga Bayern in 2014. He went back to the Netherlands in 2015to be sporting director and head coach at Utrecht. He joined Ajax in 2017. He won three Eredivisie titles and two KNVB Cups. He also led the team to the semi-finals of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League. In 2022, he became the manager of Manchester United. In his first season with the club, United won the EFL Cup. He also reached the final of the FA Cup, but his team lost against Manchester City.

On 28 October 2024, he was sacked by Manchester United. He would later be hired by Bayer 04 Leverkusen on 1 July 2025, but would be sacked two months later, after only three games in charge.

## Playing statistics

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|KNVB Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Twente|1989–90|Eredivisie|14|0|2|0|0|0|—|16|0|||
|rowspan="3"|De Graafschap|1990–91|Eerste Divisie|37|5|2|0|—|—|39|5|||
|1991–92|Eredivisie|17|1|0|0|—|—|17|1|||||
|rowspan="3"|Twente|1992–93|Eredivisie|24|1|2|0|—|—|26|1|||
|1993–94|Eredivisie|21|1|1|0|1|0|—|23|1||||
|RKC Waalwijk|1994–95|Eredivisie|31|2|1|0|—|—|32|2||||
|Utrecht|1995–96|Eredivisie|30|2|3|0|—|—|33|2||||
|rowspan="7"|Twente|1996–97|Eredivisie|26|1|3|0|—|—|29|1|||
|1997–98|Eredivisie|33|0|3|0|5|0|—|41|0||||
|1998–99|Eredivisie|29|0|4|0|4|0|—|37|0||||
|1999–2000|Eredivisie|30|2|4|0|—|—|34|2|||||
|2000–01|Eredivisie|28|0|8|1|—|—|36|1|||||
|2001–02|Eredivisie|16|0|1|0|2|0|1|0|20|0|||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="5"|Record|rowspan="2"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Go Ahead Eagles|align="left"|1 July 2012|align="left"|27 June 2013|||||
|align="left"|Bayern Munich II|align="left"|27 June 2013|align="left"|30 June 2015|||||
|align="left"|Utrecht|align="left"|1 July 2015|align="left"|28 December 2017|||||
|align="left"|Ajax|align="left"|1 January 2018|align="left"|16 May 2022|||||
|align="left"|Manchester United|align="left"|23 May 2022|align="left"|28 October 2024|||||
|align="left"|Bayer Leverkusen|align="left"|1 July 2025|align="left"|1 September 2025|||||

### Player

**De Graafschap**
- Eerste Divisie: 1990–91

**Twente**
- KNVB Cup: 2000–01

### Manager

**Bayern Munich II**
- Regionalliga Bayern: 2013–14

**Utrecht**
- KNVB Cup runner-up: 2015–16

**Ajax**
- Eredivisie: 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22
- KNVB Cup: 2018–19, 2020–21; runner-up: 2021–22
- Johan Cruyff Shield: 2019

**Manchester United**
- FA Cup: 2023–24; runner-up: 2022–23
- EFL Cup: 2022–23
- FA Community Shield runner-up: 2024

**Individual**
- Rinus Michels Award: 2015–16, 2018–19, 2020–21
- Premier League Manager of the Month: September 2022, February 2023, November 2023

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Erik ten Hag
- **image**: Открытая тренировка «Аякса» перед матчем с «Динамо». 27 августа 2018 года — 900304 (Erik ten Hag).jpg
- **caption**: Ten Hag as manager of AFC Ajax, Ajax in 2018
- **full name**: Erik ten Hag
- **birth place**: Haaksbergen, Overijssel, Netherlands
- **height**: 1.82 m
- **position**: Centre-back
- **years1**: 1989–1990
- **clubs1**: FC Twente, Twente
- **caps1**: 14
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 1990–1992
- **clubs2**: De Graafschap
- **caps2**: 54
- **goals2**: 6
- **years3**: 1992–1994
- **clubs3**: FC Twente, Twente
- **caps3**: 45
- **goals3**: 2
- **years4**: 1994–1995
- **clubs4**: RKC Waalwijk
- **caps4**: 31
- **goals4**: 2
- **years5**: 1995–1996
- **clubs5**: FC Utrecht, Utrecht
- **caps5**: 30
- **goals5**: 2
- **years6**: 1996–2002
- **clubs6**: FC Twente, Twente
- **caps6**: 162
- **goals6**: 3
- **totalcaps**: 336
- **totalgoals**: 15
- **manageryears1**: 2012–2013
- **managerclubs1**: Go Ahead Eagles
- **manageryears2**: 2013–2015
- **managerclubs2**: FC Bayern Munich II, Bayern Munich II
- **manageryears3**: 2015–2017
- **managerclubs3**: FC Utrecht, Utrecht
- **manageryears4**: 2018–2022
- **managerclubs4**: AFC Ajax, Ajax
- **manageryears5**: 2022–2024
- **managerclubs5**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
- **manageryears6**: 2025
- **managerclubs6**: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen