Serge van den Ban

In this Dutch name, the surname is van den Ban, not Ban.
Serge van den Ban
Personal information
Full name Serge van den Ban
Date of birth (1980-02-02) 2 February 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Haarlem, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
DCO
Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Haarlem 49 (0)
2002–2004 Dordrecht 66 (0)
2004–2008 MVV 134 (0)
2008 Telstar 4 (0)
2009–2010 ADO '20
2010–2013 Ter Leede 24 (0)
Managerial career
FC Lisse (youth gk coach)
2010–2013 Ajax (youth gk coach)
2013–2014 Utrecht (youth gk coach)
2014–2015 Koninklijke HFC (reserves manager)
2014–2015 AZ Alkmaar (youth gk coach)
2014–2015 Netherlands (U-15 gk coach)
2015–2018 Arsenal (youth gk coach)
2018–2020 RKC Waalwijk (gk coach)
2019–202? RKSV HBC (gk coach)
2020–2023 Almere City (gk coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Serge van den Ban (born 2 February 1980), is a Dutch retired football goalkeeper.[1]

Club career

Born in Haarlem, Van den Ban came through the youth ranks at AFC Ajax. He then in 2000 started playing professionally for Haarlem in the Eerste Divisie for two seasons. Subsequently, he went to the Eredivisie with FC Dordrecht who moved to the Eerste Divisie the following season. Van Den Ban in 2004 rejoined the Eredivisie with the outfit MVV Maastricht with whom he got to the quarter finals of the 2006 KNVB Cup[2]

He then moved to Telstar where he featuring once again in the Eerste Divisie within the 2007–08 season.[3] Van Den Ban then linked up a year later with Hoofdklasse team ADO '20.[4] He then signed with outfit Ter Leede in the 2010-11 season of the Hoofdklasse. He brought an end to his player career shortly afterward. Van Den Ban made in all over 250 appearances throughout his footballing club career.[1]

International career

Van den Ban played at youth level for the Netherlands[5] He was also crowned the best goalkeeper of the 1999 Eurovoetbal tournament.

Coaching career

During his last years as an active footballer, Van den Ban worked as a youth goalkeeper coach FC Lisse and also at the Keeperschool Groot Amsterdam.[6] In July 2010, Van den Ban was appointed to a similar position at his former youth club, AFC Ajax, while also continuing his playing career, albeit at a lower level, for Ter Leede.[6] In 2013, Van den Ben replaced Ajax with FC Utrecht, in the same position.[7]

From the summer 2014 to the summer 2015, Van den Ben was working at three different places at the same time: firstly, he was coaching the reserve team of Koninklijke HFC.[8] Secondly, he was working as a youth goalkeeper coach at AZ Alkmaar.[9] And lastly, he was also working as a goaalkeeper coach for Netherlands national under-15 team.[10]

In the summer 2015, Van den Ben was hired as youth goalkeeper coach at Premier League club Arsenal. After three years, he left the club.[11] In June 2018, he was appointed goalkeeper coach of RKC Waalwijk.[12] He left the position in June 2020.[13] Beside that, he also signed as a goalkeeper coach for RKSV HBC.[14][15]

On 1 July 2020, Van den Ben was appointed goalkeeper coach of Almere City FC.[16] He left the position three years later.[17]

Honours

Club honours

Ajax

Individual honours

References

  1. ^ a b "Goalkeeping coach joins academy". Arsenal.com.
  2. ^ "Doelman Serge van den Ban naar MVV". Rijnmond.nl(in Dutch).
  3. ^ "Serge van den Ban weg bij Telstar". RTVNH.nl(in Dutch).
  4. ^ "Serge van den Ban naar ADO'20". RTVNH.nl(in Dutch).
  5. ^ "Serge Van Den Ban:Profile". OnsOranje.nl(in Dutch). Archived from the original on 21 August 2016.
  6. ^ a b SERGE VAN DEN BAN WORDT KEEPERSTRAINER BIJ AJAX, elfvoetbal.nl, 2 June 2010
  7. ^ Jan Willem van Ede is doing an internship at Jong FC Utrecht, fcutrecht.nl, 10 October 2013
  8. ^ Jong HFC: laat het liggen…, konhfc.nl, 2014
  9. ^ Ook de jeugdtrainers zijn bekend, azfanpage.nl, 21 May 2014
  10. ^ NIEUWE COACHES NATIONALE SELECTIES, knvb.nl, 31 July 2014
  11. ^ Nederlandse keeperstrainer na drie jaar weg bij Arsenal, vi.nl, 23 May 2018
  12. ^ RKC Waalwijk contracteert Duits en Van den Ban als nieuwe stafleden, waalwijk.nieuws.nl, 2 July 2018
  13. ^ RKC Waalwijk en Serge van den Ban gaan niet met elkaar verder, rkcwaalwijk.nl, June 2020
  14. ^ NIEUWE KEEPERSTRAINER SERGE VAN DEN BAN, svhbc.nl, 19 January 2019
  15. ^ SERGE VAN DEN BAN: „IK NAM IN 2013 OM VIER UUR ’S NACHTS DE KAMPIOENSSCHAAL MEE NAAR HUIS’’, voetbalindebollenstreek.nl, 17 May 2019
  16. ^ Van den Ban nieuwe keeperstrainer Almere City FC, almerecity.nl, 1 July 2020
  17. ^ Agil Etemadi nieuwe keeperstrainer Almere City FC, almerecity.nl, 27 June 2023