Ernest Faber
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ernest Anthonius Jacobus Faber | ||
| Date of birth | 27 August 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Geldrop, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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FC Groningen | ||
| Youth career | |||
| DBS | |||
| PSV | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–2004 | PSV | 175 | (6) |
| 1990–1991 | → NEC (loan) | 30 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | → Sparta (loan) | 32 | (0) |
| 1994 | → Groningen (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| Total | 248 | (6) | |
| National team | |||
| 1998 | Netherlands | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2007 | FC Eindhoven (caretaker) | ||
| 2008 | FC Eindhoven (caretaker) | ||
| 2010–2012 | FC Eindhoven | ||
| 2012–2015 | PSV (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2016 | NEC | ||
| 2016– | FC Groningen | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Ernest Anthonius Jacobus Faber (born 27 August 1971) is a Dutch football manager and former player, currently the manager of FC Groningen.
Faber grew up in Eindhoven and played youth football at local club DBS until he joined PSV Eindhoven aged 13. Besides loan spells at NEC, Sparta and FC Groningen, Faber was part of PSV for 12 seasons and won four Eredivisie titles, a KNVB Cup and four Johan Cruijff Shields. He also played one match for the Netherlands national team in 1998. Injuries plagued Faber throughout his career and forced him to retire at age 32.
After his playing career, Faber worked at the PSV youth academy and at FC Eindhoven as assistant coach and manager. From 2011 until Euro 2012, he also served as assistant manager for the Netherlands national team. From March 2012, Faber worked as assistant manager at PSV. On 4 June 2015, Faber was appointed manager of Eredivisie side NEC.
Born in Geldrop, Faber grew up in the Strijp neighbourhood in Eindhoven which also included PSV’s home ground, the Philips Stadion. At five, he started playing youth football at local amateur club DBS. Faber’s performances led to interest from PSV and EVV, with PSV-scout Gerrit van Tilburg having discovered him at DBS. He chose to join PSV at 13. Faber’s original position was right winger, but at PSV he moved to the central defense position under the guidance of former defender and youth coach Huub Stevens.
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