Henk Fraser

Henk Fraser

Fraser with ADO Den Haag in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Hendrikus Fraser
Date of birth	(1966-07-07) 7 July 1966
Place of birth	Paramaribo, Suriname
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
	RFC Rotterdam
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1986	Sparta Rotterdam	12	(0)
1986–1988	FC Utrecht	58	(12)
1988–1990	Roda JC	58	(6)
1990–1999	Feyenoord	138	(15)
Total		266	(33)
International career
1989–1992	Netherlands	6	(1)
Managerial career
1999–2007	Feyenoord (youth)
2007–2009	ADO Den Haag (assistant)
2009–2011	PSV Eindhoven (youth)
2011–2014	ADO Den Haag (assistant)
2012–2014	Netherlands U21 (assistant)
2014–2016	ADO Den Haag
2016–2018	Vitesse
2018–	Sparta Rotterdam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hendrikus "Henk" Fraser (born 7 July 1966) 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 (2-2).

Career

Fraser played for Sparta Rotterdam (1984–86), FC Utrecht (1986–88), Roda JC (1988–90), and Feyenoord Rotterdam (1990–99), with whom he won the Dutch title twice (in 1993 and 1999). 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 (4–2 pen.) 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.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 8 March 2020

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
ADO Den Haag		5 February 2014	13 June 2016	82	25	30	27	117	120	−3	030.49
Vitesse		13 June 2016	11 April 2018	78	33	19	26	124	96	+28	042.31
Sparta Rotterdam		1 July 2018	Present	71	32	18	21	130	100	+30	045.07
Total				231	90	67	74	371	316	+55	038.96	–

Honours

Player

Feyenoord

• Eredivisie: 1992–93, 1998–99
• KNVB Cup: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95
• Dutch Supercup: 1991

Manager

Vitesse

• KNVB Cup: 2016–17
• Johan Cruyff Shield Runner-up: 2017

External links

• CV Henk Fraser