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
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueKNVB CupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsTwente1989–90For Eredivisie: For KNVB Cup: For UEFA Cup: Eredivisie1402000—160De Graafschap1990–91For Eerste Divisie: For KNVB Cup: Eerste Divisie37520——3951991–92For Eredivisie: For KNVB Cup: Eredivisie17100——171Total54620——566Twente1992–93For Eredivisie: For KNVB Cup: Eredivisie24120——2611993–94For Eredivisie: For KNVB Cup: For UEFA Cup: Eredivisie2111010—231Total4523010—492RKC Waalwijk1994–95For Eredivisie: For KNVB Cup: Eredivisie31210——322Utrecht1995–96For Eredivisie: For KNVB Cup: Eredivisie30230——332Twente1996–97For Eredivisie: For KNVB Cup: Eredivisie26130——2911997–98For Eredivisie: For KNVB Cup: For UEFA Cup: Eredivisie3303050—4101998–99For Eredivisie: For KNVB Cup: For UEFA Intertoto Cup: Eredivisie2904040—3701999–2000For Eredivisie: For KNVB Cup: Eredivisie30240——3422000–01For Eredivisie: For KNVB Cup: Eredivisie28081——3612001–02For Eredivisie: For KNVB Cup: For UEFA Cup: For Johan Cruyff Shield: Eredivisie160102010200Total1623231110101974Career total336153411201038316

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamFromToRecordGo Ahead Eagles1 July 201227 June 2013For start date: For end date: For matches: Bayern Munich II27 June 201330 June 2015For start date: For end date: For matches: Utrecht1 July 201528 December 2017For start date: For end date: For matches: Ajax1 January 201816 May 2022For start date: For end date: For matches: Manchester United23 May 202228 October 2024For start date: For end date: For matches: Bayer Leverkusen1 July 20251 September 2025For start date: For matches: Total

Honours
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

References

Category:1971 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Overijssel
Category:Dutch football managers